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About the role
Monks Financial Controlling and Accounting team
The Financial Controlling team at Monks consists of 4 full-time employees and is responsible for financial controlling of the EMEA entities and of the monthly consolidation of the Content practice divisional results. The team operates in an international environment, collaborates closely, and interacts with various departments, including local finance teams, S4 group team, FP&A, MDs, tax, legal, HR, etc. The Financial Controller reports to the Group Controller Global Content.
Responsibilities
The Financial Controller will have financial controlling responsibilities for various entities in EMEA. Additionally, as part of the monthly consolidation the controller will work with local finance teams across the world, including US, LATAM, APAC, and EMEA. The role focuses on financial reporting, alignment, process improvements, and integration due to the company's acquisitions. Key responsibilities include:
- Managing and supervising local EMEA accounting team employees to ensure timely and quality financial reporting for entities that fall under direct responsibility.
- Analysing and reviewing monthly reporting packages for entities within the Content group and liaising with local finance teams.
- Leading the monthly consolidation process and intercompany reconciliations, reporting to the S4 group team
- Acting as the main contact for financial reporting tool (Exact) and drive improvement of current working practices
- Liaising with various stakeholders, including local finance teams, S4 group team, FP&A, MDs, tax, legal, HR, etc.
- Ensuring compliance with accounting and reporting standards, including preparing accounting position papers (IFRS).
- Overseeing the group audit process.
- Assisting with monthly board reporting to the management board.
- Playing a role in implementing new finance systems and driving entity rationalisation.
- Contributing to process documentation and improvement, as well as building a future-proof finance and reporting structure.
About you
- Bachelor or Master’s degree in Finance, Economics or Accountancy
- More than 6 years of experience (of which at least 2 as Financial Controller), preferably in a high growth, international company
- Experience within a transformation environment
- Strong people management skills
- Excellent communication skills, both with financial and non-financial professionals
- Ability to work in a dynamic environment and handle stressful situations with a positive attitude
- Strong analytical skills
- Proficiency in IFRS.
- Fluency in spoken and written English.
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About Monks
Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.
Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.
We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.
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Monks is the global, purely digital, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.
Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.
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