Senior Entity Controller

Hybrid working pattern

Working for a leading Energy Trading company based in London you will be supporting the continued growth of the commodity and derivatives accounting function. You will be a highly motivated, analytically minded individual.

As the Entity Controller you will assume responsibility and accountability for the integrity of all external and parent company reporting requirements for several of the group’s legal entities. You will focus on preparation of monthly and annual financial reports, which also includes significant control activities required to support that reporting. This includes performing Balance Sheet and PnL integrity checks and reporting for each of the Legal Entities.

You will also be responsible for ensuring that all accounts are reconciled and substantiated, informing end users of this Legal Entity data that all control and substantiation processes have been completed, and performing intra-month checks to ensure that activities are correctly captured in the underlying books and records of each Legal Entity.

Success within the role will be dependent upon the development of mutually beneficial relationships with other divisions within both Finance and the wider organisation, as well as across global reporting locations.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• For specific entities, ownership over monthly preparation and review of key financial data and business commentary, and presentation across senior groups within Finance.
• For specific entities, Financial Control and Reconciliation of key General Ledger balances in SAP ERP and substantiation of these balances.
• Work closely with the technical accounting team to ensure advice given is seen through to physical implementation, both for existing business activity as well as new structures taken on.
• Critical review and analysis of global subsidiary financial reporting to support group control function.
• Support reporting and control work streams within any Finance Change initiatives.
• Enhance general control environment though process development and improvement.
• Lead with the standardisation and improvement of legal entity control processes for all Trading Legal Entities globally to ensure consistency of reporting.
• Lead with the production and relevant architecture enhancements and documentation to facilitate monthly entity reporting requirements.
• Review working papers and results of more junior team members within the wider Trade Accounting function.
• For specific entities, responsible for Monthly Financial Reporting through the SAP-FC consolidation system as well as other ad hoc requirements.
• Preparation of Annual Financial Statements for specified legal entities.
• Support auditors as part of the annual audit.

EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS

• Qualified Accountant, with 5 years or more experience post qualification.

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

• Strong expertise in IFRS: business segments, national and international subsidiaries, consolidation, and group reporting.
• Proactive and decisive mindset, with experience working to tight close timescales.
• Thrives in a high-pressure environment with challenging deadlines.
• Highly motivated and proactive individual and team player.
• Diligent and dependable, approaching work with an attention to detail.
• Ability to work on own initiative as well as being an effective member of a team.
• Solid understanding of business processes and controls, ability to analyse and identify improvements.
• Strong desire to learn and develop professionally and take a willingness to share expertise and develop others.
• Strong project management skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Highly effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Fluent in English.

EXPERIENCE

• Qualified Accountant with at least 5 years’ experience post qualification.
• Exposure to the accounting and/or controlling function in a large or medium sized multinational business, either in practice or industry.
• Experience of a commodities or trading business would be an advantage.
• Experience of working in an international organisation with an overseas parent company would be an advantage.
• Strong understanding of IFRS accounting and reporting and core financial accounting control principles.
• Experience of preparing and reviewing statutory financial information.
• Previous experience of reviewing working papers of more junior team members of a team.
• Strong MS Excel experience; explicitly the use and manipulation of pivot tables on often large amounts of transactional level data.