Senior Financial Controller

Company Description

At Jellyfish, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives and inclusive collaboration. We welcome individuals who excel in collaborative, varied teams and value the unique contributions that each person brings to the table.

Jellyfish is a global digital marketing agency; a unique fusion of tech enthusiasts, creative minds, and media and data experts all united to empower our clients along their digital journey. Our commitment to embracing diverse perspectives fuels our innovation and strategies that challenge the status quo, reinvent media activation, and craft influential stories for our global clients and their customers. Join us in shaping a future where business growth and personal fulfilment go hand in hand.

Job Description

Reporting to our Group Financial Controller, as our Senior Financial Controller, you will help manage the region's and organisation's financial functions.

The Senior Financial Controller will support the financial control and accounting function including the production of management and financial accounts; records and associated controls; business partnering with multiple team members and contribute to finance transformation projects.

You are very familiar with the end-to-end Procure-To-Pay (P2P), Order-To-Cash (O2C), Record-To-Report (R2R), and Financial Control finance processes and appreciate how these processes influence our revenue growth and customer relationships.

You will deliver for regional scope, the view of all legal entity’s accounting figures, in respect of compliance and accounting standards.

You will review and develop relevant and efficient controls and compliance processes alongside providing technical guidance and support to implement new strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Review/validate Month End Closing sign-off and provide results/variance analysis for assigned legal entity/region (currently APAC)
• Validate for your entities/regions all payroll costs, net revenue, P&L, balance sheet and working capital.
• Proactively ensure that all month end deliverables are met in accordance with the reporting timetable.
• Support improvement efforts and standardise reporting processes within the legal entities/region.
• Report on balance sheet, working capital variance and provide detailed review/analysis of accruals, deferred income, and other balance sheet accounts.
• Support Finance transformation initiatives to deliver process standardisation/systemisation of revenue recognition, billing, reporting, and month end close process.
• Support with continuous improvements and simplification to processes and internal controls.
• Validate monthly/quarterly reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts and ensure proper documentation and follow up of all accounts based on risk-based procedure including using Sage and FloQast.
• Review and challenge most important accounting journal entries with AP, AR, GL, FM and Revenue Operations.
• Support with facilitating the production of all Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for all AP, AR, GL, FM including month end tasks. 
• Support AP, AR, GL & FM colleagues with improving weekly/monthly cash forecasting processes and review/validate/approve the production of accurate forecasts for all entities/regions.
• Help align global trial balances to ensure all GL account/cost centre codes are used for the same nature of activities. 
• Lead overseas audits within your regional scope.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (AAT, ACA. ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalents) 
• Excellent knowledge of accounting, management principles and R2R procedures.
• Proficiency with computers, especially business solutions and ERP systems.
• Strong planning and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to multi-task and manage priorities effectively in a fast-paced environment, while exhibiting exceptional attention to detail and continuously driving process improvements.
• Experience developing and maintaining internal and external relationships.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to effectively communicate accounting results to both accounting and non-accounting customers at all levels of the organisation.
• Commitment to ethical behaviour with a willingness to follow all company policies and current financial legislation.

Note: We emphasise skills, expertise and behavioural attributes over years of experience and traditional degrees. If you want to join our collaborative team, we invite you to apply today with your resume in English.

Additional Information

Join Jellyfish and experience a workplace where we prioritise your growth, celebrate your contributions, and empower you to tailor your work environment to suit your needs.  

💰 Reward: You'll receive a loyalty salary increase on your Jellyfish anniversary, in addition to our company-wide annual bonus.

💫 Custom Work Environment: Work remotely for up to 40% of your days and shape your day between 8am. and 6:30pm with flexible working hours.

📈 Growth, Your Way: Grow your career with one paid day each month for self-development and access to LinkedIn Learning with unlimited online courses.

👪 Family Support: Enjoy 14 weeks of paid leave for primary caregivers and 4 weeks of paid leave for secondary caregivers. We also provide £1000 (or equivalent) towards courses for returning primary caregivers to support your transition back into work.

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