About the role: 

Reporting to the Finance Controller, the successful candidate will work closely with the London Business Units to produce monthly management accounts for the UK based entities. Responsibilities include:

• Managing the London finance function ensuring internal processes and controls are communicated, followed, and continuously improved in line with the business needs and group controllership policies.
• Producing the monthly Management Accounts Reporting Pack within the set deadlines ensuring high quality and accurate reporting. Perform high-level monthly reviews of VSI London results and provide summary reports to the Finance Controller for final review, with a summary of areas of good performance & concerns, and a detailed variance analysis of turnover, COS and overheads.
• Monthly review of balance sheet reconciliations ensuring items have supporting documentation, are complete, correctly valued and accounted for including but not limited to Fixed Asset schedules, Overhead Accruals, Sales repo and Purchase Ledger balances.
• Ensure the company finance polices are clearly understood and adhered to across the company. Critically evaluate all accounting policies in place, ensure all documentation is available and recommend improvements where possible. Ensure all updates, reference material and inductions are carried out/provided, so that all employees are aware of and compliant with them.
• Manage a team by providing mentoring, coaching, support, guidance and development opportunities. Ensuring department objectives are worked on collectively and met and these are aligned with the wider finance, company and group objectives.
• Provide support with the UK audit and tax process liaising with external personnel and Group Finance as required.
• Assist in ensuring that company financial systems are robust, compliant and support current activities and future growth. Participate in systems changes / upgrades and provide control over the process for the London entity.
• Ensure the UK HQ finance team act as subject matter experts / key users to support the group controllership in the rollout of consistent internal policies, processes and systems in other subsidiaries.

About you:

• Qualified member of an accountancy body or holder of an equivalent qualification.
• Proven track record of managing own time and team in order to deliver routine local controllership processes as well as complex improvement projects coordinated by other stakeholders where a fundamental contribution from the local controllership team is essential.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills including the ability to effectively communicate with all levels across the business.
• Excellent numerical, analytical and problem solving skills and the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• High integrity and openness, combined with commitment to good governance.
• Commercially astute, articulate and influential leader with the ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels.
• Dynamic, highly motivated, with an inquiring mind and a passion for excellence and innovation in pursuit of business growth and success.

What we have to offer 

• Hybrid working (2 days working in the office, 3 days working from home)
• Enrolment to company salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Private medical insurance 
• Cycle-to-work scheme 
• Travel card loan  
• 22 days’ holiday allowance plus public holidays  
• Regular social activities
• Regular yoga classes and other well-being activities

Interested in working at VSI?

If you are interested in this role, please send your up-to-date CV along with a covering letter to jobs@vsi.tv.

Due to the high number of applications for the position, we regret we will only be able to respond to successful applicants.