Financial Controller
The Dyson Business Services (DBS) organisation provides 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 is a key role to provide the operational excellence in DBS Centre, driving the process improvements and automation in Finance Services. Our goal is to be the trusted and preferred partner with the Business. We act at the forefront when it comes to deploying technology to design scalable solutions. We are competent and passionate about work – highly resilient to challenges.
About The Role
The Financial Controller will be responsible for:
• Compiling regular financial reports (incl.: Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Statement, Cash Flow) required by business executives.
• Ensure Dyson financials are prepared in line with application of accounting policies and guidelines.
• Perform accurate and timely period end close activities for the Markets assigned.
• Prepare accurate balance sheet reconciliations in line with deadlines, drive the resolution for the aged/unexplained items.
• Support the preparation of monthly cash flow forecast in line with Group guidance and in line with deadlines.
• Support the preparation of annual Statutory Accounts and China local Tax submission especially for VAT.
• Support the year end activities.
• Support the internal and external audit process.
• Perform internal controls activities to ensure compliance.
• Provide data analysis and explanation for the month end for both P&L and BS meetings.
• Establish understanding of performance drivers for the month and follow up as required, investigating all variances and issues.
• Ensure knowledge of markets both from a control and commercial standpoint are maintained.
• Oversees all accounting functions and streamline the teams to escalate all important operational and financial risks.
• Be Business Partner for Market, Group Finance, Group Treasury, Group Tax, Global Process Owners and DBS Functions. Drive collaboration to achieve operational excellence.
• Fulfil any other ad hoc responsibilities as directed by the Financial Control Manager.
• Drive the improvements and participate in the projects according to the assignment by the Financial Control Manager.
The Financial Controller is expected on HOW:
- Accounting expertise and independency in the resolution of issues, providing solutions proposal,
- Presenting pro can do attitude and improvement mindset,
- Being Team Player
- Being Agile and Change Driver
- Being cooperative in the multicultural environment
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Experience/Qualifications
- University degree (Business / Finance / Economy / Management)
• CMA/CIMA/ACCA/CPA, will be an asset.
• 5 -10 years’ experience in the area of RTR/Controlling/Government Reporting in the international organisation.
- Strong understanding of indirect tax requirements and financial controls.
- Experience working with SAP and Excel; tax systems knowledge is an advantage.
- Ability to investigate and resolve VAT discrepancies and filing issues.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy in handling tax data and deadlines.
- Good communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Proactive, organized, and continuous improvement mindset.
- Fluent in English; Mandarin preferred for Greater China support.
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.
Skills Required
- University degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or Management
- 5–10 years of experience in RTR, controlling, or government reporting within an international organization
- Strong understanding of indirect tax requirements and financial controls
- Experience working with SAP and Excel
- Ability to investigate and resolve VAT discrepancies and filing issues
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy when handling tax data and deadlines
- Good communication and stakeholder management skills
- Proactive, organized, and continuous improvement mindset
- Fluent English
- CMA, CIMA, ACCA, or CPA certification
- Tax systems knowledge
- Mandarin language proficiency for Greater China support
Dyson Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Dyson and has not been reviewed or approved by Dyson.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision offerings are broad, paired with company‑paid life and disability coverage, plus EAP, backup care, and wellness incentives. Employer‑funded healthcare dollars and premium‑discount or Lifestyle Spending Account options further enhance coverage value.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a company match is consistently advertised on U.S. postings. This provides predictable retirement support across roles.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing programs, commuter benefits, and notable product discounts supplement core coverage. Wellness incentives and a Lifestyle Spending Account expand lifestyle support beyond medical plans.
Dyson Insights
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
