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Working Hours: Full time position, Monday - Friday
Work Location: EMA Cargo West, East Midlands Airport, Derby, DE74 2TR
Salary: Competitive

DHL Air UK is the largest all-cargo air carrier in the UK, operating a fleet of B757-200, B767-300 and B777F aircraft on worldwide operations. Part of the DHL Express team with our headquarters at East Midlands Airport, we wish to enhance the team to deliver our customer promise of; Excellence, Simply Delivered.

We are looking to appoint a self-motivated individual that is people and service focused. Someone who gets it right first time, shows passion in their work and has the “Can Do” spirit that made DHL world leading in Logistics.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Finance team as a Financial Reporting Controller (FRC).

The Role:

You will be responsible for monitoring risk, internal control, balance sheet integrity and statutory financial reporting within the business to ensure compliance with global DHL financial procedures as well as international accounting standards. You will be working as a key member of the DHL Air UK Finance team to regularly review controls and processes and implement process improvement plans.

Your main duties will include:

• Being responsible for the overall integrity, accuracy and completeness of monthly actual reporting of the DHL Air Limited results.
• Managing the local internal control programme, liaising with the appropriate colleagues to address any areas of deficiency.
• Assisting with statutory audits, mitigating risks and identifying potential areas of non-compliance.
• Overseeing the preparation of the annual Financial Statements, including liaising with the UK tax team to assist with the Corporation Tax return.
• Ensuring integrity of the balance sheet through monitoring of reconciliations and regular interaction with the EFSS.
• Reviewing the payroll reconciliations on a monthly basis and pro-actively addressing any issues with the EFSS and local payroll/HR teams.
• Managing the introduction of IFRS 16.
• Preparing annual adjustments required for the defined benefit pension scheme, including liaising with our external actuaries.
• Providing technical support and advice to the department as required.
• Other finance related tasks as and when required in order to support the business.

Skills and Experience required for the role:

• Educated to Degree level (or equivalent).
• Qualified Accountant (ACA or ACCA or equivalent)
• Substantial post-qualification experience ideally with previous experience in an audit firm.
• A strong working knowledge of MS Office packages with excellent Excel skills and an ability to work with complex system applications.
• Good working knowledge of IFRS.
• Good working knowledge of UK GAAP is desirable.
• Customer and stakeholder focus with an ability to build and manage partnerships.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong and professional business acumen with the ability to be proactive and implement solutions where needed.
• Excellent time management skills with the capability of working in a fast paced/high change business.
• A willingness to embrace the DHL ethos and lead by example.

What you’ll get in return:

A competitive salary and access to a variety of our excellent benefits.

What you'll need to do next?

If you are interested in the role of Financial Reporting Controller (FRC) and you are looking for your next career move, simply apply online ensuring that a full up to date CV and cover letter is attached with your application detailing how you meet the requirements of the role.

We will ensure that all our resourcing activities are fair, transparent and consistent across the UK. We want to ensure that the candidate experience is of the highest professional standard. The Company is committed to providing equality of opportunity for all employees. Furthermore we aim to ensure our workplaces are free from discrimination and that not only employees but also our potential future employees are treated fairly and with dignity and respect. We will ensure that equality of opportunity maintains a high profile in our organisation.

Closing Date: Friday 11th July 2023

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