The Senior Financial Accountant, is an integral member of Universal Products & Experience, responsible for providing operational and financial support to the Universal Products & Experience EMEA team across all teams (category, retail & marketing, etc). The primary focus will be accounting & business operations, reporting and to support both regional and country teams. The qualified candidate must be able to multi-task and balance priorities on competing initiatives and be used to working within a matrix organization.
KEY RESPONSIBILITES
Accounting & Business Operations:
â˘Manage month-end / quarter-end close process, including the following:
â˘Key contact for OpCo finance teams on Controllership related queries
â˘Management of the Monthly/Quarterly Account Reconciliation process
â˘Monitor compliance and effectiveness of accounting policies and procedures
â˘Manage the relationship with Accenture on a day- to-day basis to ensure all outsourced activities are being performed as agreed
â˘Aligning / Standardising applicable UP&E processes to already established international businesses
â˘Ensuring data integrity, working closely with IT to stabilise and further enhance system controls, processes and procedures, and by being an SAP Super User
â˘Manage key financial reporting projects with respect to UP&E international operations, including: International Compliance Filings, International Entity Creation/Dissolution, International tax matters, etc.
â˘Work closely with Global UP&E Finance (LA); International Corporate Finance (London), including Intâl Tax; and other Intâl Business Units (e.g. UPI , UPHE , UNI ) to determine, execute on, and maintain a legal entity structure for all of UP&E Intâlâs operations
â˘Work closely with the Intâl O&TS teams to deliver proactive support to enable business growth â in particular office space, facilities services, IT infrastructure/equipment, applications, and support
â˘Act as a âproject managerâ for other support functions â e.g. Legal, HR, Creative, Marketing â to deliver smooth agent transitions, and efficient and well-controlled business operations that enable business growth
â˘Assess financial reporting processes outsourced to third party service providers (O2C, P2P, R2R), provide recommendations regarding process optimization, implement optimized processes.
â˘Advise and support the Global UP&E Finance team with closing procedures to ensure accurate books and records
â˘Own Overheads planning and actualization process, partnering with in market Finance Directors to develop accurate assumptions in overheads spend, and performing variance analyses to ensure spend within budget.
Ad-Hoc:
â˘Assist with FP&A processes and reporting to deliver the Annual Budget and Quarterly Forecast.
â˘Assist with the preparation of the overall forecast / close / budget review presentations within defined deadlines â at Country/Hub, Line of Business and Regional Level
â˘Help to deliver the Quarter Close process, reviewing key P&L movements (revenue and costs) and interpret financial impact (i.e. latest True Ups and Non Accruables and ensuring Guarantee Shortfalls are fully reconciled and understood)
â˘Support all centralized standard reporting to both finance and commercial stakeholders
â˘Assist the Finance Manager to ensure EMEA consolidation is correctly reflected in all systems (Revenue, Costs and Overheads)
â˘Assist with the preparation and accurate reporting of the Line of Business, Country/Hub and Regional P&Ls, providing commercial context, variance analysis and assist with any reconciliation requirements
â˘Lead and support on ad hoc projects, as requested