Accounting Manager

One of the market leaders in Employee Rewards and Benefits is hiring!

Join the great team of this competitive employer (Bucharest offices) and take the opportunity to work in a fulfilling and stable environment.

Responsibilities:

• Organizes, guides, directs, controls the accounting team;
• Ensures, effectively organizes and manages the integrity of the entire patrimony of the company in accordance with the legal provisions in force and the internal rules or regulations of the company;
• Responsible for the efficient performance of the financial-accounting activity of the company in accordance with the legal provisions in force;
• Prepare and submit the group financial statements according to IFRS on monthly bases;
• Review and recommend changes of existing accounting guidelines and internal procedures according to the law in force;
• Responsible for all Statutory reporting;
• Assist in auditing activities by providing necessary information and preparing requested documentations;
• Reconciliation of intercompany and reporting accounts;
• Oversees the implementation of accounting procedures;
• Evaluates the accounting systems and back-office systems and provide recommendations to IT team for performance improvements;
• Ensure the data accuracy;
• Perform monthly-end activities (provisions, journal entries, reconciliation – both on local and group reporting accounts), and financial analysis as needed;
• Calculation of current and deferred income tax;
• Act as a program manager to monitor and deliver initiatives to improve efficiency such as automation, process flows;
• Ensure that process documentation and procedures are up to date;
• Ensure that internal controls are configured, effective and compliant for the accounting activity and projects (designed and reinforced);
• Remediate as soon as possible any issue appeared in the process level controls testing;
• Ensure efficient and timely allocation of payments activities as well supporting the clients request payments and balance confirmation related;
• Ensure RPA are running as required;
• Identify new automation opportunities.

People management responsibilities:

• Lead employees to meet the organization’s expectations for productivity, quality, continuous improvement, and goal accomplishment;
• Develop the necessary competencies in the Accounting team to ensure the proper functioning of the activity and to fulfill the performance objectives;
• Ensure that the team is staffed and provided with clear objectives and directions aligned with performance standards;
• Give recurrent feedback to direct reports;
• Ensure the compliance of the company rules and standards by its team members;
• Provide leadership through effective communication of vision, active coaching and development of needed competencies in the team;
• Involve actively in all personnel management actions and processes established in the company’s policies, such as: Performance Management, Talent Review, Succession Planning, Job Assessment, Salary Review etc.;
• Ensure a high engagement score for the team;
• Contribute to the development and participate actively to the onboarding program for newcomers;
• Ensure the observance of the company’s rules and standards by the team members;
• Assist to collect and prepare collection reports on weekly basis and evaluate process and measure efficiency of all portfolios and forecast all monthly collection objectives.

Requirements:

Experience & Education:

• Studies: Financial or Accounting university degree;
• + 5 years’ experience in financial area, preferably accounting;
• + 2 years’ managerial experience or similar;
• CECAR certification,would be considered an advantage;
• ACCA certification would be considered an advantage.

Technical Competencies:

• Comprehensive knowledge GAAP and tax legislation;
• Knowledge of IFRS;
• Knowledge of Company’s services;
• Knowledge of Company’s procedures related to finance and accounting;
• Knowledge of the Romanian legislation related to the Company’s services;
• Microsoft Office ( Excel advanced, Power point);
• Knowledge of HFM, would be considered an advantage;
• Knowledge of Navision, would be considered an advantage;
• Good communication level in English especially business English;
• Attention to details;
• Strong Analytical skills;
• Able to make comprehensive analysis with high level of complexity.

Behavioral competencies:

• Manages complexity: Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems;
• Drives Results: Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances;
• Decision Quality: Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward;
• Plans and aligns: Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals;
• Builds effective teams: Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals;
• Develops talents: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals;
• Drives engagement: Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives;
• Being resilient: Rebounding from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situations;
• Communicates effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences;
• Optimizes work process: Knows the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement;
• Nimble Learning: Learns through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.