Country Finance Manager

Country Finance Manager - Bracknell

Join our company, the global leader in providing customers high-performance speciality materials, including fluorine products; speciality firms and additives; advanced fibres and composites; intermediates; speciality chemicals; and technology and materials for the petroleum refining, natural gas and petrochemical industries.

Purpose of the Role:

The Country Finance Manager reports into the Country Finance Leader and is an important partner to the regional business, tax and treasury teams. Other key partners include External and Internal Auditors, Corporate Finance and Functional Management and SBG Finance.

The candidate will be the owner of the financial accounting & compliance for all of the specific departments legal entities registered in the Country.

The role has end-to-end responsibility and oversight over US GAAP and statutory reporting and ensures an environment of strong internal controls.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for:

• Participating in monthly pre-close/close lock meetings with GFC & RFC and ensure timely & qualitative close and reporting of books
• Provide/Review monthly supplemental schedules and statistical data.
• Review/approve trial balances/balance sheet accounts. Conduct flux analyses.
• Review/approve complex, judgmental journals; define calculation method for recurring, non-judgmental journals.
• Review country/region specific contracts and provide US GAAP compliant revenue recognition accounting treatment.
• Liaise with CFL, SBG controllers & commercial finance to ensure overall revenue recognition compliance.
• Review/approve complex, high risk balance sheet account reconciliations.
• Conduct material, annual Balance Sheet reviews.
• Safeguard company assets in the region - review and approve fixed assets/inventory counts.
• Conduct impairments reviews and assessments.
• Provide compliant accounting treatments for government grants, transfer pricing and other technical accounting advice.
• Sign the Rep Letter for all of the departments Legal Entities.
• Drive and coordinate internal/external audit for all of the departments Legal Entities
• Drive remediation of audit observations & ensure strong internal controls environment.
• Leverage and Maximize GFC & RFC Support on all key - deliverables. Reviews the day to day performance of his/her matrixed & Remote teams in GFC/RFC.
• Owns and maintain the SOP (standard Operating Procedures) for the Country activities.
• Drive and support Corporate Audits in the Country and support resolution of Internal Controls CAPs

Essential Skills/Experience

• Bachelor's degree with accounting qualification with 5 or more years in managing Legal Entity Compliance
• Chartered Accountant or CPA equivalent Preferred.
• 5+ year's knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley and US GAAP.
• Broad understanding of legal, regulatory and compliance requirements for the Country.
• Strong business acumen
• Country local Gaap knowledge.
• Extensive relevant finance experience
• Ability to effectively work in a Matrix environment
• Ability to apply the appropriate level of deliberation to complex and high risk matters
• Ability to develop and effectively manage remote teams
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Ability to build strong relationships and utilize the appropriate network
• Highly motivated and change minded
• Travel requirements up to 10%

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