- Company Name
- Carnegie Consulting
- Job Title
- Financial Controller
- Job Description
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Job Title: Financial Controller
Role Summary: Temporary financial controller on a 9‑12 month contract covering maternity leave within a venture capital firm. Responsible for financial control, reporting, tax, regulatory compliance, partner economics, and process improvement across UK and Guernsey entities.
Expectations: Deliver accurate, timely financial statements, manage tax processes, ensure regulatory compliance, and maintain strong stakeholder relationships in a lean finance team environment. Must exceed deadlines for month‑end, quarterly, and statutory reporting while improving controls and systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own quarterly management accounts for UK and Guernsey entities, including variance analysis and commentary.
- Oversee month‑end and quarter‑end close across all corporate entities.
- Maintain balance sheet control: accruals, prepayments, intercompany balances.
- Prepare annual statutory accounts; primary contact for external auditors.
- Lead UK VAT compliance (partial exemption, quarterly returns).
- Manage UK corporation tax for the corporate member above the LLP: computations, provisions, filings; liaison with tax advisors.
- Ensure correct tax treatment of intercompany arrangements and cost allocations.
- Prepare and oversee FCA regulatory reporting for the UK investment adviser; support Guernsey regulatory reporting.
- Manage partner distributions, approvals, payments; oversee partner remuneration, bonuses, benefits.
- Support Head of Finance with partner reporting, ad‑hoc analysis, and strategic initiatives.
- Lead small finance team review (bookkeeper) and drive continuous process, control, and system improvements.
- Act as key finance contact for internal stakeholders, external auditors, tax advisors, fund administrators, regulators.
Required Skills:
- Strong Excel and MS Office proficiency.
- Experience with accounting software (NetSuite or Xero).
- Detail‑oriented, pragmatic, commercially minded.
- Effective communication, listening, clarity, and conviction.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent deadlines across reporting, tax, and regulatory cycles.
Required Education & Certifications:
- ACCA, CIMA, or ACA qualification.
- Prior experience as a financial controller or senior finance role in a similar environment.
Optional, but beneficial:
- Experience with Concur or similar expense management software.
- Interest in tech‑driven process and control enhancements.