Finance Director, Global Support Functions & Service Entities
AFC-M5-15 Working for Senior Finance Director, Global Support Functions (GSF), the Finance Director role is a new position within the organisation designed to strengthen fiduciary capabilities and focus in response to evolving business needs.
The Finance Director will have overall responsibility for 8 service entities across 4 geographies (UK, Singapore, Germany, and Switzerland) including 2 consolidations. The entities predominantly carry functional costs (e.g., Legal, Finance, IT, R&D costs) which are then recharged to other entities in the network. Responsibilities span all end-to-end fiduciary responsibilities including (but not limited to) Cash, Cashflow Forecasting, ensuring timely completion of Statutory Accounts & Audit work, Board meetings, Distributions/Dividends, Tax reporting, and adherence to Internal controls.
The Finance Director will work closely with the Financial Controller and in partnership with the offshore FSSC (Finance Shared Service Centre) team. The role will also require proactive coordination with Finance Directors across the wider global organization on all inter-related topics (e.g., cash management, inter-company).
The Finance Director will be responsible for Global Exceptional Items and Global Restructuring budgets and spend. These costs are material and highly visible, and the role requires establishing improved processes and controls to manage costs and improve tracking. Success will require working closely with 3rd party firms to agree on new approval mechanisms, as well as with senior members of the Executive Committee (e.g., General Counsel, CFO) to understand, manage, and budget spend. Management of Restructuring spend will include ensuring all spend is pre-approved per the defined approval framework and that applicable accounting rules are followed.
Given natural connectivity to the Exceptional Items budget by virtue of the nature of spend, the Finance Director will also be the primary finance lead to the Global Legal Function, offering best-in-class business partnership by providing high-quality insight, financial analysis, and reporting to support decision-making. Effective business partnering will require building a deep knowledge of the Legal function globally (both cost-wise and operationally) to enable value-add support on all strategic & financial topics. The individual will work closely with senior Legal stakeholders to prepare Budgets and Forecasts, ensuring that targets are met.
The role requires building trusted and credible relationships with a number of senior stakeholders including CFO, Corporate Controller & Executive Committee members, as well as an ability to build collaborative connections with finance and non-finance teams across the global network.
Additional Job Description:
Primary Location: GB London Job Posting Date: 2025-01-23 Job Type: Permanent
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AFC-M5-15 Working for Senior Finance Director, Global Support Functions (GSF), the Finance Director role is a new position within the organisation designed to strengthen fiduciary capabilities and focus in response to evolving business needs.
The Finance Director will have overall responsibility for 8 service entities across 4 geographies (UK, Singapore, Germany, and Switzerland) including 2 consolidations. The entities predominantly carry functional costs (e.g., Legal, Finance, IT, R&D costs) which are then recharged to other entities in the network. Responsibilities span all end-to-end fiduciary responsibilities including (but not limited to) Cash, Cashflow Forecasting, ensuring timely completion of Statutory Accounts & Audit work, Board meetings, Distributions/Dividends, Tax reporting, and adherence to Internal controls.
The Finance Director will work closely with the Financial Controller and in partnership with the offshore FSSC (Finance Shared Service Centre) team. The role will also require proactive coordination with Finance Directors across the wider global organization on all inter-related topics (e.g., cash management, inter-company).
The Finance Director will be responsible for Global Exceptional Items and Global Restructuring budgets and spend. These costs are material and highly visible, and the role requires establishing improved processes and controls to manage costs and improve tracking. Success will require working closely with 3rd party firms to agree on new approval mechanisms, as well as with senior members of the Executive Committee (e.g., General Counsel, CFO) to understand, manage, and budget spend. Management of Restructuring spend will include ensuring all spend is pre-approved per the defined approval framework and that applicable accounting rules are followed.
Given natural connectivity to the Exceptional Items budget by virtue of the nature of spend, the Finance Director will also be the primary finance lead to the Global Legal Function, offering best-in-class business partnership by providing high-quality insight, financial analysis, and reporting to support decision-making. Effective business partnering will require building a deep knowledge of the Legal function globally (both cost-wise and operationally) to enable value-add support on all strategic & financial topics. The individual will work closely with senior Legal stakeholders to prepare Budgets and Forecasts, ensuring that targets are met.
The role requires building trusted and credible relationships with a number of senior stakeholders including CFO, Corporate Controller & Executive Committee members, as well as an ability to build collaborative connections with finance and non-finance teams across the global network.
Additional Job Description:
Primary Location: GB London Job Posting Date: 2025-01-23 Job Type: Permanent
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