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Financial Compliance Manager

Employer
Motorola Solutions
Location
Slough, UK
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Apr 22, 2019

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Job Role
Compliance Accountant
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Financial Compliance Manager Airwave Solutions Ltd- Slough, Berkshire £53,000.00 - £63,000.00 per year This is a maternity cover fixed term contract (employed) role for 12 months. Company Overview : On any given day, every moment matters to someone, somewhere. And every moment, Motorola Solutions' innovations, products and services play essential roles in people's lives. We help firefighters see around buildings and police officers see around street corners. We keep utility workers connected and visible to each other with real-time voice and data communication across the smart grid. And we provide the situational awareness first responders need when a moment brings catastrophe. We help people be their best in their moments that matter. Department Description : This is a maternity cover fixed term contract (employed) role for 12 months. As our Financial Compliance Manager you will be a key member of our Financial Control team. You will have full responsibility for managing the group's statutory and compliance activities, including those related to statutory accounting and external audit, Airwave and Motorola SOX programs including testing and development thereof, corporate taxation, dividend policy, customer financial reporting, internal audit services work, the introduction of new US and UK accounting standards and the development of the UK statutory company structure. Job Description : Reporting to the Group Financial Controller this role has no direct reports, although acts as a central point that controls the activities of the whole Airwave finance team, so there is significant influence over the whole team. The key internal contacts of this role are: Financial controller and Financial Accountant. Director of Finance. Operational team of finance business partners. Accounts receivable and accounts payable managers. FP&A team. Motorola corporate tax finance manager. Motorola global SOX team members in USA and Poland. Other Motorola group finance contacts in UK, USA and Poland. The key external contacts of this role are: KPMG - external statutory and SOX auditors. HMRC. Core Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
• Management of year end US GAAP reporting and external group audit process.
• Management of local UK statutory reporting and external audit processes, ensuring synergy with similar processes within Motorola UK.
• Management of all internal SOX programs within Airwave finance including advising control owners, testing of controls, monitoring compliance, updating controls where necessary.
• Liaison with SOX contacts within Airwave IT, Motorola global SOX team members in USA and Poland and ensuring compliance with global SOX program.
• Liaison with Motorola corporation tax manager to ensure correct tax accounting within Airwave.
• Manage full year and interim financial reporting to customers under contracts.
• Manage requirements of internal Motorola audit services team and other adhoc requests.
• Ensure appropriate adoption of new accounting standards - US GAAP in association with US technical team and local FRS 102 requirements - particularly leasing and revenue standards and including any new systems requirements.
• Manage group dividend policy to ensure Airwave cash generated is efficiently distributed to Guardian and then to Motorola.
• Manage quarterly balance sheet review process to identify areas of risk and opportunity.
• Develop and simplify the UK statutory structure in response to changing business needs including necessary statutory compliance and local accounting entries needed.
• Participation in ad hoc projects such as revenue recognition reviews, systems implementations and changes in financial processes. Basic Requirements : Qualified accountant with experience in:
• Year end close processes, group reporting and UK statutory accounting.
• SOX environments and be able to demonstrate an understanding of the importance of controls and processes.
• Managed audit processes, including UK statutory audits, tax audits, SOX audits and other UK public accounts audits.
• Technically proficient, with experience of US GAAP and FRS 102, likely developments in these, and the impact thereof. Personal attributes:
• Ambition to learn and develop in a supportive yet challenging environment.
• Thorough with attention to detail and perseverance.
• Able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to build strong and mutually supportive working relationships with colleagues.
• Ability to organise and prioritise your workload and work independently.
• Awareness of the commercial implications of accounting decisions. Financial Compliance Manager Airwave Solutions Ltd- Slough, Berkshire £53,000.00 - £63,000.00 per year This is a maternity cover fixed term contract (employed) role for 12 months.

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