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Description

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.

Responsibilities:
- Overall responsibility for 8 service entities across 4 geographies (UK, Singapore, Germany and Switzerland) including 2 consolidations.
- 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.

- Work closely with the Financial Controller and in partnership with the offshore FSSC (Finance Shared Service Centre) team.
- Proactive coordination with Finance Directors across the wider global organization on all inter-related topics (e.g. cash management, inter-company).

- Responsible for Global Exceptional Items and Global Restructuring budgets and spend.
- Establish improved processes and controls to manage costs and improve tracking of material and highly visible costs.

Success will require:
- Working closely with third-party firms to agree on new approval mechanisms.
- Collaborating 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.
- Following applicable accounting rules.

The Finance Director will also be:
- The primary finance lead to the Global Legal Function,
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).

The individual will work closely with senior Legal stakeholders to prepare Budgets and Forecasts ensuring that targets are met.

The role requires building trusted relationships with 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