Financial Acc & Rep Controller

This role will form part of the EMEA Finance Reporting Team, responsible for managing and supporting the financial reporting process for EMEA, ensuring compliance with US GAAP and Insight SOX and reporting guidelines and preparation of financial reporting statements and disclosures.

The position holder will play a key role in supporting the drive to improvement of policies and processes across EMEA to strengthen the integrity and accuracy of our financial reporting, maintaining a system of auditable accounting records and to act as expert and go to person for financial reporting policies and guidelines, in particular for accounting standards across EMEA.,

• Representing the EMEA Financial Reporting Function to meet the financial, regulatory and compliance reporting requirements for all EMEA entities:


• Manage and maintain the general ledger, and delivering financial reporting within agreed timescales to local (and global) finance stakeholders, paying particular attention to (where applicable):


• Collaboration with subject matter experts in the preparation of financial statements.


• Balance sheet accounts fully reconciled and substantiated, with review actions followed up and resolved.


• Preparation of monthly and quarterly consolidated reporting and disclosures for EMEA (Quarter End -10Q and Year End 10K Reporting for the EMEA region)


• Regular communication and co-ordination with the local finance teams for monthly and quarterly reporting


• Regularly liaising with Internal and External Auditors.



• Ensuring compliance with financial policies, regulations and SOX requirements through managing the application of our existing SOX processes and implementing/facilitating ongoing improvements:


• Documentation and guidance: Greater clarity and detail in the guidance and testing of the controls


• Risk assessment: Identification and management of areas of high risk


• Completeness and accuracy of Source data - integrity of data supporting our processes.


• Act as Subject Matter Expert and go to person for the application of Insight Accounting Policies, adoption of new policies and SOX Requirements.


• Planning and implementing of new policies and guidelines and/or continuous improvement of existing processes and guidelines through improved documentation and alignment and streamlining of processes globally.


• Adopting and communicating consistent application of policies across EMEA.



• Being an active member of a team championing operational excellence through continuous improvement and change management projects. This includes:


• Providing support for implementing global systems and processes (alignment with North America/APAC processes)


• Adopting new SOX control processes


• Ensuring accuracy and integrity of information



• This is a hands-on role, being a key member of the EMEA Financial Reporting team working closely with the EMEA local finance teammates, the US Corporate Finance Team, Auditors (Both internal and external) and other supporting functions across EMEA.


• The above list is not exhaustive, and you may be asked to undertake reasonable additional duties.
  
  Qualified accountant with prior experience of financial reporting and strong audit background-SAP experience


• Strong communication and presentation skills-Exposure to SOX processes


• Accuracy and timeliness in reporting-Knowledge of US GAAP / reporting into US parent


• Ability to provide effective leadership, build positive team spirit and inspire, motivate, and support teammates-Exposure to international organisation


• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills-


• Ability to identify and implement process improvements and changes-


• Excellent attention to detail-


• Organisational and planning skills-


• Integrity and honesty-
  
  Insight is a Fortune 500-ranked global provider of hardware, software, cloud and service solutions, providing clients the guidance and expertise needed to define, architect, implement and manage technology today while transforming for tomorrow., We believe that by giving you the freedom to think big and empower you to reach your full potential, together we will achieve the best outcomes. Along with excellent benefits and a compelling reward package, we offer the opportunity to work in a supportive environment with a high level of autonomy and creativity - there's a reason our average employee tenure is over 6 years.


We strive to display our three core values of Hunger, Heart, and Harmony every day. They represent and drive who we are here at Insight and by doing so we are doing amazing things. Insight started in a garage in 1988 and it is through harnessing our three core values that two brothers, Eric and Tim Crown, steered Insight to the Fortune 500 company it is today. We are now a Global IT Services and Solutions business, passionate about helping customers and the real people who sit behind them.