.DescriptionISP l Financial Controller - Portugal Role ProfilePurpose of RoleThe 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.ISP PrinciplesBegin with our children and students. Our children and students are at the heart of what we do. Simply, their success is our success. Wellbeing and safety are both essential for learners and learning. Therefore, we are consistent in identifying potential safeguarding issues and acting and following up on all concerns appropriately.Treat everyone with care and respect. We look after one another, embrace similarities and differences and promote the well-being of self and others.Operate effectively. We focus relentlessly on the things that are most important and will make the most difference. We apply school policies and procedures and embody the shared ideas of our community.Learn continuously. Getting better is what drives us. We positively engage with personal and professional development and school improvement.Key ResponsibilitiesMonth Close and Statutory ReportingCoordinate 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.Financial Control and ComplianceEstablish 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.Ensuring 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.Ensure accounting treatment is consistent and aligned with Group accounting policies
