Sterling Lexicon
Global Mobility Services
FinancialController(FinancialServices)
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“Financial Controller (Financial Services) at Sterling Lexicon. Skills: Financial responsibility, Expense Management, Disbursements, Billing, Systems and process responsibility, Staff Management. Ensure accounting entries is performed and recorded accurately in all ledgers.. Review and Audit bank and float reconciliation on a regular basis for all client-held funds and Sterling funded accounts”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure accounting entries is performed and recorded accurately; Ensure payments are made in accordance with policies; Ensure clients are regularly recharged in line with expenditure; Ensure clients are billed for our management charges and/or services; Minimise exposure and costs related to international payments; Ensure client KPI’s are met; Achieve and exceed set financial targets; Ensure that finance requirements and compliance needs are met; Flattening out the end of month peak; Fix billing issues promptly; Streamline ways of working
Industry & Context.
Make recommendations for system and process improvements; Minimize exposure and costs related to international payments; Develop bespoke customer focused solutions; Escalate any billing issues; Analyze the reasons for credit notes being issued; Produce business cases for system improvements
What You'll Do.
Ensure accounting entries is performed and recorded accurately in all ledgers.
Review and Audit bank and float reconciliation on a regular basis for all client-held funds and Sterling funded accounts
Understand the client policies and procedures and ensure payments are made in accordance with policies.
Ensure clients are regularly recharged in line with expenditure to keep funds at agreed levels
Ensure clients are billed for our management charges and/or services
Review and document current workflows and review for financial compliance
Review processes and make recommendations for system and process improvements
Review FX processes and minimise exposure and costs related to international payments
Build and maintain external relationships with providers of financial services
Assist in RFP pricing proposals
Build Client relationships
Be the spokesperson for the service offered to potential new clients
Review reporting requirements produced by the team to ensure they match client requirements and expectations
Ensure client KPI’s are met
Work closely with internal Account Management and Service Delivery departments
Work closely with the Sales Team to develop bespoke customer focused solutions to achieve clients’ business objectives
To respond to all customer complaints through liaison with co-ordinators
management and client personnel
Manage a team who will be capable of completing monthly billing across the business
Provide feedback to the business to ensure consistency of approach and continual process improvement
Ensure that billing is done daily – monitor year on year improvements in flattening out the end of month peak
Escalate any billing issues (missing PO numbers
data integrity etc. ) to the relevant managers and put processes in place to ensure that those issues are fixed promptly
Produce estimate for billing on a regular basis to help with business planning
Flag any negative billing or consistent low margin jobs/lanes to the relevant manager/account director
Set challenging billing targets and streamline ways of working.
Work closely with each department head to ensure that all billing is managed promptly and smoothly
Analyze the reasons for credit notes being issued
To contribute to the financial welfare of the company by achieving and exceeding set financial targets
Compile budgets and KPI’s and present proposals to the Senior Management of Sterling
Supporting implementation of new clients and ensuring that finance requirements and compliance needs are met
Provide audit information requested on a timely basis for audits taking place across all Sterling Lexicon entities
Continuous review of processes and systems used within the Finance team
making recommendations and producing business cases for system improvements.
Testing and implementing new systems for rapid roll out
motivate and develop the various Teams
Implementation of a change management culture by challenging & replacing established processes and procedures where necessary
Liaise with different departments to ensure the Team are properly supporting the needs of the operating businesses
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work closely with internal Account Management and Service Delivery departments; Work closely with the Sales Team to develop bespoke customer focused solutions to achieve clients’ business objectives; Liaise with different departments to ensure the Team are properly supporting the needs of the operating businesses
Communication Scope
Ability to communicate and build relationships with people at all levels of the organisation; Be the spokesperson for the service offered to potential new clients
Full Job Description
Sterling Lexicon is a leading provider of global mobility services. We manage all facets of our clients' mobility programs, while focusing on providing flexible solutions for corporate and U.S. government organizations worldwide. Sterling Lexicon are specialists in Global Mobility. We work with Corporates and private individuals looking to make international moves and support them in all aspects of that move, from searching for houses and schools in their required location, to organising language lessons and visas to make their relocation seamless. Sterling Lexicon is a dynamic, fast paced organization with new offices in Uxbridge. We have offices across EMEA and APAC in UK, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, Singapore, China, India and one in the US. Description of services **Expense Management** : This is a service offered to clients where we arrange relocation related payment on their behalf utilising either a float provided by the client or subsidised by Sterling. **Disbursements:** This is a service offered to clients either on a contractual basis or an ad hoc basis, where we would make relocation related payments to a supplier or landlord (for example) on behalf of a client and rebill the client accordingly. **Billing:** This is a Shared Service department where we will bill our service fees for all 9 Sterling Lexicon entities to all external customers on a timely basis. **Responsibilities** **Financial responsibility (Expense Management/Disbursement):** * Ensure accounting entries is performed and recorded accurately in all ledgers. * Review and Audit bank and float reconciliation on a regular basis for all client-held funds and Sterling funded accounts * Understand the client policies and procedures and ensure payments are made in accordance with policies. * Ensure clients are regularly recharged in line with expenditure to keep funds at agreed levels * Ensure clients are billed for our management charges and/or services * Review and document current workf
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