Senior Legal Entity Controller - VP Level

London | £90,000-£105,000 Base + Bonus & Benefits

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a technically strong, qualified accountant to join a leading global financial services organisation as a Senior Legal Entity Controller.

Our client is a well-established, publicly listed financial services group operating across global financial and commodities markets. With an international presence and a complex, regulated business environment, the organisation offers an opportunity to gain broad exposure across financial control, statutory reporting, technical accounting and finance transformation.

This is a senior position within the Legal Entity Control team, offering a combination of hands-on technical accounting, oversight of multiple legal entities, team management and involvement in strategic finance projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee financial control and reporting for a portfolio of legal entities, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial information.

• Prepare and review annual statutory financial statements under IFRS, US GAAP and FRS 102.

• Manage month-end reporting processes, including income statement and balance sheet reviews, analytical commentary and management reporting.

• Oversee balance sheet substantiation, intercompany reconciliations and group accounting adjustments.

• Provide technical accounting guidance, particularly in relation to IFRS 3 and IFRS 9.

• Manage external audit processes and liaise with auditors to resolve technical accounting and reporting queries.

• Support group financial reporting, including contributions to quarterly and annual reporting requirements.

• Lead and develop team members, reviewing their work and ensuring reporting deadlines are met.

• Support the integration of acquisitions, business reorganisations and new entities into existing reporting structures.

• Contribute to the development and enhancement of financial controls, including SOX compliance.

• Identify opportunities to improve processes, strengthen controls and enhance reporting efficiency.

• Work closely with Finance, Treasury, Tax, Regulatory Reporting and other stakeholders across the business.

Skills & Experience Required

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or equivalent).

• Strong experience in legal entity control, financial control, group accounting or statutory reporting.

• Excellent technical accounting knowledge, particularly IFRS, with exposure to IFRS 3 and IFRS 9 highly advantageous.

• Experience preparing or reviewing statutory financial statements and managing external audits.

• Strong understanding of balance sheet controls, reconciliations, intercompany accounting and month-end reporting.

• Experience working within a large, complex or publicly listed organisation.

• Previous experience supervising, reviewing or managing the work of other finance professionals.

• Advanced Excel skills and familiarity with large financial reporting or ERP systems.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders.

• A proactive, commercially aware approach with a track record of improving processes and controls.

Highly Desirable

• Financial services experience, particularly within investment banking, brokerage, capital markets or trading environments.

• Big Four audit training.

• Experience with US GAAP, FRS 102 and SOX controls.

• Exposure to acquisitions, business integration or finance transformation.

• Knowledge of PeopleSoft, Essbase or Workiva.

What's on Offer?

• Competitive base salary of £90,000-£105,000, plus bonus and benefits.

• Opportunity to join an established, publicly listed global financial services organisation.

• A broad, senior-level role combining technical accounting, financial control and people management.

• Exposure to complex international entities, financial reporting and business transformation.

• Opportunity to influence and enhance financial controls and reporting processes.

• Excellent long-term career development opportunities within a growing international business.

Interested?

If you're a qualified accountant with strong legal entity control or financial reporting experience and are looking for a challenging senior position within a leading financial services organisation, we'd be keen to hear from you.

Apply today for a confidential discussion.

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