Senior Financial Controller

Senior Finance Controller - 10Month Contract (Hybrid role)

Job Summary:

A luxury travel MNC is keen to hire a qualified CA / CPA / ACCA with 6+ years of experience in senior finance leadership role for a fixed term role. The selected candidate will be looking into the financial reporting, statutory compliances, treasury management, budgeting, consolidating, strategic finance planning along with managing the finance team.

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Financial Control & Reporting:

• Oversee day-to-day accounting operations, ensuring accurate and timely postings to the general ledger across all entities.
• Review month-end accounts for each entity and on a consolidated basis, ensuring compliance with company policies, reporting standards, and timelines.
• Validate revenues, costs, accruals, and margins, ensuring outliers are minimized and appropriately investigated.
• Prepare and deliver month-end performance reports with clear, concise commentary in alignment with submission deadlines on HFM.
• Ensure proper operations of financial control framework, completing the Quarterly Controls Checklist and addressing follow-up actions.
• Oversee balance sheet reconciliations via Blackline, ensuring all pre-payments, debtors, creditors, and accruals are accurate and up-to-date.
• Maintain compliance with local GAAP, IFRS, and applicable statutory regulations across geographies.
• Lead year-end closure activities, coordinating with internal and external auditors to ensure accurate and timely completion.
• Ensure accurate recording and valuation of fixed assets, software capitalization, impairment adjustments, and cost allocations.
• Maintain SOPs, manage process adherence, and define KPIs to monitor control effectiveness.
• Drive process efficiencies and automation within the AP and AR teams to enhance accuracy and speed.

Audit & Compliance:

• Ensure accurate and timely filing, payment, and reporting of all taxes (e.g., VAT, GST, Direct Taxes) in relevant geographies.
• Oversee industry-specific travel compliance requirements (e.g., ABTA, ATOL, revenue bonding).
• Coordinate with internal and external auditors to ensure successful and timely completion of statutory, tax, and group audits.
• Ensure accurate accounting and reporting of cross-border and related-party transactions.
• Oversee payroll accounting and related compliance, liaising with internal teams and external partners where required.

Management Reporting & Business Partnering:

• Own HFM monthly management accounts, ensuring compliance with group instructions and deadlines.
• Collaborate with the FP&A team to analyze forecast vs. actuals and provide actionable variance insights.
• Participate actively in monthly cost review meetings with senior Finance leaders.
• Develop dashboards and reporting frameworks for better visibility of business performance.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment on financial performance, budgets, and operational KPIs.

Cash Reporting & Treasury Management:

• Monitor and manage cash flows closely, coordinating with the treasury team to ensure smooth operations.
• Oversee settlement of intercompany balances, ensuring compliance with regulatory and group requirements.
• Proactively manage foreign currency exposure and implement hedging strategies to mitigate risk.
• Ensure compliance with treasury covenant requirements and report deviations promptly.

Team Leadership & Stakeholder Management:

• Lead a team of 8 finance professionals across AP, AR, Payroll, Compliance, and Reporting functions.
• Oversee capacity planning and workload distribution to ensure smooth operations.
• Partner with global and cross-functional stakeholders, including Sales, Operations, Product, HR, Group Finance, Group FP&A, Tax, Treasury, and Legal when required

Role Requirement:

• Proven experience in financial control, audit, and reporting, while leading teams and managing cross functional stakeholders.
• Strong expertise in IFRS, local GAAP, tax compliance, and multi-entity consolidation.
• Demonstrable experience managing VAT/GST compliance and cross-border transactions.
• Hands-on experience with systems like SAP S4/Hana, Zoho, QuickBooks, and HFM (preferred).
• Experience working with global finance teams and in multi-currency environments.

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