Senior Accounting Auditor

Act Digital EMEA - Alter Solutions; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Lisbon is seeking an HR Business Partner & Talent Manager to ensure effective governance of accounting controls across regions. The role requires strong accounting expertise, experience in audit or control, and excellent organizational and critical thinking skills. This full-time position offers an opportunity to impact financial services within a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Not an accountant, preferably from an Audit firm (big4 or similar).
• Background in Financial Services and knowledgeable of IFRS norms.
• Experience in the banking and/or financial sector.

Responsibilities

• Acquire knowledge of accounting control quality in regions.
• Build effective communication with stakeholders.
• Oversee control set-ups and compliance with the Group Accounting Control Plan.

Skills

Strong accounting expertise

Experience in control or audit

Organizational skills

Critical thinking

Job description

HR Business Partner & Talent Manager – Alter Solutions Portugal

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Acquire a strong knowledge of the accounting control set up quality in the regions/entities placed under your scope.
• Build a strong, trust, transparent and efficient two-way communication, and partnership with the region/entities/process stakeholders under your coverage.
• Ensure that the Group Accounting Control Plan is properly rolled out and monitored in the regions/entities placed under your coverage.
• Perform oversight review of control set-ups in the regions/entities under your coverage. Estimate and measure the deficiencies identified in the accounting controls set up under your coverage and prepare associated reports to Senior Management and governance bodies.
• Ensure that Regional Finance teams comply with their control obligations, and that they have fully implemented the Group Accounting Control Plan and all procedures prescribed by the Infinity Platform.
• Obtain and analyse certificates covering accounting stream from the different entities/regions under your scope.
• Have a good understanding of the production and control set-up of the entities/regions under your scope.
• Understand and report in a concise and precise way the problems faced by entities/regions and the action plans to remediate.
• Contribute to the preparation of the related reports.
• Monitor recommendations issued by General Inspection / Internal Audit, Regulators and External Auditors in the regions.
• Follow up operational risk incidents involving Finance and their impact on the control framework. Monitor remediation plans and timeline.
• Hold regular (at least quarterly) Internal Control Committee meetings with the regions/entities of the scope to review the accounting control issues.
• Contribute to the Accounting and Financial Risk Committee (AFRiC) for the allocated regions and transversal topics.
• Hold ad-hoc meetings with Regional Finance when needed.
• Ensure that any other Controls Plans are properly rolled out.

Technical Skills

• The ideal candidate is not an accountant per se, but rather someone coming from an Audit firm (big4 or similar) with background in Financial Services and knowledgeable of IFRS norms.
• Experience in control or audit (preferably in the banking and/or financial sector).
• Strong accounting expertise.

Soft Skills

• Organizational skills
• Critical thinking

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Consulting

Industries

Investment Banking