.International School Partnership Careers22 Oct | International School Partnership Careers | MadridISP Financial Controller - Portugal Role Profile Based in Lisbon, PortugalPurpose of Role The ISP Financial Controller - Portugal position reports into the Regional Finance Director, Iberia. The individual is responsible for ensuring all financial and tax information is controlled and accurately reported, in accordance with strict deadlines, to satisfy all internal and external reporting requirements for all legal entities in Portugal.Key Responsibilities Month Close and Statutory Reporting: Coordinate the monthly close process for all schools in Portugal, ensuring reporting deadlines are met in accordance with the ISP Group requirements. Review and control to ensure financial transactions are recorded accurately in the ISP Group transactional and consolidation system Netsuite, in accordance with IFRS reporting standards. Produce timely financial statements, P&L, Balance sheet, and cash flows in a statutory format, including regular reconciliation to internal management reporting and local accounts. Conduct semiannual reviews of balance sheet movements, providing useful explanations for significant variances. Review intercompany and intracompany balances to ensure full counterparty elimination on regional and group consolidation.Control and Financial Control and Compliance: Establish and maintain an adequate internal control and compliance environment to ensure external and internal reporting is free of material misstatement. Conduct and coordinate quarterly reviews of balance sheet reconciliations and movements, providing useful explanations for significant variances. Establish, report, and maintain strong control around credit collections for the schools. Be the first point of contact with ISP Group and local auditors and coordinate the completion of prepared information for the Year-end audits for the ISP Group and for the local accounts. Ensure that there is a clearly documented reconciliation of statutory accounts to management accounts for EBITDA and retained profit. Monitor and follow up on external audit issues and implement recommended improvements.Cash Flow, Debtors and Capex: Responsible for ensuring that local cash management is optimized. Record and report local bank balances regularly. Prepare an annual cash flow budget and maintain monthly cash flows, comparing and explaining significant monthly variances. Review and control the debtors reports under the Group requirements and report monthly. Ensure Capex expenditure is recorded correctly in the Fixed Asset Module of Netsuite.Tax: Ensure that the Portuguese companies comply with tax regulations (SII reporting, payments of tax, statutory returns, etc). Prepare the calculations of Corporation Tax (annual and payments in advance). Work with Region tax on group tax matters such as transfer pricing and to ensure that the tax profile of the Portuguese companies is optimized