About Us
The Dyson Business Services (DBS) organization provides process and service excellence to support Dyson’s growth ambitions with a goal of innovating and enhancing services over time to meet the changing needs of the business. This is a key role in providing the operational excellence in DBS Centre, driving the process improvements and automation in Finance Services. Our goal is to be the trusted and preferred partner with the Business. We act at the forefront when it comes to deploying technology to design scalable solutions. We are competent and passionate about work – highly resilient to challenges.
About the Role
The Financial Control Manager plays a critical leadership role within Finance Services, ensuring the integrity, accuracy and compliance of financial reporting across assigned entities. This position combines deep technical accounting expertise with people leadership, stakeholder management and a continuous improvement mindset.
It is primarily an individual contributor role with ownership of the assigned entity. Other teams will support the role, but they will not report directly to this position
Key Responsibilities:
Financial Reporting & Period-End Close
- Ensure the accurate and timely month-end, quarter-end and year-end close for assigned entities in compliance with IFRS and relevant accounting standards.
- Lead month-end Balance Sheet meetings with Finance Directors and key stakeholders.
- Review financial results, identify risks and opportunities, and drive timely issue resolution.
- Deliver insightful financial analysis and commentary to support decision-making.
Balance Sheet & Cash Flow Management
- Own the preparation, review and approval of balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring balance sheet integrity.
- Lead regular balance sheet review meetings with Finance Directors and relevant stakeholders.
- Analyse financial statements and highlight key risks, trends and areas requiring attention.
- Preparing the cash flow forecast.
Internal Controls & Compliance
- Ensure effective financial controls are established and operating across all relevant processes.
- Drive compliance with Dyson’s internal control framework and governance requirements.
- Monitor control effectiveness and implement corrective actions where required.
- Support risk management activities and continuously strengthen the control environment.
Statutory Reporting & Audit
- Own the preparation of local trial balances and statutory financial statements.
- Support annual tax reporting requirements and provide required financial information.
- Coordinate internal and external audit activities, ensuring timely and accurate deliverables.
- Act as the primary contact for auditors and manage audit timelines and stakeholder engagement.
Process Improvement & Digital Enablement
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives to optimise finance processes and enhance service delivery.
- Drive standardisation, automation and best-practice adoption across Finance Services.
- Promote effective utilisation of SAP, BlackLine and other finance technologies.
- Partner with Global Process Owners and Subject Matter Experts on transformation initiatives and system enhancements.
Leadership & Team Development
- Lead, coach and develop a high-performing Financial Control team.
- Set objectives and monitor performance against agreed KPIs and strategic priorities.
- Build technical capability across the team in IFRS, internal controls, governance and accounting standards.
- Influence senior stakeholders through clear communication, financial insight and data-driven recommendations.
Candidate Profile:
- University degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or a related field.
- Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) required; ACCA or CIMA qualification would be an advantage.
- Strong knowledge of accounting, financial reporting and analysis, with proven IFRS experience.
- Strong knowledge of SAP (must), BlackLine, OneStream (preferred)
- Experience managing financial close, balance sheet governance, statutory reporting and external audits.
- Proven ability to lead, coach and develop high-performing finance teams.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior finance leaders and business partners.
- Demonstrated experience driving process improvements, automation and operational excellence initiatives.
- Highly motivated, analytical and results-oriented, with excellent communication skills and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- RTR experience is preferred but not mandatory.
Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.
