The new Dyson Business Services (DBS) organisation will provide process and service excellence to support Dyson’s growth ambitions with a goal of innovating and enhancing services over time to meet the changing needs of the business. This new role will be responsible for building a new DBS Centre, transitioning the existing teams into the DBS in Dyson: developing the centre and building on the DBS vision including defining new ways of working, building and maintaining teams, developing the Centre to generate internal demand and providing local management of all the teams in the Centre.
About the role
The Financial Control Manager will be responsible for:
Period End Closing
Responsible for the accuracy and timely close for Japan market, ensuring compliance to the relevant accounting standards.
Lead month-end P&L meetings, have discussions on the financials with Market FDs and follow-up on actions raised.
Balance Sheet Integrity
Take full accountability for the timely and accurate preparation of the balance sheet reconciliations.
Approve the Balance Sheet reconciliation and able to provide explanations related to the accounts.
Conduct regular BS reviews with Market FDs and prompt follow-up on action items.
Analyze the financial statements and highlighting risks, opportunities, and areas of focus to Market, and maintain healthy balance sheet position.
Review reports that are sent to the Markets and provide insights and informative commentary to Market FDs
Ensure accurate preparation of the Cashflow Forecast, conducts meeting with Market FDs and Treasury team to discuss details and improve on process.
Internal controls
Review and ensure proper controls are in place for all processes responsible for
Implement the global process and ensure compliance to internal controls are implemented and monitored.
Statutory Requirements:
Provide support/information for the of annual Statutory Accounts and annual Tax submission within the timelines as shared by external auditors.
Work with Markets to deliver Group & External Audit Requirements such as Statutory Disclosures and total tax contributions.
Key attendee of the weekly / monthly / quarterly meetings with our external auditors and local GAAP accounts providers (KPMG) as the representative for Japan Market.
Collaborate with Regional tax team to resolve the tax issues and provide the support for tax audits.
Process/Systems/Continuous Improvement
Work proactively with SMEs on continuous improvement projects.
Embrace and lead process/system change.
Support and engage in ad hoc projects as required.
People Management (good to have but not a must)
Coach and train the team members to ensure team members have relevant and updated knowledge in the areas they are responsible for
Stakeholder Management
Partnering with FD / Head of Finance in each market, to discuss opportunities/issues and stay abreast of any new development that may impact DBS.
Act as a single point of contact for market FDs for issues related to DBS services.
Identify and build strong relationships with key stakeholders in the markets.
About you
University degree (Business / Finance / Economy / Management)
Fluent in Japanese with CA, ACCA, CIMA, or other professional qualifications
Solid knowledge of accounting, reporting and analysis, acquired through related work experience.
Good knowledge of SAP and Microsoft Excel a must
Exhibit the customer centric mindset and the ability to manage tasks with competing priorities to meet the demands from customers.
Highly motivated, deadline driven, result focused and ability to communicate effectively.
Strong process & project management skills; lean six sigma qualification is a plus.
6 - 9 years’ experience in the area of RTR, controllers or audit responsibilities
Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.
What We Do
At Dyson we are focused on solving the problems that others have ignored; solving them first using our technology and ingenuity. In order to achieve this we need to pioneer technologies that are different and authentic. This is the core of what we do and who we are. We must strive to create the future, every single day by developing new things, different things, things that go against the grain with a diverse and global team of ingenious minds. Dyson employs over 14,000 people and is present in more than 80 countries. And while we are growing fast we want Dyson to remain a start-up in spirit with the freedom of experimentation and learning, constantly reinventing our products as well as reinventing how we work, how we sell and how we support our owners. At the same time we are working through the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson Award and Dyson Institute to inspire future engineers and pioneering a new approach to engineering education. Underlining everything we do in this diverse environment is the need to always show respect, supporting each other as one team to overcome whatever challenges we encounter. We drive empowerment, development and equality in an inclusive environment for our people around the world. The future doesn’t just happen, we look to make it happen, to achieve leaps through pioneering new ideas
