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L3Harris Financial Controller in Crawley, United Kingdom
Job Title: Financal Controller
Job ID: 19457
Job Location: Crawley, West Sussex, UK
Please note that onsite working will be expected for at least 4 days per week.
About this opportunity and L3Harris UK
From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.
L3Harris in Crawley specialise in technology and systems to enable quality pilot training from distance learning systems applications and maintenance solutions to training devices and full flight simulators, our technology covers the complete training spectrum.
Role overview: The Financial Controller will have full ownership of all Financial Control activities for the L3Harris Commercial Training Systems UK entities, including transactional processing, periodic reporting, SOX compliance and other activities. Work closely with the entities Commercial Finance and FP&A teams to continually improve processes and develop a best-in-class control environment.
A few of our employee benefits are:
25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
Private medical insurance with optional family cover
Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
Group income protection
Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support
Subsidised staff restaurant
Staff car park incl. electric vehicle charging stations
Core responsibilities will involve:
Day to day management and leadership of 6 direct reports
Oversee the preparation of the monthly and quarterly results including Income Statements, Balance Sheets, Cash Flow and variance analysis
Ensure General Ledger and robust Balance Sheet controls are maintained, implemented and applied consistently
Support the delivery of best practice approaches to the Order to Cash and Purchase to Pay processes, including ongoing metrics
Drive through improvement initiatives, providing support and guidance to functional leads
Provide support and guidance to the payroll function, enhancing the control environment
Oversight on all UK HFM reporting
Responsible for all key returns and reports on behalf of L3 CTS, including statutory accounts, corporation tax returns, SAO tax documentation, dealing with auditors, etc.
Proactively streamline processes, identifying opportunities to eliminate waste
Partner with upstream process owners supporting company-wide initiatives, and overseas colleagues driving synergies and standardisation
Ad hoc projects, reporting and analysis
Qualification and educational requirements:
ACA ‘big4’ Qualified with post qualification experience gained within large blue chip organizations
Essential skills and experience:
Experience in leading a full accounting function including GL, AP, AR, Payroll & Banking
The ideal candidate will be an ambitious, proactive accountant that likes driving change, and creating a best in class finance department
Strong leadership/team development experience, minimum 3 years
UK statutory accounts and external audit
Experience working in a fast moving PE-backed environment
Gravitas to challenge and support stakeholders of all levels across the business and challenge the status quo
Self-starter with ability to work on own initiative, spot issues early and liaise effectively with key stakeholders
Strong communicator that can tailor their approach to the audience and present with impact
Resilient, able to work under pressure in a fast-changing environment
Innovation, continuous improvement mentality
Advanced Excel skills
Desirable: SAP S/4 HANA
Important to know: All candidates who wish to be considered for this vacancy must have the right to work in the UK.
L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.