Financial Controller, Mimecast
Maternity cover
£100-150k
2-5 days a week in office
HR management & advanced email security
Be an early applicant
HR management & advanced email security
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£100-150k
2-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To stop bad things from happening to good organisations.
Role
Who you are
- Professional accounting qualification — ACA, ACCA, or CIMA
- 5+ years' post-qualified experience within industry
- Proven Finance Controller experience
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS
- Experience with multi-currency reporting
- Credibility and confidence to liaise effectively with senior management
- Methodical, diligent, accurate and accountable approach to work
- Ability to challenge the status quo and drive improvement through change
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to multi-task and deliver high-quality work to deadlines
- Team player with a positive, collaborative attitude
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced finance professional to join Mimecast on a fixed-term basis as Financial Controller (Maternity Cover)
- This is a senior role with broad ownership across our EMEA entities, encompassing US GAAP management reporting, statutory audit, tax collaboration, and team leadership
- The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with a track record of operating at Controller level in a complex, multi-currency environment, and will be ready to hit the ground running from day one
- Ownership of monthly management reporting under US GAAP
- Own the month-end, quarter-end and year-end close processes across a number of EMEA entities, ensuring accurate and timely reporting
- Oversight of reconciliations for all balance sheet items and meaningful variance analysis on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis
- Review of complex calculations and items requiring judgement when prepared by more junior team members
- Supervise statutory audits and preparation of financial statements under IFRS for UK and other EMEA entities, including oversight of complex audit items
- Preparation of payroll-related returns such as, PAYE Settlement Agreement (PSA), and employment-related securities returns
- Oversight of payroll accruals and journals
- Collaborate with tax teams to ensure visibility of transfer pricing changes and timely reporting of corporation tax returns
- Implementation of best practices within the Finance department
- Developing and applying knowledge of Mimecast's business to provide value-added analysis and support to other areas of the business
- Providing guidance and mentoring to more junior members of the team
- Other duties as requested by senior Finance leadership, including cover during periods of high workloads and absences
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Mimecast’s next-gen cloud-based security, archiving, and continuity services provide comprehensive risk management in a fully integrated solution, protecting over 40,000 customers worldwide and blocking 162+ million threats. With its adaptable platform, Mimecast focuses on developing capabilities to meet increasing risks and forming strategic partnerships.
Following its acquisition by Permira, Mimecast has expanded globally, reaching more countries.. Recently, Mimecast acquired Elevate Security, enhancing its offerings with insights into human behaviours and risks. Elevate Security's platform flags high-risk individuals with a precision risk scoring algorithm, complementing Mimecast’s Awareness Training for targeted intervention and training.
Since 2003, Mimecast has empowered customers to mitigate risks and manage complexities in a threat landscape driven by cyberattacks and human error. Mimecast’s advanced solutions in threat detection, brand protection, and data retention enable organisations to work protected.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2012
$62m
SERIES C
Jan 2010
$21m
SERIES B
Total funding: $88.7m
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
Marc van Zadelhoff
(CEO)Prior to joining Mimecast in 2024, Marc was the CEO of Devo. They also spent nearly 12 years at IBM in various roles, including General Manager of IBM Security (Business Unit CEO).
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