About Role We are seeking a commercially minded and technically strong Financial Controller to oversee all finance activities (excluding external reporting) across DBRS EMEA legal entities. This role is pivotal in ensuring financial integrity, supporting business performance, and driving value through strong cross-functional collaboration with the EMEA Revenue Team and the DBRS business. You will lead month-end close, cost control, partner with FP&A ,and internal reporting across the region. Acting as a key finance business partner, you will engage with leadership teams to drive insight, influence decision-making, and ensure alignment between finance and commercial objectives. This is a highly visible role requiring a proactive, analytical, and hands-on individual. Key Responsibilities Lead the full month-end close process for all DBRS EMEA entities (excluding statutory reporting), ensuring completeness, accuracy, and timely delivery of financial results. Manage journal preparation, balance sheet substantiation, and P&L review in collaboration with shared services and local teams. Act as the finance point of contact for the DBRS EMEA business, supporting decision-making through financial analysis and scenario modelling. Provide timely and relevant financial insight to leadership, including variance commentary and performance tracking against key metrics. Review and challenge cost allocations, business cases, and new initiatives to ensure commercial discipline and ROI focus. Partner with the EMEA Revenue Team to ensure revenue recognition is timely, accurate, and aligned with policy. Support the review of new commercial contracts and advise on financial treatment and impact. Monitor and report on revenue drivers, pipeline activity, and performance trends. Maintain strong internal control and documentation standards across financial processes. - Drive continuous improvement of finance processes and reporting through automation, system enhancements, and best practice implementation. Liaise with tax, legal, compliance, and global finance functions to ensure coordinated and compliant operations. Required Skills & Experience Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with 7+ years post-qualified experience. Strong technical foundation with demonstrated experience managing end-to-end financial processes across multiple entities. Experience working in an international, matrixed finance environment. Excellent analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insight. Proven track record of business partnering and supporting commercial teams. Proficient in Excel and ERP systems (e.g., Workday, Oracle, Salesforce) Qualifications Experience in financial services, credit rating agencies, or other regulated businesses. Familiarity with revenue recognition principles and working with sales or revenue operations teams. Prior involvement in finance transformation or system improvement initiatives. Experience working with shared service centres and remote teams. About Us Morningstar DBRS is a leading provider of independent rating services and opinions for corporate and sovereign entities, financial institutions, and project and structured finance instruments globally. Rating more than 4,000 issuers and 60,000 securities, it is one of the top four credit rating agencies in the world. Morningstar DBRS empowers investor success by bringing more transparency and a much-needed diversity of opinion in the credit rating industry. Our approach and size allow us to be nimble enough to respond to customers' needs in their local markets, but large enough to provide the necessary expertise and resources they require. 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