Dext

Director, Financial Control

Dext

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Responsible for accounting and compliance across the UK, France, Australia and North America. Ensuring clean and efficient audits and all statutory reporting.
  • Work with outsourced accountants to meet deadlines and deal with queries
  • Lead the modernisation of Dext’s financial engine, architecting and deploying automation and AI solutions to transform the month-end close and deliver a fast, insights-led reporting process.
  • Work closely with the FP&A team to achieve a seamless, efficient and insightful month-end process including ownership of the management accounts and high level analysis.
  • Create and implement new controls, continuously improving existing ones and achieve compliance with relevant control frameworks.
  • Treasury management and managing the banking relationships across the group.
  • Lead, develop and coach a team of 12, setting clear objectives and fostering a high-performing, collaborative culture.
  • Work closely with the IRIS finance team to fulfill group audit and reporting requirements as well as exchanging best practice and aligning common processes where practical.
  • Lead significant finance transformation initiatives, such as the conversion to IFRS reporting.

Requirements

  • 10+ years progressive accounting experience, including several years in a senior management role
  • Experience managing and developing sizeable accounting teams
  • Experience in a SaaS environment or accounting firm
  • Accounting degree and/or chartered accountant qualification
  • NetSuite experience desirable
  • Willing to work flexible hours as required for month-end close and financial reporting process
  • Proven experience leading audits and statutory reporting across multiple jurisdictions

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
accountingcomplianceauditsstatutory reportingfinancial analysisfinancial transformationIFRS reportingtreasury managementautomationAI solutions
Soft skills
leadershipteam developmentcoachingcollaborationobjective settinghigh-performing culturecommunicationproblem-solvingflexibilityinsight-driven
Certifications
accounting degreechartered accountant qualification