Accounting Manager - 2 years

SPECIFIC JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Leadership and Financial Ownership

• Supervise a team of Accounting Specialists and Senior Accounting Specialists to ensure high quality deliverables are provided to all relevant stakeholders within the agreed timescales.  
• • Responsible for Month End closing to a strict timetable for Financials into HFM (Reporting system). Reporting scope includes P&L, Balance sheet, TWC metrics, Headcount and other statistical requirements.  
  • Ownership of served sites financial statements.  
  • Review output/performance/delivery of the team to maintain compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and internal CP&P.  
  • Oversees service delivery and the day-to-day operations of the team, ensuring that all standards are met and procedures are followed. Establishes priorities and schedules of main activities 
  • Reviews and monitors SLA related services to identify trends and problem areas, reporting on risks, key performance indicators and proposed corrective action or new approaches. 
  • Develops and implements new work methods and procedures for GL; recommends procedural changes to improve efficiency and ensures appropriate implementation of decisions made by GL management or Site management. 
  • Defines and ensures the implementation of Service Level Agreements; sets standards for quality and ensures that operational activities are implemented in accordance with CP&P  and meet the established standards. 
  • Support cross-functional activities of the finance teams.  
  • Collaborate with European Systems accounting team as needed to implement process design changes or system updates.  
• Works closely with the GL Manager on the planning of onboarding process to integrate new sites into GFS Cluj.  
• Ownership of engagement with corporate/internal and external auditors for all local and Europe wide engagements.  
• Addressing audit findings to improve compliance and accuracy of transaction processing. 

Knowledge Management and training

• Drives the knowledge management within GL team and establishes standards and quality in the overall documentation efforts  
• Establishes a culture of learning and continues development and collaborates with GFS teams.  
• Ensures training materials are defined, e-learning trainings are developed, an onboarding program is established and maintained.  

People Management

• Manages, leads and develops a team of finance professionals, leads and ensures a culture of learning and development in the team. 
• Works with each direct report to establish goals and objectives for each year and monitors and advises on the progress to enhance the professional development. 
• Ensures roles and responsibilities are clearly communicated and documented 
• Takes necessary steps to address issues that may impact performance 
• As required, becomes involved in relevant personnel matters including recruitment, termination and counselling 

Stakeholder Management 

• Develop a strong relationship with the Finance Team at each served site. 
• Own the Management Information reporting to all stakeholders ensuring it succinctly communicates issues and actions to improve the results. 

Continuous improvement

• Maintain process workflows, procedures and management information for all areas, implement best practices in future projects within the team
• Identify areas for process integration improvement, obtain stakeholder approval and ensure they are implemented in line with the approved plan.

Various

• Lead or assist with European finance projects as and when required.
• Occasional weekend/public holiday working is a requirement of the role.
• Willingness to travel (up to 10-15% of role).

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REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• University or equivalent degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration and/or Professional Accountancy Qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA etc.). 
• Fluent English language skills; verbal, reading and writing. Other European languages are an advantage. 
• Minimum 8 years work experience for a large multi-national organization.   
• Experience working in a matrix structure would be of an advantage. 
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills in support of organizational change 
• Knowledge of Oracle, SAP or Syteline together with HFM preferred. 
• Advanced Microsoft Excel, POWER BI and PowerPoint skills. 
• Strong understanding of and experience with process mapping and process improvement.  
• Flexible team player with ability to work in cross-functional teams and across varying groups and organizational levels. 
• Ability to work independently in a team environment, take ownership of the resolution of problems, be flexible and accountable, manage conflicting responsibilities, prioritize tasks and consistently meet deadlines.  
• High level of curiosity, Mindset of continuous improvement

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CORE COMPETENCIES (Korn Ferry)