Responsibilities:
- Full ownership of the local country’s financial accounting and reporting (end-to-end), ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and compliance of all financial records in accordance with IFRS, local GAAP and group accounting policies. This includes managing the close to report process, statutory reporting, tax compliance, audit coordination, and alignment with corporate finance requirements.
- Maintain strong governance, compliance and internal controls across all corporate accounting activities, aligned with group policies.
- Coordinate with shared service centres and other finance and accounting teams to ensure correct intercompany transactions and reconciliation
- Lead and develop accounting team to meet service delivery expectations, internal deadlines and external obligations.
- Support the global finance transformation agenda by implementing process improvements, driving automation and ensuring adherence to structured workflows.
Duties:
- Responsible for the monthly closing process, including journals, accruals, reconciliations and group reporting submissions.
- Prepare or review statutory financial statements and manage local audits, including interaction with auditors and regulatory bodies.
- Perform or review key reconciliations and ensure proper documentation, ensuring that all reconciliations are completed monthly.
- Ensure accurate coding and timely processing of corporate cost invoices, liaise with procurement and AP teams where necessary.
- Supervise local team members including delegation of tasks, performance follow-up and training.
- Coordinate with Shared Services to ensure accuracy, completeness and timely processing of vendor invoices, payments, general accounting and customer billing. Act as an escalation point for issues related to cut-off, mis-postings, delayed invoicing and follow up to ensure corrective actions are implemented in line with closing schedules.
- Collaborate with Group Accounting and Finance on critical month-end and year-end deliverables including group reporting submissions, audit reporting packages, intercompany confirmations and transfer pricing adjustments. Ensure alignment between local and group figures, provide commentary on variances and take ownership of resolving any reconciliation discrepancies or late submissions.
- Prepare local budget submissions and costs forecasts in coordination with the FP&A team.
- Monitor and report on KPIs related to timeliness and quality of closing as those are set out from Group Accounting.
Qualifications and experience:
- University degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; ACCA, CPA, or CMA qualification is preferred.
- At least 5 years of experience in financial control, management reporting, or group accounting..
- Strong IFRS knowledge and practical experience in reviewing G&A cost centres and balance sheet accounts.
- Hands-on experience with ERP systems (D365 preferred) and reporting tools such as Power BI.
- Proven ability to manage a team and work across functions in a multinational environment.
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across departments and regions
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