The Operational Controllership team provides support for our client’s financial activities for our affiliates across 5 countries in Europe, working closely with the local/regional business controllership teams.
Service scope includes preparatory and closing activities in areas like Compensation & Benefit, Supply Chain, Cash & Banking and Intercompany, which is a phenomenal opportunity to have an extensive overview of accounting for a global company.
Responsibilities
• Ensure timely completion of period close processes
• Review, control & supervise reconciliation process at monthly / quarterly cycles
• Interpret, apply and explain complex accounting principles and commercial business impact
• Identify and resolve issues across different sets of data and across processes
• Find opportunities to improve closing activities and drive process improvement
• Manage intercompany transactions and reconciliations, ensuring accuracy, timely settlement, and compliance with internal policies and accounting standards
• Monitor and reconcile inventory balances, ensuring accurate valuation, timely adjustments, and compliance with accounting policies and internal controls.
• Responsible for managing daily treasury operations, including cash positioning, liquidity planning, bank reconciliations, and ensuring optimal cash flow to support business needs.
• Responsible for preparing and submitting monthly VAT returns, ensuring all transactions are accurately recorded and compliant with applicable tax regulations.
• Oversees the Fixed Asset register and Finance Master Data to ensure proper capitalization, accurate depreciation, high quality data maintenance, and adherence to internal policies and accounting standards.
• Generate Statutory financial reports according to local GAAP standards (monthly, quarterly and annual).
• Identify and provide key financial data to enable decision-making at senior leadership level.
• Ensure implementation and understanding of the financial policies and procedures in compliance with local legislation and the company rules
• Ensure compliance to finance standards and practices
• Lead all aspects of operations and support the junior accountants in the team
• Actively participate in migrations / coordination – supervising the transitions
• Be the primary point of contact for Auditors, Controllers
• Ensure Internal controls are in place and take a leading role in mitigating risks