Head of Accounting / Chief Accountant

For our client, a global leader in his domain , we are seeking a Head of Country Accounting position with strong knowledge & work experience in Accounting and Finance and GBS.

With an international presence spanning over 150 countries and a rich history of over 200 years, our client is renowned for pioneering sustainable and innovative solutions that bring surfaces to life worldwide. They are consistently focused on becoming the most sustainable partner in their sector.
If you are an ambitious and passionate professional looking to contribute to the success of a world-class organization, we invite you to take the next step in your career with our client's dynamic, multicultural team.

Head of Country Accounting for Romania is a finance leader who is the linking pin within the operational model (liaising with all relevant stakeholders: Regional and Cluster Commercial and ISC navigators, FP&A, RAC, ACD and beyond) to meet the AN and operational goals for retained RTR, Finance and AN as a whole locally
Head of Accounting has a pivotal role to ensure consistent high quality and timely group / business and statutory reporting for a set of relevant legal entity entities.
The Head of Country Accounting comprises of 6 distinct areas of Accountability /Responsibility for the region:
Record To Report (RTR) process ownership and manage interactions with other processes and stakeholders
Owning legal and reporting entities as will be assigned
Accounting Leadership
Business partnering for all relevant Accounting activities to relevant stakeholders
Specific (All companies) accountabilities / responsibilities
Ensure control and compliance as per defined framework
Country tax Compliance
Country Treasury Management

RTR process ownership

• Pro-actively constantly monitor the quality of the balance sheet and statement of income for the respective reporting entities in collaboration with the Business
• Navigators (Commercial and ISC), FP&A, Functional Controllers, Tax on global/regional/local level, RAC, GBS/Infosys etc.
• Accountable for the periodic month reporting (by local units) to the region / BU for the assigned legal entities to ensure quality of reporting
• Co- develop specific guidelines across company one set of minimum requirements for the balance sheet review to ensure that meets the requirements of the WebFem.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, webFEM, local and statutory and fiscal requirements for the respective legal entities
• Responsible as first point of local contact of the retained (finance) organization
• Driving the Projects for Country Specific requirements

Leadership

• Drive standardization in the local retained accounting processes and standards within the (retained) finance organization and across AN
• Participate in and share knowledge of programs lead by the GPDLs and CTA to reduce complexity by standardization (in the RACs), reduction of legal entities

Business partner stakeholder/ Continuous improvement

• Proactively inform the relevant local stakeholders on the outcome of the balance sheet review and indicate potential risk and opportunities on treatments, processes or interactions to ensure a BS and P&L with the proper level of quality.
• Responsible for raising IFRS business partnering challenges, liaising with the
• relevant parties to ensure the best suitable business solution whilst adhering to
• IFRS and Webfem
• Prioritize and (facilitate to) embed the change in close cooperation with the relevant stakeholders as part of the wider finance improvement plan
• Initiate and implement cross departmental improvements within the local finance (also the interaction with the other Finops processes) and bring these to the attention of the Head of Accounting Operations and Regional Accounting Controller for Europe for worldwide implementation

Specific country responsibilities

• Ownership of local statutory filing related filing including Quarterly filings for financials
• Accountable / Responsible for the review, signing and filing of the statutory reporting (statutory reporting, direct tax, indirect tax) of the relevant legal entities
• Accountable for the contact with experts (pension, tax, internal and external auditors) to ensure that the RAC obtains the accurate and complete information to produce in a timely manner the correct information for reporting and / or external parties
• Accountable for the sign off / review of the internal control related processes (ROCK, authorization matrix (entity and jv’s),system request) to ensure adherence to specific local legislation
• Accountable for driving, monitoring and signing off of on treasury / insurance/pension policies (FX policies, dividend process funding proposal, top ups, deficits, related entries)

Job Requirements

• Accounting professional with 10+ years of experience in accounting and financial reporting, and capable of analyzing complex processes and issues (4 th or 5 th accounting job)
• A Master degree in Finance or Accounting (where required, a registered Accountant with valid CPA or similar certification)
• In depth knowledge in financial accounting (R2R/I2P/I2C/Tax processes, IFRS, Local GAAP)
• Experience with local GAAPs
• Strong leadership skills- Initiating, driving and implementing change in line with the outline strategy for retained accounting (and the broader finance community) by focusing on delivering goals and at the same time facilitate the process in a manner to encourage others to understand and embrace the change in their way of working
• Hands on, proactive, able to work in a fast-paced matrix organization, multitasking, strong requirement to connect with people of various cultures and background.
• Proven track record in being resourceful: capable of analyzing complex processes and issues under severe time pressure (from theory to practice and vice versa – strategy to operations) and
• bring solutions and suggestions to business teams for finance, accounting and the underlying processes and principles
• Ability to work and delegate work under severe time pressure uring month-end closures and continuously retain ‘an eye’ for the details
• Clear communicator – proactively and effectively communication with finance and business leadership
• People manager with the ability to build strong direct and indirect teams and lead and inspire others
• Good analytical skills
• Drive continuous improvement agenda in the financial and transactional processes, and monthly closing and reporting processes
• Experience with ERP / SAP / HFM and merlin (or willing to learn)
• Fluent in English and Turkish, both verbal as well as in writing

What we offer
Competitive salary and benefits package, correlated with experience and performance
Opportunities for continuous professional development and participation in strategic projects

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