Specific Tasks and Responsibilities
- Responsible for coordination of external audit activities
- Responsible for ensuring financial controlling support to the accounting team in respect to month-end closing and reporting
- Assisting the senior cluster financial controllers on financial controlling of financial figures and non-financial information on a cluster and group level, including ensuring substantiation of the figures.
- Ensure compliance with accounting regulations as well as internal procedures through good quality in daily accounting and month end closing processes
- Responsible for preparing summaries of findings and/or other related written correspondence as requested
- Responsible for conducting required analysis (within professional capacity) to assist more senior financial controllers
- Responds to and resolves administrative inquiries and questions
- Support the design and implementation of overall finance transformation initiatives
- Responsible for ensuring financial controlling support to the accounting team on accounting treatment of transactions
- Contributes to a working environment and culture which drives the desired mindset of all financial controlling team members
- Supports adopting world class trends, and best practices in financial controlling with the goal of ultimately driving cost reduction and quality enhancement
- Support the RTR GPO with continually enhancing quality and reducing cost by streamlining processes, procedures, and automation
- Supports other General Ledger staff in resolving issues raised by them
- Defines performance goals at the start of the year in coordination with Manager
- Monitors work quality and escalate any operational issues in a timely manner
- Keeps abreast of professional developments, new techniques and current issues through continued education and professional growth
Primary Qualifications
- Graduate of Accountancy, Finance or any Business course. Master’s degree is an advantage.
- 3-5 years of experience in a financial controlling or accounting position with ability to manage stakeholders and employees in an international context.
- Preferably some knowledge of IFRS.
- Strong understanding of Finance Accounting, Controlling processes.
- Experience with Finance / Accounting ERP systems.
- Good planning and organizational skills to balance and prioritize work and to generate alternatives and solutions.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive and solution-oriented approach toward business issues.
- Knowledge and understanding of financial and business management principles with the ability to communicate and prioritize business requirements.
- Excellent communication and conflict resolution skills.
- Must be highly skilled in MS Office.
- Fluent English language skills at a business level.
Hybrid work set-up; 3 days onsite and 2 days WFH
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