Financial Controller

Transformation has resulted in changes in skills requirements, roles, and numbers of roles required in the new operating model. The roles in the new operating model will be restricted to employees in the selection pool in the first instance. Selection for any jobs that remain unfilled following the agreed selection process will be conducted in line with the Global Recruitment policy.

**Financial Controller**

**The Role**:
This role is accountable and responsible for the financial controllership for France which includes a branch and a subsidiary (SASU). The role provides the management and leadership for financial process, control and compliance.

This role manages the end-to-end accounting process across the operation on behalf of the Regional Finance Director, including month and year end close, and ensures consistent, accurate and robust financial accounting processes and reporting in line with accounting practices and corporate policies, and local statutory, accounting and tax compliance regulations. This role supports the Country Director and the subsidiary’s local Board of Directors in finance related functions and business matters. This is a key role in the new organisational structure emerging from the Financial Transparency recommendations.

The role will matrix work with a team of a accountants and will work closely with Financial planning and analysis colleagues who may be based in multiple locations.

The individual appointed will need to demonstrate hands on operational competence in accountancy, financial planning & modelling and leadership skills

**Accountabilities**:
**Financial Ledgers and reporting**

- Responsible for the accuracy and reliability of the country’s accounting books (General Ledger, Fixed Assets Register, registers and schedules).

- Ensure that the country financial reporting statements reflect a true and accurate view of the company and subsidiary. This includes the Trial Balance, Balance Sheet, Income & Expenditure statements or Profit & Loss Account, Cash flow.

- Manage the financial month end process, being accountable to the Regional Financial Controller for the pre-closing and month end closing steps, including maintenance of accounting records. As part of this the role will also be responsible for review and monitoring all accounting transactions and adjustments (accruals, deferrals and provisions), including Intercompany accounting, ensuring appropriate use of these in line with accounting rules.

- Manage the financial year-end process in compliance with corporate and regional control procedures and deadlines. This role will also be required to co-ordinate closely with the Financial Planning & Analysis colleagues and Noida SSC to complete year-end preparations and journaling.

- Responsible for providing assurance that all accounting statements in subsidiaries and companies are fully in line with local legal and fiscal regimes. Where local accounting practices differ from the BC reporting standards, the differences are escalated to the Regional FC to ensure the BC accounting and reporting standards stands in all cases and create mechanisms to enable off-system adjustments avoiding distortions or inconsistencies in corporate reporting

- Ensure accurate and thorough local financial reporting and year end accounts are prepared and submitted to the local authorities.

**Accounting functions and processes**

- Ensure that all General Ledger control accounts are reconciled, and housekeeping completed to maintain the integrity and reliability of the status of each account in compliance to corporate policies

- Review and approve all manual journals and off-system payments to ensure accuracy and compliance with relevant policies.

- Monitor the cost allocation ratios for the country operations to ensure that they are based in accurate accounting rationale

- Manage the creation of billing documents once the process has been initiated by the operational teams

- Manage the aged debt internal control process and guide operations in aged debt recovery/treatment in compliance with the corporate aged debt policy

- Manage the Travel & Expenses internal control processes and guide travellers and claimants in submitting claims accurately and promptly in compliance with corporate and local travel policy

- Provide guidance and support to operations staff in reporting Income in kind

- Manage the Delegated Authorities in line with corporate policy and regional guidelines

- Provide directions to operations on technical accounting issues

- Provide advisory function in liason with Regional Finance leadership and other specialist finance functions such as Tax, Treasury and Inter-company accounting as needed.

- Ensure that requests for new Master Data items (Chart of accounts, General Ledger accounts, Management report mapping, material groups, etc.) are compliant and maintain financial reporting integrity

**Statutory accounting and local tax compliance**

- Where required take