Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance required.
Minimum of eight years of senior-level accounting experience with supervisory roles.
CPA or CMA certification required.
Experience in manufacturing and corporate reporting preferred.
Strong leadership and communication skills essential.
Responsibilities
Oversee month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring compliance with IFRS and company policies.
Manage account reconciliation processes, ensuring accuracy and timely resolution of discrepancies.
Coordinate with global stakeholders to meet close deliverables and resolve reporting issues.
Maintain financial master data integrity and support updates through controlled workflows.
Ensure compliance with internal controls and manage external/internal audits effectively.
Drive continuous improvement in accounting processes and provide financial analysis to leadership.
Lead special finance projects and maintain effective communication with internal stakeholders.
Benefits
Opportunities for professional development and training.
Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams.
Support for continuous improvement initiatives.
Access to advanced financial management tools and systems.
Full Job Description
RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES
Financial Close & Reporting
Oversee the month-end and year-end close in local ERPs, ensuring timely and accurate close activities, and complete required consolidation/reporting submissions (including uploads to Tagetik) in accordance with IFRS and Company policy.
Oversee the preparation, review, and posting of journal entries and other close activities, ensuring compliance with IFRS and Company accounting policies.
Manage the account reconciliation process and review reconciliations for accuracy, completeness, and timeliness; ensure appropriate supporting documentation and clear resolution of reconciling items.
Coordinate with regional and global stakeholders to ensure close deliverables, consolidation inputs, and reporting requirements are met on schedule; resolve data and reporting issues as needed.
Accounting Operations
Maintain the integrity of financial master data and reporting structures impacting close and consolidation (e.g., account mapping, reporting hierarchies, and entity structures), supporting updates through controlled approval workflows.
Tax & Compliance
Ensure compliance with internal controls, regulatory requirements, and audit standards; design, implement, and maintain controls, policies, and procedures that safeguard assets and support audit readiness.
Manage external and internal audits, including preparation of schedules and PBC support, and drive closure of audit findings through corrective action plans.
Coordinate with Regional Tax Manager on quarterly and yearly reporting needs for timely and accurate tax filings.
Leadership & Collaboration
Drive continuous improvement across accounting and finance processes, including root-cause analysis of recurring posting issues, standardization of deliverables, and team training.
Partner with FP&A, Operations, Supply Chain, Order Management, and other stakeholders on financial analysis, working-capital improvement, and operational initiatives (e.g., inventory reporting, cycle count governance, warranty accrual analysis).
Provide timely, decision-useful financial information and recommendations to the Finance Director and site leadership; prepare analyses and ad hoc reporting as needed.
Lead and support special projects impacting finance operations (e.g., balance sheet cleanup, intercompany remediation, inventory controls, and ERP/SAP-related process changes) and coordinate across global/regional counterparts as required.
Provide guidance and lateral leadership within the finance team; maintain effective communication with internal stakeholders and document decisions and approvals.
Ensure ongoing compliance with applicable legal, regulatory, and Company requirements impacting accounting and reporting, including support for controlled access/approval workflows (e.g., vendor/customer master data changes, delegated approvals).
General Expectations
Conform with and abide by all Company regulations, policies, procedures, and work instructions; maintain confidentiality of sensitive financial and business information.
REQUIREMENTS (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES)
Leadership skills
Financial management
Technical capacity
Performance management
Ethical conduct
Communication proficiency
Personal effectiveness/credibility
Energetic "can do" attitude
Attention to detail
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE (required levels)
Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
Minimum of eight (8) years of hands-on accounting experience at a senior level with supervisory experience.
