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Why this job is important

Please note that this is a 12-month fixed term contract and to start 1st May '25.

As the Interim Country Controller for Kantar Greece, you will lead the Financial Controlling function, overseeing statutory and fiscal reporting, local compliance, and controls. You will guide the team through a period of transformation, ensuring the delivery of changes within the agreed timeline. Acting as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders, you will facilitate a smooth transition and standardise processes across Kantar divisions.

What you’ll be doing

Harmonise financial and administrative procedures, policies, and processes across Kantar divisions.Ensure an appropriate controls environment is in place and monitor compliance.Manage and develop a team of three, ensuring they have the skills and competencies to execute their responsibilities effectively.Oversee interactions with auditors and ensure audit compliance and statutory accounts sign-off.Provide financial information and analysis to enable business stakeholders to make informed decisions.Oversee financial operations, including payroll, billing, accounts payable/receivable, and treasury.Manage month-end accounts and reporting.

The skills & experience needed as Interim Country Controller

Strategic and hands-on Financial Controller with a proven track record of engaging and influencing key stakeholders.Experience in a Finance Director, Finance Controlling, or Management Accounting role.BSc in Finance or Accounting and a professional license (A’ degree) to sign-off statutory accounts in Greece.Demonstrated ability to deliver against set objectives within budget and timeline.Experience driving medium/large teams through change.Expertise in managing statutory and regulatory compliance and IFRS.High integrity, confidence, and technical expertise in financial management and accounting.Fluency in Greek and English.

What’s in it for you

At Kantar, we understand the importance of looking after our people. We offer a flexible working environment to support your health and wellbeing. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers, and communities. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.

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Location

Athens, Sinopis StGreece

Kantar Rewards Statement

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and also to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver. 

 

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us. 

 

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and well being is taken into consideration. 

 

We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes. 

Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, Kantar’s 30,000 people help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow.