About the Company
Mood, a private equity-backed company, is the world’s leading in-store media solutions company dedicated to elevating the Customer Experience. The Company creates greater emotional connections between brands and consumers through the right combination of sight, sound, scent, social and systems solutions. Mood reaches more than 150 million consumers each day through more than 500,000 subscriber locations in 100+ countries around the globe. Mood’s clients include businesses of all sizes and market sectors, from the world’s most recognized retailers and hotels to quick-service restaurants, local banks and thousands of small businesses.
For more information, visit: www.moodmedia.com
About the role
The role sits in the International head office in London and is a key contact for finance teams across the globe. The role focuses on statutory financial & tax reporting for the group’s European business units, group accounting and process improvement initiatives. The individual is expected to be a technically strong qualified financial accountant who is seeking a new challenge. The role reports to the Director of International Finance and the ideal candidate is someone that:
- Has a strong accounting background.
- Is comfortable critically reviewing financial statements.
- Able to partner with external stakeholders, auditors & tax advisors.
- Has a proven ability to drive process improvement across the accounting function.
Key Responsibilities
Statutory Reporting
- Responsible for all statutory financial reporting for Mood’s European entities.
- Act as the main point of contact for auditors.
- Project managing the audit process and being the link between the auditors and accounting function.
- Managing the audit timeline to ensure all financials statements are files on time.
- Performing the annual impairment review.
Tax
- Responsible for all tax filings across Mood’s European entities including sales and corporation tax filings.
- Partner with external tax advisors to ensure tax filings are submitted on a timely basis.
- Project manage tax audits alongside external tax advisors.
Process Improvement
- Working with the wider accounting team to shorten the month end close timetable.
- Support the accounting team with improving quality of balance sheet reconciliations.
- Improving existing processes and controls within the accounting team.
Skills & qualifications
- Qualified accountant
- Audit / Accounting background
- Must be proficient in Microsoft applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Media sector experience - desirable
- Experience in Oracle ERP – desirable
Personality traits
- Able to work proactively with the ability to prioritise own work and work of others to meet deadlines and achieve targets in a fast-paced dynamic environment
- Team player, bridge builder, approachable and flexible
- Seek out improvements, challenges the status quo, "thinks outside the box"
- Ability to communicate effectively on all levels to financial and non-financial audiences
- Leads by example with a strong work ethic and effective delegation skills
