Job Description

Colt provides network, voice and data centre services to thousands of businesses around the world, allowing them to focus on delivering their business goals instead of the underlying infrastructure.

Role purpose

• This role is to look after Accounting & Reporting (Labour Cost Management) within the Finance - FP&A function.
• Understanding end to end view of the accounting processes and their impact on business results, leading change where required to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Provide timely and first rate financial information to the Finance broader team ( FBP, FP&A managers, GA team) that will be used to create commercial information to be provided to the business to facilitate understanding and enhance decision making.
• Manage the day to day Accounting and BAU activities of TLC team.
• The role will directly work with FBP, FP&A Managers, Group Finance and other business teams across geographies and functions.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure that actual financial results relating to Labour costs are complete, accurate, timely, consistent and in full compliance each month with Colt policy.
• Identify P&L trends and point out any one-offs.
• Preparation of detailed commentary and monthly business reporting.
• Preparation of balance sheet reconciliations and schedules.
• Make recommendations concerning financial and operational results, problems, issues, trends etc.
• Ensures consistency and validity of all management and financial reporting produced from the FSSC
• Understand and resolve accounting issues and inconsistencies.
• Continuously review accounting processes and systems in the light of business requirements and identifies changes that are necessary to control the risks and/or improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ensure all out processes are controlled checked on a timely basis from Statutory Audit perspective.
• Supports activities and projects with TLC team.

Role Specific Requirements

Essential Skills:

• Relevant financial experience in an international and/or complex environment, with a proven broad knowledge of financial practices and procedures
• Proven ability to achieve results and improvements to business processes, working with and through different teams across an organisation
• Proven track record of working well within teams and interacting with senior management
• Experience of working and liaising with shared and virtual teams
• Experience working with SAP ERP / Oracle 11i / Other key ERPs
• Experience of handling similar role in MNC environment .

Desirable Skills:

• The ideal candidate will possess excellent people skills, creativity, enjoy problem solving both independently and in team settings and enjoy working in a fast paced environment and is on \xe2\x80\x9ctop of the numbers\xe2\x80\x9d.
• Preferably CA / ICWA/ MBA Finance/ MCom
• 2-3 years of experience
• Strong ability to communicate to all levels.
• Proven ability to work with minimal direction.
• Identifies and pro-actively pursues opportunities for improvement.
• Confident in dealing with conflict fairly and decisively.

Behavioural Skills:

• Experience of working in a busy, demanding environment
• Possess a consistent and methodical approach to tackling problems
• Logical thinker
• Excellent inter-personal skills, confident at dealing with all levels of an organisation.
• High level of personal credibility
• Analytical, with ability to see the bigger picture
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Proven ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines
• Stakeholder Management

About Colt

At Colt, we provide world-class network and voice connectivity across Europe, Asia and North America\'s largest business hubs. We\'ve been specialists in our field for nearly three decades and we\'ve won awards for being a technology innovator and pioneer. We go above and beyond to deliver extraordinary connections to help our customers succeed, and we have the industry leading net promoter score (NPS) to prove it.

What is it like working with us?
As well as our competitive salaries and incentive plans, we have lots of flexible benefits and local rewards packages. We also know that a work life balance is important, and our people say it\'s one of the great advantages of working at Colt.

What are the benefits and perks of working at Colt?

You and your loved ones will be supported with a competitive and comprehensive benefits package under the \xe2\x80\x9cWe Care\xe2\x80\x9d program.

Our values

We live by our Colt values every day, whether we\'re launching new projects or solving problems together. Our values represent how we behave and are integral to our culture.

We know people matter

Whether it\'s a customer, a partner or an employee, we build relationships based on trust, honesty, respect and integrity. We value diversity and strive to be more inclusive so everyone has the freedom to speak up, be heard and thrive.

We always find a better way

By staying one step ahead we empower our customers to succeed through the power of connectivity. We\'re swift to adapt and take responsibility for the promises we make.

We win together

We believe in the power of many and stand shoulder to shoulder with customers, partners and colleagues collaborating on ideas, sharing risks and recognition among all. When we make a decision we understand its impact, and rally behind the decision to make it a success.

We can change the world

We want to make the world a better place. Better connected, more sustainable, fairer for all. We use what we have - passion, technology and connectivity - to create good.

Inclusion, and valuing diversity of thought and experience, is at the heart of our culture here at Colt. From day one, you\'ll be encouraged to be yourself as we believe that\'s what helps our people to thrive. We welcome people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability, neurodiversity, age, marital status, pregnancy status or place of birth.

Please speak with a member of our recruitment team if you require adjustments to our recruitment process to support you. For more information about our Inclusion and Diversity agenda and activities, please click .

Colt Technology Services Group