Description

Dentsu is the network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities and create new paths to growth in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centred approach to business transformation, we use insights to connect brand, content, commerce and experience, underpinned by modern creativity.
Purpose of the Role
The Financial Controller’s role is an integral link between the controllership function, operational finance and the business. The role is key in ensuring the integrity of the Dentsu CXM balance sheet and ensuring the control environment is compliant with UK&I policies (including JSOX). It includes oversight of revenue recognition and assurance and expects as large involvement in maintaining a robust process in this area.
Key Responsibilities
Ensuring integrity and robustness of balance sheet reconciliations prepared on a monthly basis and submitted via Blackline.  Approving these reconciliations and ensuring they are completed each month in line with documented KPI’s.
Reviewing and approving appropriate journals as prepared by the offshore team (over certain thresholds). Ensuring appropriate back up and accuracy of these journals.
Assisting in regular reviews and follow ups of aged balances (e.g. accrued income, WIP, debtors) on the balance sheet – challenging balances that do not have sufficient support to pass through an audit. Taking an active role in the improvement of working capital by suggesting process improvements, or other ways, to reduce the aged balances.
Ensuring accruals and other balances are appropriate, valid and sufficiently supported in order to pass through audit.
Preparing analysis v prior/ budget/ reforecast on various balances as requested by Group Finance.
Ensuring compliance and remediation for JSOX and ICF on an ongoing basis.
Working with Controllership to implement Global and UK&I policies across Dentsu CXM – ensuring compliance and assist with improving UK&I Controllership KPI’s.
Assisting with interim and year end audit process by providing audit evidence to support reported figures and statutory accounts.
Assisting with preparation and review of statutory accounts.
Ad hoc finance requests from Financial Controller or Commercial Team
Qualifications + Skills
Part or fully qualified accountant (ACA/ ACCA/ CIMA or equivalent)
Strong management accounting knowledge across all Finance functions.
Proven experience with accounting software.
Experience in working for a medium/large organisation and possibly with an outsourced function.
Experience in dealing with a central business reporting tool, separate to the ERP used for day-to-day.
JSOX or SOX experience.
What we offer
This is a permanent role.
The team is based in our London office but operates under flexible working arrangements.
As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.
Inclusion and Diversity
Our diverse and inclusive culture enables our employees to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so. For us, this is the foundation for great innovation which, in turn, generates better outcomes for our people, partners and communities. This is why we encourage applications from people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.
We are happy to discuss flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles – we can’t promise we will be able to offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly. If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.
About dentsu
Taking a people-centred approach to business transformation, we use insights to connect brand, content, commerce and experience, underpinned by modern creativity. As part of Dentsu Group Inc. we are headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and our 65,000 employee-base of dedicated professionals work across four regions (Japan, Americas, EMEA and APAC). Dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion sits at the heart of our Social Impact strategy – our fully integrated sustainability strategy which includes our ambition to build a fair and more equal society, where everyone is equipped to thrive.