Financial Controller - Hire Road : Job Details

SUMMARY

The Financial Accounting/Cost and Profitability Analysis is responsible to fulfil external and internal reporting requirements for dedicated group companies in line with the accounting standards (local GAAP-Focus) as well as for the cost and profitability analysis including sideline business invoicing.

The Financial Controller must have 8 - 10 years of experience in Financial Accounting and work in IFRS and SAP.

FINANCIAL CONTROLLER JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Financial Accounting:

• Independent preparation of group reporting in line with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and internal guidelines (Preparing balance sheet, profit and loss, explanatory notes and technical delivery of dataset) on a monthly, quarterly and yearly or project basis for national and international legal entities
• Independent preparation of financial statements - (Preparing balance sheet, profit and loss, explanatory notes)
• Support preparation of tax accounts
• Evaluation of business transactions on recognition, valuation and reporting requirement
• Contact person for group functions, business units and external auditors

Costs and Profitability Analysis:

• Responsibility for the Costs and Profitability Analysis
• Responsibility for the Sideline Business Invoicing

Projects:

• Conduction of projects (e.g. M&A, restructuring, system migration, accounting projects)
• Development of accounting processes and techniques (organizational and ERP-System)

Potential Challenges:

• Ensure compliance of financial statements according to US tax regulations and internal cost centers accounting
• Balancing stakeholder's (BU, Auditors, etc.) requirements with expert know how, experience and system knowledge (LXP, SEM)
• Deep knowledge of cross module process interrelationships with impact on group reporting is a prerequisite to ensure the achievement of global guidelines (e.g. management reporting)
• Structuring and conduction of cross functional projects
• The position offers and requires the freedom to think, independent judgement and decisions to a certain degree
• Problem solving skills
• Analytical and conceptual skills
• Highest integrity and compliance mind-set
• Experience in ensuring legal and statutory financial reporting compliance in the US
• Experience in working in SAP ERP and reporting tool environment

FINANCIAL CONTROLLER JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• At least 3-5 years of experience on a corporate accounting or financial management role or auditing firm
• Experience in management and execution of Treasury topics.
• Experience in management of internal and external service providers.
• Master degree or comparable in accounting & financial management preferred.
• Experience of legal & statutory compliance, financial reporting and experience of US tax compliance.
• Experience in Change Management: create the US Finance Organization of the JV with employees from both JV partners, simplify the US legal entity structure and support the harmonization of IT landscape.
• Experience in multinational company an advantage

WHO WE ARE

Choosing the Hire Road is about shared success, active and committed partnerships and relationships that last. Hire Road is solely focused on connecting highly skilled professionals with leading organizations. We are a solutions-based, results-oriented staffing company specializing in a wide range of industry specific practices. To put it simply, we recruit, screen and hire talented people for temporary and full-time positions.

This classification description is intended to indicate the general kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty that are required of positions given this title and should not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct and control the work of the employees under her/his supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not exclude other duties not mentioned that are of a similar kind or level of difficulty.

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