Senior Accountant - GL

Overview

This role involves serving as a key member of the finance strategic projects team within the controllership organization, supporting general ledger (GL) project work across global controllership teams. The position focuses on delivering general accounting projects that improve productivity and efficiency in business processes, partnering with business teams and functions to meet project requirements and timelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, create, and build general ledger solutions for use by global controllership teams.
• Assist global teams in developing new solutions and driving automation.
• Assist with SAP implementations for GL and data take on workstreams.
• Assist with data take on for all ERP and transformation projects.
• Build and leverage strong partnerships with other workstreams/functions and the business.
• Communicate effectively and identify gaps in processes and designs.
• Create, maintain, and provide ongoing status updates for milestones and deliverables.
• Create, maintain, and provide ongoing reporting of project dependencies, issues, and risks, including cross impacts, resolutions, and mitigations.
• Train business teams to support smooth transitions and strong communication to user groups regarding changes or impacts to work processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• 8–10 years’ experience in Controllership.
• Local GAAP Accounting expertise.
• Country Controller/Regional Accounting expert.
• Leadership responsibility.
• Continuous improvement.
• Proficiency with Excel/Access/Office/SAP required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated history of meeting Local/Regional/Global Controllership reporting requirements.
• Strong SAP technical skills.
• People leader of regional/global teams.
• Depth of understanding in foreign currency accounting.
• Extensive understanding of global month-end/year-end closing processes.
• Extensive Finance Master Data level understanding (Cost Center/Customer/Vendor/GL).
• Demonstrated excellence in communicating, planning, networking, and organizing.
• Strong collaboration and business partnering skills.
• Positive, open-minded, and willing to drive change.
• Ability to lead and influence.
• Interpersonal effectiveness in team environments, with strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple items simultaneously.
• Flexibility to change course unexpectedly.
• Demonstrated track record of achieving results on time.

Compensation & Benefits

Not specified.

Location

Global opportunity with flexibility regarding location, including the possibility of being based in EMEA.