Royal Mail Financial Controller
Role Overview
Senior finance leadership role reporting to the Director of Group Finance.
Accountable for financial reporting integrity, financial control and balance sheet stewardship across Royal Mail and the Corporate Centre.
Leads approximately 250 colleagues across locations and finance disciplines.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Senior finance leadership role reporting to the Director of Group Finance.
Accountable for financial reporting integrity, financial control and balance sheet stewardship across Royal Mail and the Corporate Centre.
Leads approximately 250 colleagues across locations and finance disciplines.
Key responsibilities
- Lead financial control, balance sheet governance and external reporting across the UK business.
- Own UK inputs to Group consolidation and lead Group external reporting.
- Lead statutory and annual reporting and external audit activity.
- Provide guidance on complex accounting matters and IFRS interpretation.
- Strengthen controls, governance and reporting processes and prepare Board and Audit Committee papers.
- Lead finance transformation while maintaining sound controls and reporting; develop the finance team.
Essential experience and qualifications
- Fully qualified accountant: ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
- Extensive financial accounting, external reporting and financial-control leadership experience.
- Strong IFRS and complex accounting-judgement expertise; experience with consolidation, statutory reporting and external audit.
- Understanding of governance, risk management and internal-control frameworks.
- Experience leading large, geographically dispersed teams and delivering finance transformation and organisational change.
- Experience in a listed, regulated or similarly large and complex organisation.
Location and working pattern
- Based in Chesterfield or London, with four office-based days and one home-based day each week.
- London-based candidates are expected to travel to Chesterfield as required.
Compensation and benefits
- Competitive salary and bonus package; full salary details are shared with shortlisted candidates.
- Benefits include car allowance or cash equivalent, healthcare, up to 35% annual bonus potential, 30 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, and a company pension.
Contract
Permanent, full-time position.
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