Country Statutory Complinance Senior Manager

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Finance

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The country controller is responsible for delivering timely and accurate financial reporting and supporting overall compliance in their assigned jurisdiction. This individual will be an experienced accounting professional with strong corporate finance skills, along with knowledge and exposure to tax and corporate governance topics. They must have a demonstrated ability to collaborate with various internal and external stakeholders in a rapidly evolving business environment, as well as strong project management skills.

***The country controller is responsible for**:

- Monitoring and ensuring compliance in the areas of accounting and reporting, tax, and corporate governance
- Ensuring accurate financial statements are prepared and approved by the board and relevant governance bodies
- Providing support to business partners
- Identifying process enhancements and operating margin improvement initiatives

**Core Responsibilities**:
External Reporting
- Support month-end close; review and sign off on local GAAP accounts outsourced to third-party providers
- Prepare the bridge from US GAAP to local GAAP accounts and prepare balance sheet reconciliations for local GAAP
- Oversee the preparation and audit of local financial statements and notes, including:

- Participate in reviews with the local EY team
- Review and sign off on unrecorded adjustments
- Review margin reconciliation
- Review profit-sharing calculations
- Review financial statements, notes, and other management reports, if applicable
- Prepare executive summaries
- Review year-over-year variance analysis
- Review technical accounting memos and new disclosures
- Monitor the accuracy and timely filing of local financial statements and notes, as well as other relevant reports
- Support the director in reviewing variance analysis and financial statements
- Oversee ad hoc requests from external parties such as government authorities (e.g., statistics, surveys, ratings) or other official bodies

Compliance and Governance
- Actively monitor risks and obligations associated with the entity, document and take action to mitigate risks, and implement or modify processes to ensure compliance
- Monitor and communicate changes and new requirements to relevant RPOs and business partners
- Collaborate with relevant RPOs and business partners to implement changes
- Prepare or review technical accounting memos related to local GAAP for new business flows, accounting standards, M&A activity, etc.
- Ensure new local GAAP accounting standards and regulations are appropriately implemented and reflected in accounts, financial statements, and reporting
- Manage compliance with corporate governance requirements, working closely with legal and other stakeholders to meet obligations
- Participate in the documentation of the BDSE
- Report to the works council and other governance mechanisms
- Support local risk assessment mapping and reviews
- Ensure appropriate documentation is in place for the local compliance framework
- Monitor tax-related filing obligations
- Monitor ESG obligations and collaborate with the ESG team to ensure compliance
- Provide assurance to directors on statements made to auditors as part of due diligence procedures

Business Partnering
- Partner with key stakeholders (tax, including transfer pricing; legal; financial planning; and business teams) to support their needs, reduce costs, and create efficiencies without compromising compliance
- Represent controllership and provide a coherent jurisdictional perspective in cross-functional forums
- Support the directors in fulfilling their duties and the entity’s obligations
- Attend and present financial information to directors and the works council
- Prepare FAQs with the public relations team to support media interest in the release of financial statements and provide responses to press queries
- Support tax audits and discussions with tax authorities
- Assist with customer deals and bids by providing financial information and addressing specific queries
- Monitor, support, and influence external quotations or ratings
- Establish and maintain a strong relationship with the country leader and support any requests
- Continuously assess and embed process enhancements and efficiencies where possible
- Support the GPO on ad hoc projects related to c