Financial Controller

The Company and Group

Global Ridgeway Management Limited was formed in 2012 as an administrative, accounting and back office service company providing global support to a number of financial service companies owned by the family office of an overseas entrepreneur.

The financial services companies included insurance companies, reinsurance companies, insurance/reinsurance brokers primarily located in Africa but with global business in the US, Asia, Middle East and Africa.

The Role

Accounting/reporting

• Annual financial statements production and managing audit process
• Monthly management accounts for various entities
• Cash flow reports for the Global Group
• Annual budget and 5 year projections
• Managing the credit rating process with 2 rating agencies
• Treasury management across several countries, payment management
• Global reporting pack for the Family Office
• Taxation – VAT, PAYE, Corporation Tax for the UK Group

Team/management

• Supervision of UK based finance team and development thereof
• Relationship management across different departments, countries, languages
• Credit control supervision across the Group with regular Zoom calls
• New accounting standards review and implementation across the Group, ensuring consistency and compliance.

Corporate Governance and Ad Hoc tasks

• Membership of Audit, Finance and Investments Committee
• Systems management and development
• New systems implementation and integration into the existing system architecture
• Reporting pack development and automation
• New investment assessment and recomnmendation
• New company set up – infrastructure, staffing, systems, procedures, compliance, corporate governance

The Requirements

• Qualified accountant – ACA, ACCA, CIMA with at least 5 years post qualified experience
• Financial services experience preferable (IFRS17)
• Accounting systems experience – SAGE preferably
• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills (macro level preferred)
• Self starter
• Strong communication skills and clarity – as the person will be dealing with some countries where English is not the first language.
• Staff management experience
• Some foreign travel will be required

Benefits

• Qualified accountant – ACA, ACCA, CIMA with at least 5 years post qualified experience
• company pension contribution 5% salary
• 4x salary life cover
• Private healthcare for employee, spouse and dependent children
• Annual bonus.

You many have had experience as a Finance Manager, Senior Accountant, Financial Accountant, Management Accountant Senior Accountant, Financial Accountant, Management Accountant

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