Group Accounting Manager

Company Overview:

Our client is an international holding company with subsidiaries in various industries such as industrial automation, automotive applications, and materials processing amongst others.

Job Overview:

Our client is seeking a highly skilled accounting professional to assist the CFO and oversee and manage accounting and financial operations for a holding group with $500M in regional revenue and diverse operations in multiple countries in the Americas. This role is pivotal in ensuring consolidated accounting, financial analysis, compliance with multiple accounting standards, and supporting group-level strategic initiatives. As the right arm to the CFO, you will play a critical role in guiding financial performance, reporting, and strategic decision-making for a multinational structure comprising 20+ operating companies.

Responsibilities:

– Oversee group accounting and consolidation processes across multiple countries, ensuring compliance with US GAAP and IFRS

– Manage monthly closing activities, reconciling intercompany transactions, and ensuring timely and accurate submission of actuals.

– Lead consolidated reporting for 20+ operating companies, leading a team of FTEs handling core business accounting.

– Drive the budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis processes, including standard and ad hoc analyses.

– Provide insights into the financial health of the group, supporting strategic decisions at the holding and subsidiary levels.

– Collaborate with controllers/CFOs and presidents of subsidiaries to ensure alignment on financial strategies.

– Manage relationships with external auditors, ensuring compliance with audit requirements across the region.

– Implement and maintain compliance with US GAAP, IFRS, and other relevant standards.

– Ensure robust internal controls and processes to uphold financial integrity and compliance.

– Act as the key financial partner for the CFO of the holding company and collaborate with the Controlling Department to enhance reporting processes.

– Participating in M&A activities, integrating financial processes, and reporting for newly acquired entities.

Qualifications

Required

– Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.

– CPA certification preferred.

– Minimum of 5 years of audit experience, with a strong understanding of multinational accounting environments.

– Expertise in consolidated accounting and financial analysis at a group level.

– Proficiency in US GAAP and IFRS.

– Demonstrated ability to manage financial operations across multiple accounting standards.

Preferred

– Familiarity working in a multicultural/multinational environment

– Prior experience working with an HQ based in Europe

– Proficiency in a foreign language (Spanish, German)

– Experience in a regional HQ role within a multinational company

– Strong leadership and collaboration skills, with experience working alongside diverse teams across subsidiaries.

Soft Skills:

– Must be autonomous and highly organized

-Must possess excellent interpersonal and writing skills

– Able to manage complex transactions; sound financial acumen

-Able to work with colleagues globally and across the US in different timezones

Travel:

Some travel will be required to North American subsidiaries for onboarding and training purposes.

Compensation Package:

The salary range will be communicated during the interview process.

This role proposes a competitive salary range with a bonus package based on results, a retirement plan with matching, full benefits, vacation, PTO, and holidays. Relocation assistance available for qualified candidates