The posting
Your reason for being here…
You own the numbers that look backward and the controls that make them trustworthy. Reporting to the Financial Director, you sit on the Senior Management Team and you own this area of finance: month-end, tight daily cash control, clean reconciliations, and audits we smash because everything is where it should be. You lead and develop the transactional team, drive efficiency into every process, and build the disciplines in cash, FX and tax that make the business more resilient.
The way you roll…
You're an organised, hands-on leader who sets the standard and then holds the line on it. You care about getting things right, you're calm when month-end gets busy, and you bring people with you rather than just telling them what to do. You're always looking for the better, simpler way to do things.
How you make it all possible…
- Own month-end close across the group, holding the timetable and driving the team to hit it.
- Support our Treasury function with daily cash control, building reserves deliberately through challenging operating margins and expenses, and staying efficient with FX, tax and cash.
- Own ERP reconciliations and the monthly balance-back to the sales reports across the Group.
- Lead, manage and develop the management accounting team, setting clear ownership and time standards, maintaining healthy performance practicies.
- Deliver monthly management reporting against budget across the UK entities and subsidiaries.
- Own technical accounting, policies and consistency of treatment, keeping the numbers robust and defensible.
- Drive finance systems and process improvement, automating consolidation and routine reporting and using AI wherever it can add value and streamline, with a clear eye on efficiencies that remove manual load and cost.
- Support Board reporting and governance, and own statutory filings and company secretarial matters.
- Manage corporation tax estimates and QIP payments, R&D claims coordination and insurance renewals alongside the advisers.
- Support external audit, covenant compliance monitoring, the fixed asset register, UK payroll oversight and the HR interface.
- Own process documentation and the controls manual so the finance function runs to a clear standard.
- Manage the accountancy firm relationship within a fee budget, bringing routine technical work in-house over time so advisers are for opinions and peaks, not the day job.
What’s in your toolbox…
- A fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with solid financial control experience.
- 5 year qualified experience and previously held Financial Controller role.
- Proven ownership of month-end close and management reporting, ideally in a multi-entity group.
- Strong technical accounting knowledge and a feel for what will stand up to audit and lender scrutiny.
- Experience of managing and developing a finance team.
- A genuine interest in finance systems and process improvement – you like fixing things, not just running them.
- A calm, methodical approach and the confidence to own the controls environment.
Get to know us…
We’re one of the most unexpectedly all-round capable communications agencies that’s been on the go for years – ever since our head honcho set up shop in a shed back in 1980, in fact.
Since then, we’ve made it our mission to make anything possible for our many and varied clients, putting our creative flair into delivering strategic communication campaigns, digital solutions, film and videos, events, exhibitions, and a whole lot more in between. We’ve grown a lot, but we’ve kept everything that made us great, back from the very day we first started out. Our global HQ and largest studios are smack bang in the middle of the UK and well worth a visit to see for yourself!
Hang on, there’s more…
The role will be based primarily in Hartlebury, but there will be times when you’ll need to work from our other places and undertake other related commercial duties both in the UK and overseas. Flexibility is key!
We’re a friendly team. We really, really welcome anyone who wants to become part of a brilliant company. If you’re passionate, with a cracking drive to deliver on our ‘anything’s possible’ mindset, we’d love to hear from you.
DRPG is an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you’re excited about this role, we would love to hear from you and look forward to receiving your application. DRPG supports Armed Forces veterans and Reservists by offering a guaranteed interview to those who meet the minimum essential criteria and whose last long-term substantive employer was the Armed Forces. Please indicate if you are a veteran or Reservist in your application to help us monitor job applications from this community.
