Manager, Finance (Fixed Term Contract 1 Year)

About this role

Responsibilities

• The Finance organisation is responsible for providing strong financial controls to support the Company’s international strategy and profit growth.
• The EMEA Finance Manager will work on a rapidly global energy brand and globally renowned Fortune 100 company!
• The role will report into the EMEA Director, Commercial Accounting. The role will support financial reporting, co-ordinate the local finance activity with the Group and introduce process improvements for EMEA, ensuring the timely and accurate financial reporting and compliance with statutory and internal control requirements.
• Specific responsibilities include:
• Review the statutory TBs prepared by the EMEA finance team to ensure that they include all relevant adjustments.
• Identify material differences between US GAAP and local accounting standards to ensure the accuracy of local reporting.
• Collaborate with EMEA finance teams to assist in preparing supporting schedules required for legal entity financial reporting.
• Liaise with the Statutory and Tax teams to deliver on time statutory and tax filings across EMEA entities.
• Work closely with the external statutory auditors to ensure that audits are processing in a timely and efficient manner.
• Provide ongoing technical accounting support for the accounting team.
• Perform regular reviews of the Balance Sheet areas, identifying improvement actions.
• Enhance integrity of the regionally controlled balance sheets ensuring that all provisions and accruals are supported by analysis and accounts are reconciled monthly.
• Act as the finance lead on project improvement plans and work with the accounting team to establish improved financial controls across the EMEA entities.
• Respond and work through ad hoc queries from the accounting team regarding the correct accounting entries for unusual entries.
• Perform annual review of the draft financial statements during the year-end close to check all necessary accounting entries have been completed before the financial system closes.
• Respond and work through other ad hoc requests as required.
• PERSON SPECIFICATION (BACKGROUND AND SKILLS):

Requirements

• Qualified accountant - ACA with 5 years PQE.
• Experience of working in a major international professional services firm (“Big 4”)
• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field with a minimum of 2:1 grade.
• High level of technical accounting skills including; IFRS, UK and US GAAP.
• Experience of
• o implementing process improvements.
• o analysis of data, identifying and then resolving issues.
• The ability to:
• o work independently and within a team;
• o work to tight deadlines;
• o pay attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills.
• Highly effective oral and written communication skills.
• A proactive ‘can do’ attitude with a high level of energy.
• Industry experience, ideally within a large international corporation.
• Strong analytical skills, including using Microsoft Excel to an advanced level
• Excellent networking skills and ability to build lasting relationships with key stakeholders across cultural, language and time zone barriers
• Highly desirable
• Experience of Oracle
• Experience gained within a global organization and in supporting internationally based offices.