Senior Manager - FCOE

Role & responsibilities

• Prepare accurate monthly financial reports, assist in the preparation of presentations that provide thoughtful analysis, identify action items, and effectively frame decisions that need to be made
• Review, process, gather, and compile accounting transactions and documents throughout the month for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with general accounting principles and established internal control policies and procedures.
• Ensure financial integrity and timely monthly, quarterly and year-end close processes.
• Partner with stakeholders across Divisional Financial Operations to improve financial and accounting accuracy
• Record and review journal entries related to Divisional branch results
• Review and investigate reconciliation variances, assisting management to develop appropriate action plans addressing issues identified
• Provide support for internal and external audits including control walkthroughs, documentation support and inquiry response
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously and coordinate cross-functionally to meet strict project execution deadlines
• Prepare accurate monthly financial reports, assist in the preparation of presentations that provide thoughtful analysis, identify action items, and effectively frame decisions that need to be made
• Provide FP&A finance support to the accounting teams related to productivity, demand planning, reporting, and metrics in a timely manner.
• Identify and understand business challenges; propose and create solutions.
• Partner directly with the finance team and onsite FP&A groups to collaborate on metrics, goals, and business reviews
• Dive deeply into financial data and become a subject matter expert to provide additional insights
• Work on corporate projects and initiatives that might impact the entire organization
• Create presentations that provide insightful analysis, identify required action items, and effectively frame decisions to be made
• Identify and research variances to forecast, budget, and prior-year expenses, proactively identifying opportunities for improvement
• Budgeting and Forecasting, data extractions use of diverse financial systems (Lawson, Seibel, etc.)

Preferred candidate profile

• Good working knowledge of accounting standards (US / UK GAAP/IFRS), account reconciliations, and month end close experience
• Hands on experience in at least one area - Accounting or FP&A is necessary.
• Exposure to both the Close (Financial Accounting) and Planning (Management Accounting) side of Finance is preferred.
• Candidate should have been exposed to Audits, and should be aware of running regulated processes with due importance to the Control Framework