# Manager - Financial Accounting & Control

**Company**: London Stock Exchange Group
**Location**: Colombo
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

Manager - Financial Accounting & Control will be responsible for overall delivery of financial reporting and control related centralized services provided by the Finance General Accounting Team to the subsidiaries of the London Stock Exchange Group.

The role is passionate about handling the centralised services provided to the Group, Global processes, continuous improvements, building resilience and working with key parties to on board new activities.

**Responsibilities**

- Ensure timely and accurate accounting in compliance with global accounting policies, procedures, and applicable accounting standards.

- Maintain bank reconciliation accuracy and timeliness, ensuring open items are at minimum levels and achieve an ideal state of process through transformation.

- Identify risks and process gaps, proposing and implementing remedial measures.

- Collaborate with the Financial Controls team to ensure adherence to the Financial Controls Framework.

- Meet tight reporting and audit deadlines.

- Support internal and external audit procedures by providing timely information.

- Onboard new scope and align to standard operating model.

- Ensure accurate balance sheet controls are in place and teams are aligned.

- Develop standardized training documents for new team members.

- Design and monitor key performance indicators to measure team performance.

- Build resilience and succession plans for key roles within the team.

- Liaise with Finance Systems Support teams to identify improvements or necessary corrective actions.

- Support group projects and change management activities.

**Preferred Skills and Experience**

- Degree in a related field and/or professional accounting qualification with 6-8 years of post-completion/post-qualification experience.

- Experience supporting internal and external audits, exposure to SAP and Oracle Fusion related to financial accounting.

- Large-scale ERP migration experience with knowledge of subledgers and general ledger functions.

- Background in finance shared services.

- Strong background in implementing and monitoring Financial Controls.

- Good knowledge of technical accounting concepts and principles.

- Ability to build strong working relationships with global colleagues.

- Effective problem-solving and collaboration skills.

- Adaptability to evolving business and regulatory environments.

- Effective oral and written communication skills.

- Attention to detail and accuracy.

- Ability to work according to UK work hours.

**Benefits**

- Healthcare

- Retirement planning

- Paid volunteering days

- Wellbeing initiatives

## Skills

### Required
- financial accounting
- financial controls
- SAP
- Oracle Fusion
- ERP migration

### Nice to have
- large-scale ERP migration
- subledgers functions
- general ledger
- Blackline

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