Financial Controller, UK & RoI

Financial Controller UK & RoI

At IVC Evidensia, we are a leading veterinary services provider in Europe and North America with more than 2,500 clinics and hospitals across 19 countries and around 41,000 employees. We aim to have an extraordinary impact on animal lives, supporting in the region of 25,000 animals every single day across our international network. IVC Evidensia exists to champion the long-term health and welfare of animals and deliver our purpose of Healthy Animals, Happy Owners.

As Financial Controller for the UK and ROI you report to the UK&I Finance Director and have responsibility for all areas of financial accounting for the region. The UK&I are serviced by an extensive Shared Services team by Genpact in India as well as several group finance functions (tax, treasury, M&A, Working Capital etc). This role is a real hands-on role where you manage all aspect of financial controllership of the region; owning our working capital plans, developing new cash forecasting tool, be key contact and escalation point for audit and stats, drive Balance Sheet improvement programs with the Genpact team, and in co-operation with other team members manage the Genpact service delivery. You work with operations when projects span into the operational area as in fixed assets or lease accounting and you work with our internal controls team regarding financial policies and compliance.

The delivery in this role is both through personal drive and delivery as delivering through others. The candidate is a strong communicator with clarity of thought and conviction with demonstrated ability to drive continuous improvement and change. Strong leadership, deep finance technical skill as well as analytical skills are crucial for success in this role.

As our company moves with very high pace, and so does the finance function. The financial controller is both a doer and a creator, rolling sleeves up every day to drive continuous improvement, helping to solve our lack of standardisation and simplify our complexity.

Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities:

• Understand the working capital drivers across the business and driving improvements.

Support M&A accounting activity through integration process

As part of this role, you will work closely with our Insights team, FP&A and Business Partner teams, central finance, group finance, shared services team & Genpact and our operations team.

Effective communication with various stakeholders is an integral aspect of this role as it operates in a complex finance matrix of local, group and SCC teams, a large number of Veterinary Practices and several Subsidiaries across UK and Ireland.

Experience/Qualifications:

• Experience as financial controller, or assistant Financial Controller, in a company with very fast moving pace, with responsible for financial reporting and consolidation within a complex multi-site P&L organisation.
• Excellent technical finance skills with strong knowledge and understanding of both UK GAAP and IFRS. Able to understand the impact of technical accounting changes on the business, and to proactively manage any risks.
• Strong experience of finance processes design and development, systems, reporting and controls.
• Comfortable working in a global, matrixed business, delivering through others. Experience of managing diverse stakeholders as well as diverse external partners including influencing finance shared services partners and central group finance teams.

Experience of working in a multi-jurisdictional and multi-currency environment.

Degree educated, with a recognised Finance qualification e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA and strong technical accounting skills

Strong communicator with ability to bring teams and functions together to achieve common goals and understanding of why change is needed.

Comfortable managing in a matrix organisation delivering largely through other people

A person ready to roll up their sleeves and get stuck in, solving problems, finding answers and creating solutions

Ability to adapt and thrive in a constantly changing environment with very high pace and processes still maturing

An innovator with a strong orientation towards transformational leadership and change, not settling for status quo.

A team-player with high expectations and drive, able to collaborate but also challenge appropriately `

Comfortable dealing with ambiguity, with the resilience to ensure the right things are focused on.

Following receipt of your application, you will be contacted by one of our experienced hire recruitment team.

As a BAME and LGBTQ+ inclusive employer, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

What We Offer:

At IVC Evidensia we recognise that our people are fundamental to the success of our business. Investing in our people, premises and processes is at the heart of what we do. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will benefit from

• Work-life balance
• 26 days annual leave
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
• Pension
• Discretionary Bonus
• Discounted staff pet care
• Dog Friendly office
• Free Parking available at Head Office
  
  

At IVC Evidensia we are a committed to Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.