Director Accounting Europe

American Tower; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading company is seeking an experienced financial management professional to oversee accounting processes and lead a team across European markets. This role emphasizes accuracy, compliance, and strategic financial reporting while collaborating with various departments. Ideal candidates will possess a strong background in finance and team management, with a preference for CPA qualification.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree required, concentration in Finance, Economics, or Business Administration preferred.
• CPA certification is preferred.
• Experience in financial reporting and managing accounting teams across European markets.

Aufgaben

• Oversee monthly closure of statutory books and compliance with USGAAP/IFRS.
• Coordinate demands from departments ensuring timely delivery of financial data.
• Supervise and manage performance of the accounting team.

Kenntnisse

Financial Reporting

Data Integrity

Performance Management

Compliance Regulations

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or Business Administration

Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Jobbeschreibung

• Oversees monthly closure of statutory books and adherence to USGAAP/IFRS, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Drives consolidation of Regional Balance and prepares executive financial reports.
• Approves and ensures accuracy of balance sheet reconciliations and manual entries, maintaining data integrity.
• Acts as a key advisor on accounting processes, ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Lead a seamless coordination of demands from other departments, across the different markets, ensuring compliance to stablished deadlines for the delivery of financial information and legal deadlines for tax payments.
• Coordinates closely with the Tax department to ensure the tax transactions are correctly reflected in the accounting records.
• Builds effective partnerships with other accounting teams and internal stakeholder teams to ensure alignment.
• Functions as an advisor on intricate accounting matters, offering strategic guidance to the executive board, internal stakeholders, and the corporate finance team, fostering informed decision-making and mitigating risks.
• Partner with Human Resources team and Senior Management to recruit, develop and retain staff.
• Provide disciplined performance management for team. Define and communicate annual goals, perform formal and informal performance reviews, and ensure changes and updates are communicated in a timely and professional manner
• Champions the assurance of data quality and precision prepared by the team, in adherence to local regulations and corporate protocols, thus safeguarding the company's integrity and compliance.
• Spearheads the oversight of SOX and internal audit processes, ensuring stakeholders and executive are properly and timely briefed as well as alignment with organizational standards.
• Leverage systems tools to effectively improve reconciliations, processes, analyses and reporting, and to identify process efficiencies within the designated areas of scope.
• Sets and implements a strategy for the organization evolution, seeking ways to optimize the current structure, increase automation, better leverage intellectual capital and drive synergy with International and Corporate teams.

Job Description

• Oversees monthly closure of statutory books and adherence to USGAAP/IFRS, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Drives consolidation of Regional Balance and prepares executive financial reports.
• Approves and ensures accuracy of balance sheet reconciliations and manual entries, maintaining data integrity.
• Acts as a key advisor on accounting processes, ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Lead a seamless coordination of demands from other departments, across the different markets, ensuring compliance to stablished deadlines for the delivery of financial information and legal deadlines for tax payments.
• Coordinates closely with the Tax department to ensure the tax transactions are correctly reflected in the accounting records.
• Builds effective partnerships with other accounting teams and internal stakeholder teams to ensure alignment.
• Functions as an advisor on intricate accounting matters, offering strategic guidance to the executive board, internal stakeholders, and the corporate finance team, fostering informed decision-making and mitigating risks.
• Partner with Human Resources team and Senior Management to recruit, develop and retain staff.
• Provide disciplined performance management for team. Define and communicate annual goals, perform formal and informal performance reviews, and ensure changes and updates are communicated in a timely and professional manner
• Champions the assurance of data quality and precision prepared by the team, in adherence to local regulations and corporate protocols, thus safeguarding the company's integrity and compliance.
• Spearheads the oversight of SOX and internal audit processes, ensuring stakeholders and executive are properly and timely briefed as well as alignment with organizational standards.
• Leverage systems tools to effectively improve reconciliations, processes, analyses and reporting, and to identify process efficiencies within the designated areas of scope.
• Sets and implements a strategy for the organization evolution, seeking ways to optimize the current structure, increase automation, better leverage intellectual capital and drive synergy with International and Corporate teams.

Supervisory Duties

• Supervise and manage the performance of the accounting team across European markets.

Proactively identifies and resolves team/individuals' issues in conjunction with Human Resources as needed
What You Need to Succeed Education Education Level Description Required 4 Year / Bachelor's Degree Bachelor's degree required, with a concentration in Finance, Economics, or Business Administration preferred Preferred Graduate Degree/Certification Certified Public Accountant Preferred

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