Consolidation and senior Reporting

• Supports, coordinates and reviews the consolidation process for all the company legal entities, ensures intercompany eliminations, reviews consolidation errors
• Ensures smooth closing processes collaborating with country finance teams
• Follows up on income statement, balance sheet, cash flow and any other report related errors. Resolves errors in collaboration with country & corporate finance teams, defines action plans for chief accountants and country finance directors
• Actively participates in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements based on IFRS, supports the preparation of balance sheet, income statement, cash flow, statement of changes in equity, notes to the financial statements
• Assures the monthly analytical review of the consolidated and country balance sheets, cash flows, fixed asset movement schedules and several income statement line items, provides explanations to senior management on the balances, variances
• Ensures the smooth integration of the newly acquired entities, calculates goodwill, carries out purchase price allocation (PPA), collaborates with country and corporate finance teams regarding the accounting and reporting treatment of the new subsidiaries
• Participates in / supports the countries in the working capital management
• Provides accounting/finance support to the Group Reporting Manager in mergers, disposals of existing companies
• Supports the effective execution of year-end and interim audit processes, provides the auditors the necessary inputs, data, information
• Participates in the forecasting, planning process on a quarterly/annual basis on the balance sheet, income statement, cash flow sides, prepares pre-agreed consolidated planning reports, resolves errors in planning collaborating with country finance teams
• Provides support and review for junior team members during the daily operating activities
• Ensures the smooth implementation of new accounting standards; collaborates with country finance teams, provides trainings for the newly introduced standards for both country and Corporate HQ finance teams
• Actively participates in the new ERP implementation

• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Accounting or Finance
• Strong accounting knowledge (IFRS)
• Consolidation experience
• Strong MS Office knowledge (Word, Excel, Power Point)
• Knowledge of an ERP system (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, etc.)
• Active professional English language knowledge
• Ability to work both independently as well as part of a team in a multi-cultural, often remote environment
• Excellent communication, problem solving and stakeholder management skills
• Proactive, innovative mindset
• Advance level of English

Michael Page