International Finance Accountant 4
Seeking international finance and accounting specialist to provide business support and statutory compliance guidance/oversight. This will include projects for assigned countries within a regional assignment, including the ability to review, analyze, and validate financial statements, coordinating and overseeing international statutory audits, and leading Service Agreement creation and updates. Requires developing effective working relationships and communicate effectively to key stakeholders and business unit focals, including liaising closely across functions such as Tax, Treasury, Law and Accounting. Individual will also participate in company-wide Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation team as an international accounting focal.
Will also collect and analyze data gathered to support business development activities, extracting and validating key information from multiple business applications, to draw conclusions and/or summarize results for business operations. Take ownership of assigned processes and key deliverables, working through to resolution with initiative and purpose.
Competencies
General• Build Positive Relationships
Consistently builds effective working relationships with other project leads, internal employees, and external customers. Probes for and provides information to clarify situations. Consistently seeks and expands on original ideas from other project leads, internal employees, and external customers, enhances others' ideas, and contributes own ideas about the issues at hand. Places higher priority on project and organization goals than on own goals. Guides others in gaining agreement from other project leads, managers, internal employees, and external customers to support ideas or take partnership-oriented action; uses sound rationale to explain value of actions. Establishes good interpersonal relationships by helping people feel valued, appreciated, and included in discussions.
• Business (Financial) Acumen
Accurately performs substantial quantitative financial calculations and/or understands and explains the complex implications of financial graphs, charts, tables, etc. to other project leads, internal employees, and external customers. Viewed as an expert in integrating complex financial data effectively; allowing for the identification of key issues, decision-making criteria, and the determination of strategies and plans. Uses appropriate financial strategies and systems to maximize cash flow and limit risk to the organization.
• Communication
Consistently clarifies purpose and importance; stresses major points; follows a logical sequence. Consistently keeps the audience thoroughly engaged through use of techniques such as analogies, illustrations, humor, an appealing style, body language, and voice inflection. Consistently frames even complex messages in line with audience experience, background, and expectations; uses terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience. Consistently seeks input from audience; checks understanding; presents message in different ways to enhance understanding. Uses syntax, pace, volume, diction, and mechanics appropriate to the media being used; attends to both direct and indirect messages from others; correctly interprets messages and responds appropriately. Advises fellow project leads and other internal employees in effective communication techniques.
• Contributing To Team Success
Consistently makes procedural or process suggestions to work group members, fellow project leads, other internal employees, and external customers for achieving team goals or performing team functions; provides necessary resources or helps to remove obstacles to team accomplishments. Listens to and fully involves others in team decisions and actions; values and uses individual differences and talents. Shares important or relevant information with the team. Adheres to the team's expectations and guidelines; fulfills team responsibilities; demonstrates personal commitment to the team.
• Managing Work
Consistently identifies highly critical and less critical activities and tasks amidst a large number of competing demands; adjusts priorities when appropriate. Consistently ensures that required equipment and/or materials are in appropriate locations so that own and others' work can be done effectively. Effectively allocates own time to complete work; coordinates own and others' schedules to avoid conflicts. Consistently takes advantage of available resources (individuals, processes, departments, and tools) to complete work efficiently. Uses time effectively and prevents irrelevant issues or distractions from interfering with work completion.
Technical• Accounting Theory
Extensive, specialized knowledge of accounting theory, concepts, and principles within the department/organization. Ability to function as an expert source of accounting knowledge to business processes at all levels of complexity and develop accounting procedures and strategies.
• Acctg Systems & Process
Extensive and specialized knowledge of existing and new internal controls and processes to ensure system integrity and compliance with accounting system requirements and company internal control guidelines and requirements. Extensive and specialized ability to identifies and resolves accounting system issues. Extensive and specialized ability to supports internal/external auditors and provide expert assistance regarding implementation and problem resolution. Extensive and specialized ability to lead and guide the development and deployment of new accounting systems and tools. Extensive and specialized ability to act as a subject matter expert and training resource for accounting systems and processes.
• Analytical Skills
Skill and ability to: collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data; summarize findings; develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources with clients, customers and/or suppliers.
• Financial Reporting
Extensive and specialized knowledge of how to prepare standard and ad hoc internal and external financial reports based on accounting information/data in accordance with company and regulatory policies and procedures. Extensive and specialized knowledge of the financial tools necessary for management to make optimal business decisions.
• Information Technology Fluency
Extensive and specialized ability in the use of personal and network computing hardware and software to maintain and direct project information, such as, statements of work, resource identification and usage, task status, cost estimating and tracking, etc. Extensive and specialized knowledge of processes and tools to maintain, archive, and retrieve digital files. Extensive and specialized ability in constructing/building and providing reports and presentation material as needed for assigned projects. Extensive and specialized knowledge of identifying and gaining approval of testing of established applications to meet project requirements.
Basic Qualifications For ConsiderationDo you have experience managing third-party accounting providers and completing audits?
Do you have experience working on cross-functional teams?
Do you have experience managing international statutory compliance requirements, including secondment and service agreements?
Do you have experience implementing finance systems into foreign (non-US) jurisdictions?
Do you have experience in data analysis and report writing?
Typical Education/Experience
Bachelor's degree and typically 10 or more years' related work experience, a Master's degree and typically 8 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Other Job related information
Requires supporting off-hour (evenings/weekend) meetings and calls. Up to 20% travel (primarily domestic) possible, based on projects.
- Business Unit Corporate
- Division Finance
- Program International Finance
- Job Type Non-Management
- Experience Level Career/Experienced
- US Person Status Required? Yes
Closing Date: 03/09/2012
