Financial Accounting Manager

Your challenge

 
•    Responsibility for the preparation of monthly and annual financial statements in accordance with the local GAAP/IFRS
•    Reconciliation of the financial statements from local GAAP to IFRS
•    Responsible for accompanying the audit of the annual financial statements by the auditor
•    Assist tax-related (domestic and foreign) agendas (especially VAT, corporate income tax, transfer pricing) including tax returns in cooperation with external tax advisor & global tax department
•    Responsible for Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Concur, Financial and Management Accounting
•    Drives improvements in the execution of global financial accounting policies, procedures, and controls to safeguard company capital assets and ensure compliance with relevant regulations.
•    Leads, trains, and develops a team of accounting professionals to ensure accurate and timely financial accounting, ownership of monthly close activities, quarterly and year-end closing processes.
•    Manages Fixed asset accounting and reporting in collaboration with the controlling and engineering teams.
•    Reviews intercompany postings for accuracy and completeness for month end submissions 
•    Ensures proper training, resources and SOPs for critical tasks are kept updated and thoroughly documented. SOPs, and relevant documents are to be kept in centralized location.
•    Collaborates with cross-functional teams to drive improvements in working capital, cost control and cost avoidance initiatives, and operational efficiency.
•    All other duties as assigned

Authority

•    The Financial Accounting Manager is a key business partner to the organization providing leadership support to the GBO-NA Strategic Leadership Team 
•    The Accounting Manager is responsible for driving performance as measured against KPIs, continued development of a high-performance team, overseeing all aspects of financial accounting and general accounting per GAAP and relevant IFRS rules, month end close, fixed assets, and sales and use tax reporting, tax risk mitigation in partnership with our auditors, as well as other accounting activities. 
•    The Accounting Manager will also drive continuous improvements in Business Excellence as it relates to accounting, digitization and other initiatives that enforce internal controls and establish efficiencies, while continuing to meet and exceed on-time and accurate general accounting deadlines. This is critical to this role and the mindset of growth and improvement this position drives.
•    The accounting manager should be comfortable working closely with senior level management, at a local & global level, to drive business decisions and ensure the highest level of accounting integrity. The ideal candidate will also work collaboratively inside and outside of the accounting function in a fast-paced environment and should foster an environment of inclusiveness, flexibility, and transparency.
•    The accounting manager should challenge the legacy thoughts and processes to raise the level of performance and efficiency in all processes.  The ideal candidate would do well to be agile and able to handle multiple high priorities at once.
 

Your Profile

•    5-7 years of recent leadership and direct experience in the general accounting field in the manufacturing industry, with successes in the areas as mentioned. 
•    Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred.
•    3+ years SAP R3 or S4/HANA recent experience. 
•    Bachelor's degree in accounting or related degree
•    Master’s degree in accounting or finance preferred.
•    Broad US GAAP knowledge and experience with its application
•    IFRS 9, 15 & 16 experience required.
•    Minimum 5 years’ experience in accounting/audit and preparing financial statements.
•    Experience implementing or upgrading new systems and processes (ERP, ACH, Taxation, etc.) is a plus
•    5+ years of experience establishing and executing accounting processes in a fast-paced environment.
•    Ability to view complex/conflicting perspectives, identify issues and propose solutions/alternatives.
•    Advanced excel and analytical skills.
•    Excellent oral and written communication skills.
•    Ability to manage confidential or sensitive information with discretion.
•    Ability to use data retrieval applications (Hyperion, Tagetik, AFO, Fluence, BW, BI) a plus (will teach)

Physical Requirements:    
•    Normal office environment, ability to sit, stand, walk and operate office equipment.
•    Ability to work overtime when project demands.
•    Up to 10% of travel possibility