Accounting Manager
About Your New Employer
Our client is a leading US multinational with a strong international presence and a complex, fast-paced finance function.
You will join an established organisation that:
- Offers the opportunity to work within a large, multinational finance team.
- Provides exposure to senior stakeholders across Europe and the United States.
- Supports professional development and encourages employees to take ownership of meaningful projects.
About Your New Job
As Accounting Manager, you will join the EMEA Controller Team in a shared services environment and report to the Finance Director.
You will:
- Manage and develop a team of 2–3 qualified accountants.
- Oversee financial accounting activities, including monthly, quarterly and year-end close processes.
- Take ownership of the balance sheet and profit and loss accounts, including reconciliations and quarter-end reporting.
- Manage fixed asset accounting and US GAAP lease accounting for the relevant entities.
- Coordinate statutory audits, US GAAP year-end audit clearance and financial statement preparation.
- Oversee corporate income tax returns, tax audits, tax authority enquiries and tax compliance activities.
- Manage VAT compliance and reporting.
- Lead cash flow and balance sheet forecasting, cash management and bank reconciliations.
- Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and corporate financial policies.
- Support M&A integration activities and other ad hoc finance projects.
- Work closely with European Controllers, A/P, A/R, Payroll, Treasury, Corporate Accounting, Tax and external advisers across multiple locations and time zones.
What Skills You Need
- Fully qualified accountant with an ACA or ACCA qualification.
- Ideally 5 years+ post-qualification experience.
- Strong experience in financial statement preparation and financial accounting.
- Good working knowledge of GAAP; US GAAP experience is highly desirable.
- Previous leadership or team management experience.
- Experience with audit, tax, VAT, balance sheet reconciliations and financial close processes.
- Excellent English communication skills.
- Ability to meet immovable deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
- Strong sense of ownership and responsibility for delivering high-quality work.
- Ability to work effectively within a multicultural, matrix organisation across multiple locations and time zones.
- SAP experience and exposure to a multinational environment would be advantageous.
