Financial Controller, Management Consulting

Teneo the global CEO advisory firm. Working exclusively with the CEOs and senior executives of the world’s leading companies, Teneo provides strategic counsel across their full range of key objectives and issues. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 500 and FTSE 100, as well as other global corporations.

Integrating the disciplines of strategic communications, investor relations, digital advisory, diversity & inclusion, management consulting, physical & cyber risk advisory, financial advisory, corporate governance advisory, political risk advisory, and talent advisory, Teneo solves for the most complex business challenges and opportunities.

Teneo is seeking a Financial Controller who will be responsible for producing accurate and timely management reporting for Teneo’s Global Management Consulting business.

Key Responsibilities

Monthly Responsibilities:

• Provide support and timely reporting to the CFO EMEA and Management Consulting COO and CEO.
• Prepare consolidated month-end results, including variance analysis for both current month and full year outturn performance in Teneo format
• Prepare monthly control files and balance sheet reconciliations, including compliance with global control software
• Ensure the accuracy of the P&L and Balance Sheet for all markets
• Manage month end timetable and compliance with it
• Ensure efficient cash flow management and forecasting
• Prepare 1st draft of board & MD meeting reports in the Teneo format
• Present monthly results and working capital update at the Managing Director Meeting
• Manage payroll & pension submissions in conjunction with HR
• Maintain staff forecasts, capacity trackers and revenue forecasts
• Maintain bonus accrual calculations for both junior and senior staff
• Working with the Finance Manager, oversee the full revenue cycle from client take-on through to cash collection including escalation and resolution with client leads and if necessary the CFO EMEA and CEO.  
• Work with the Finance Manager to operate the accounts payable function with suitable segregation of duties as part of a strong control environment
• Monitor the performance of specific practice areas and raise any issues to leadership
• Maintain project level profitability calculations and roll-ups by MD or Practice area.

Ad-Hoc Support:

• Lead the preparation of annual budgets and major reforecasts with the support of the CFO EMEA.
• Support the Management Consulting CEO/COO on ad-hoc tasks such as compensation modelling and budgeting for potential senior hires or team lift-outs.
• Track and report performance KPIs such as expense recovery
• Providing analysis and tracking of sub-budget spend. For instance, recruitment spend, internal entertainment, marketing.
• Calculate required updates to rate card to maintain margins

Central Finance Support

• Work with Global peers on combined submissions required in local entities, including but not limited to Sales tax, Corporation tax and financial statements.
• Oversee talent management of dedicated MC finance team members

Regulation

• Ensure compliance with regulatory bodies
• Prepare statutory reports required by regulators
• Liaise closely with external auditors as necessary to ensure timely completion within global timelines
• Support preparation of statutory accounts

Requirements:

The Financial Controller should act with discretion, integrity and professionalism at all times and be a key source of financial support for CFO EMEA and Management Consulting COO and CEO.

Technical

• Should be fluent in English - speaking & writing
• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified for minimum of 3 years.
• Finance Manager experience for 2+ years.
• Experience of working in the finance function of a professional services business
• Should have a good knowledge of US GAAP
• Strong excel modelling skills
• Ensures all reports, data and written work are correct in detail and without error
• Proactively develops initiatives to improve internal financial systems with the objective of delivering an effective and efficient service to the business
• Keeps up to date with contemporary trends and technology
• Comfortable presenting financial data in group settings to senior stakeholders
• Makes good decisions in a timely manner that reflect a full understanding of risks, costs and benefits
• Clearly and comfortably delegates both routine and important tasks/decisions
• Can skillfully and confidently negotiate both internally and externally
• Fully proficient level of competency in all mainstream software packages that are relevant to role
• Strong initiative and adopts a proactive approach
• Identifies issues and resolves promptly
• Manages and prioritises workload of themselves and their team effectively
• Successfully juggles multiple tasks

Relationship Building

• Creates an immediate, positive and credible impression on others
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills with all levels of people
• Develops and maintains strong relationships with colleagues, clients and external suppliers
• Communicates effectively with colleagues, clients and suppliers
• Seen as a cooperative team player willing to resolve issues for the good of all
• Leads and inspires team and gets the best from everyone

Culture

• Always seeks to go above and beyond
• Proactively takes on the challenge of unfamiliar tasks
• Calm and resilient
• Positive outlook, committed and enthusiastic
• Consistently works as a team player to achieve shared values and common goals
• Displays a healthy work-life balance, while sharing the load if teams are under pressure
• Actively participates in continuing professional development

What we can offer

• Competitive salary (depending on experience)
• 28 days holiday
• Discretionary bonus
• Annual salary review
• Pension (with company contribution: 5% of annual salary)
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave (depending on length of service) and shared parental leave
• Group Income protection
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work schemes
• Season ticket loans
• Regular social, cultural and charitable activities

About Teneo

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organizations.

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.

The firm has more than 1,500 employees located in 40+ offices around the world.

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