Financial Controller

Preparation of Annual Reports to shareholders and statutory accounts

Strong technical accounting knowledge

Managing accounting functions including qualified accountant]

Knowledge of laws and regulations relevant to companies and finance functions

Knowledge of internal financial control frameworks

Analytical approach to problem solving

Our benefits package is designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and work-life balance. It includes a highly competitive pension or 401(k) plan, private health insurance, and 24/7 access to counselling and wellbeing resources through our Employee Assistance Program.

Work From Anywhere

program, which allows you to work from any location where you have the legal right to do so for up to 25 days per year. In addition, we provide generous annual and parental leave, as well as dedicated days off for volunteering and even for moving home.

You will also be given free access to all

The Economist

content, including an online subscription, our range of apps, podcasts and more.

Financial accounting, reporting and audit

Support our India reporting leadership teams with best practice, process improvement and accounting manual maintenance and be UK point of contact for stakeholders in these processes along with:

Review of the Group and subsidiary financial and reporting processes

Support of Group and subsidiary external audits.

Review and input on Group Annual and Interim Reports and subsidiary statutory accounts

Assessing the impact of new accounting standards on the business and working with Shared Services to implement changes to accounting practices, reporting and restatement of results.

We are an organisation that exists to drive progress. That's the “red thread” that connects everyone at The Economist Group (TEG). Our businesses share a devotion to innovation, independence and rigour in their fields of expertise. We empower people to understand and tackle the critical challenges and changes facing the world. Our analytical rigour, global expertise and evidence-based insights enable individuals and organisations to make sense of these shifts and chart a course through them.

We deliver analysis and insights in many formats to subscribers and businesses in 170 countries through our three businesses, The Economist, Economist Enterprise and Economist Education, which uphold our global reputation for excellence and integrity.

The Finance team’s vision is to partner with the Group in driving profitable growth, through finance excellence. We support our businesses to make effective commercial and operational decisions; provide information and analysis to management and the Board to support strategic decisions; manage working capital to quickly convert profit into cash; develop and maintain a strong control environment to comply with legal, statutory and tax legislation in all territories we operate in.

With over 100 Finance professionals operating from offices in London, New York, Hong Kong & Gurugram, this role works with finance and business colleagues from around the globe to deliver the Finance vision.

The Finance Team:

be part of our Finance team reshaping our processes and the technology we use