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ESS Finance Controller - 12 Months FTC
Experian
Nottingham, GBR
Full-time
Mid
Hybrid
Discovered 1 weeks ago
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Key Responsibilities
- Include but not limited to:
- Balance Sheet & Controllership Oversight
- Provide overall finance oversight of the ESS balance sheet, ensuring accounts are complete, accurate, well-controlled, and appropriately supported by reconciliations and analysis.
- Drive a robust balance sheet review and governance process, identifying risks, trends, and opportunities for remediation and improvement across working capital, accruals, intercompany, and other key balances.
- Partner with Corporate Controllership, Finance, and business leaders to resolve accounting and controllership matters and ensure consistent application of policies and standards.
- ICFR & SOX Readiness
- Own ESS readiness for ICFR and SOX requirements, coordinating control design, documentation, testing, evidence, remediation, and ongoing control effectiveness activities.
- Partner with control owners, Internal Audit, Corporate Controllership, and other stakeholders to identify gaps, strengthen the control environment, and deliver remediation plans on a timely basis.
- Establish clear governance, reporting, and accountability for SOX readiness, ensuring leadership has visibility of key risks, issues, dependencies, and required actions.
- ESS Capital Committee
- Act as secretary of the ESS Capital Committee, coordinating agendas, meeting materials, financial analysis, decision records, approvals, and follow-up actions.
- Ensure capital requests and investment decisions are supported by appropriate financial analysis, governance, and documentation, with clear alignment to ESS priorities and financial objectives.
- Provide effective challenge and advice to stakeholders on capital allocation, prioritization, and financial implications, ensuring decisions are made with appropriate discipline and transparency.
- Global Team Leadership & Operational Excellence
- Lead, develop, and motivate a globally distributed team of 3 finance resources across onshore and offshore locations, creating clear accountability, strong controls, and high standards of delivery.
- Coach and develop team members through regular feedback, career development, and stretch opportunities, building depth of expertise and a strong succession pipeline within controllership.
- Drive continuous improvement across close, balance sheet governance, controls, reporting, and finance processes to improve quality, reduce manual effort, and strengthen the overall control environment.
- Benefits package includes:
- Hybrid working - 40% office based
- Great compensation package and discretionary bonus
- Core benefits include Pension, Bupa healthcare, Sharesave Scheme and more
- 25 days annual leave with 8 bank holidays and 3 volunteering days. You can purchase additional annual leave.
- Our uniqueness is that we celebrate yours. Experian's people first, inclusive and purpose driven culture is multi award-winning; World's Best WorkplacesTM 2025 (Fortune Global Top 25), Great Place To WorkTM in 26 countries to name a few. Check out Experian Life on social or explore our Careers Site to understand why. Experian is also proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.
- Grade: C/EB7
- #LI-GN1 #LI-Hybrid
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- Experian Careers - Creating a better tomorrow together
- Find out what its like to work for Experian by clicking here
- Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more. Experian invests in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. We have an amazing team of 25,200 people in 32 countries.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; CPA, ACA, ACCA, or equivalent qualification preferred.
- Extensive finance and accounting experience, including significant controllership experience in complex, global, or technology-driven environments.
- Strong experience in balance sheet management, financial controls, close processes, accounting governance, ICFR, SOX, audit readiness, and remediation.
- Experience supporting capital governance, investment decisions, and senior finance or executive governance forums.
- Proven ability to lead and develop globally distributed teams and drive change, process improvement, and transformation.
- Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders, identify risks, challenge decisions constructively, and drive financial discipline.
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