Company
ecommerce
FinancialController
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“Financial Controller. Skills: Financial control, Month-end close, Statutory accounts preparation, Audit management. Own the month-end close process for the UK, German and Polish entities. Regularly maintain detailed reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensuring completeness and accuracy at each period end; Ensuring timely collections and aged debt management; Ensure financial data accurately reflects the economics of the business; Improving the control framework and reporting efficiency as the business grows; Delivers results that exceed partner expectations; Makes profitable, productive, and innovative contributions; Actively pursues improvements to Pattern’s processes and outcomes; Continues to track the effects of solutions using data
Industry & Context.
Analytical capability; Comfortable interrogating large datasets; Exercise sound judgement in addressing or escalating issues; Identify and implement solutions to streamline and accelerate the month-end close cycle; Support the development of automated and scalable financial processes; Looks at problems with an open mind; Seeks to understand problems through data; Draws unbiased conclusions based on data that lead to actionable solutions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Qualified accountant (ACA or ACCA), Experience preparing or managing statutory accounts under UK GAAP / FRS 102, Experience working with external auditors and managing year-end audit processes
Nice to Have
Ideally Big-4 trained, Post-qualification experience in industry a financial control or similar role, Prior exposure to ecommerce, marketplace, or consumer goods businesses, German HGB and IFRS familiarity an advantage, Exposure to multi-entity or multi-jurisdictional structures
What You'll Do.
Own the month-end close process for the UK
German and Polish entities
Regularly maintain detailed reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts
Manage the statutory audit processes
Lead the preparation of the annual statutory financial statements
Oversight of AR function
Ensure effective internal controls are in place
Partner with the commercial and operations teams
Respond to ad-hoc information requests
Support unit economics analysis and brand-level profitability reporting
Relationship with the centralised AP function
Support the Finance Director and work directly with the accounting team
Identify and implement solutions to streamline and accelerate the month-end close cycle
Support the development of automated and scalable financial processes
Partner with central Support Global Tax teams in corporation tax calculations
Develop a working knowledge of intercompany processes
Review lease accounting and ensure appropriate local GAAP adjustments are recorded
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Working in close partnership with the Global Accounting Team and the Europe Finance Director; Coordinating with external auditors and functional teams; Partner with the commercial and operations teams; Support the Finance Director and work directly with the accounting team; Working alongside the finance team's data and tooling workstreams; Partner with central Support Global Tax teams; Working closely with Global Accounting; Collaborative team player
Communication Scope
Confident communicator; Able to translate financial information for non-finance stakeholders; Manage relationships with external advisors and auditors; Clearly explains the status of projects to partners; Actively listens to partner’s expectations
Process & Methodology
Management of close deadlines, Managing year-end audit processes, Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
Full Job Description
## What is the day in the life of a Financial Controller? Own the month-end close process for the UK, German and Polish entities, including review of journals, management of close deadlines, and collation of schedules and supporting reports — working in close partnership with the Global Accounting Team and the Europe Finance Director. Regularly maintain detailed reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts, including intercompany positions, accruals, and prepayments, ensuring completeness and accuracy at each period end. Manage the statutory audit processes and lead the preparation of the annual statutory financial statements in accordance with UK GAAP / FRS 102, coordinating with external auditors and functional teams. Oversight of AR function and ensuring timely collections and aged debt management. Ensure effective internal controls are in place to support compliance with GAAP and applicable regulatory requirements for financial and fiscal reporting. Partner with the commercial and operations teams to ensure financial data accurately reflects the economics of the business — including marketplace revenue, marketplace fees, storage costs, and internal operational costs. Respond to ad-hoc information requests from internal and external stakeholders; exercise sound judgement in addressing or escalating issues as appropriate. Support unit economics analysis and brand-level profitability reporting, by ensuring the integrity of underlying data flowing into Netsuite. Relationship with the centralised AP function, ensuring coding accuracy, timely supplier payments, and that the Europe team's needs are well represented. Support the Finance Director and work directly with the accounting team to ensure accuracy and consistency across all financial outputs. Identify and implement solutions to streamline and accelerate the month-end close cycle, reducing manual effort and improving reliability. Support the development of automated and scalable financial processes, working alo
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