Assistant Financial Controller

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions we believe that everything starts with our people. Were a global close-knit community united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration thats critical for safer communities safer schools safer hospitals safer businesses and ultimately safer nations. Connect with a career that matters and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Job Description

This role is primarily remote working with occasional visits to our London office.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Maintain oversight of Airwave AR and AP teams in the UK and Poland ensuring timely transaction processing performing vendor/payment approvals and forecasting cash flow.
• Working with finance colleagues to ensure robust adherence to the Competition and Markets Authoritys charge control order ensuring Airwave billing and revenue recognition is appropriate.
• Contribute to Airwave-related activities of the Motorola Poland FOC team including intercompany transactions fixed assets and depreciation treasury direct and indirect taxes payroll employee expenses and insurance.
• Perform and own Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) controls on monthly basis including approval of balance sheet reconciliations and managing balance sheet reviews.
• Ensure system integrity and GL allocation within SAP in association with Motorola Poland FOC team.
• Involvement in UK statutory audit processes liaison with external auditors on critical audit issues
• and areas of judgment and reviewing statutory accounts.
• Managing other UK compliance areas including prompt payment reporting SME reporting Ofcom submissions adherence to LRQA ISO standards and ONS reporting.
• Contribute to implementation of new Opportunity to Invoice sales system including design and operation of associated finance business processes.
• Support the operation and development of the Airwave finance team promoting best practice at all times and ensuring robust adherence to controls.

Basic Requirements

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA / ACCA /ACA) with at least 2 years PQE.

• Experience of dealing with a variety of stakeholders and working in a matrix organisation.

• UK resident with the expectation of achieving national security clearance to SC level to obtain you must be a UK resident of 5 years minimum.

• Experience of a broad range of accounting and finance functions in a large corporate environment including use of shared services finance teams and group reporting requirements.

• Knowledge of the benefits of incorporating automation and AI into finance processes and the ability to identify and implement such opportunities.

• Excellent communication and social skills to develop effective internal and external relationships with Airwave colleagues Motorola contacts and external stakeholders.

• The ability to work independently self-motivate organise yourself and prioritise your workload Understanding of SOX environments and the ability to demonstrate the importance of controls processes and best practice.

• Good systems skills including Microsoft and Google software products.

• Ambition to learn and develop in a supportive yet challenging environment showing potential to take on increased responsibilities within Airwave and develop into wider roles within Motorola.

In return for your expertise well support you in this new challenge with coaching & development every step of the way. Also to reward your hard work youll get:

• Competitive salary and bonus schemes

• Two weeks additional pay per year (holiday bonus).

• 25 days holiday entitlement bank holidays.

• Attractive defined contribution pension scheme.

• Company Car Scheme

• Private medical insurance.

• Employee stock purchase plan.

• Flexible working options.

• Life assurance.

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.

• Career development support and wide ranging learning opportunities.

• Employee health and wellbeing support EAP wellbeing guidance etc.

• Carbon neutral initiatives/goals.

• Corporate social responsibility initiatives including support for volunteering days.

• Well known companies discount schemes.

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EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion or belief sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If youd like to join our team but feel that you dont quite meet all of the preferred skills wed still love to hear why you think youd be a great addition to our team.