SAP SAP Finance Expert - Local Chief Accountant 

Ireland 

222676032

What you'll do

• Responsible for delivery of timely and accurate International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Group financial results.
• Prepare analytical review for the entities.
• Monitor that the entities meet full internal and external audit requirements, including Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) 404 where applicable.
• Ensure the statutory accounts and other required financial reports for the entities are prepared, audited, and filed on time and according to applicable requirements. This includes preparing and filing specific statistical reports for the entity under responsibility.
• Manage relationships with external accounting service providers where applicable.
• Monitor the correctness and compliance of accounting-relevant data across all finance processes.
• Ensure full compliance with local reporting regulations with the support of external service advisors where applicable. This includes managing related system maintenance to adapt to local financial reporting needs.
• Ensure a high level of satisfaction for the users of the financial reports prepared and build good business relations with key stakeholders.
• Proactively establish a collaboration model and routine with the corresponding Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
• Manage relationships with Global Finance Shared Services (GFSS), teams within Global Accounting, Reporting, and Taxes (GAR&T), external service providers, and other internal service providers or global functions. Act as the accounting Single Point of Contact (SPOC) from the local entities' side and monitor service quality.
• Ensure that all corporate changes are incorporated into the local accounting where applicable.
• Ensure correct IFRS accounting for the responsible legal entities based on group accounting and other internal guidelines as well as the corresponding statutory accounting.
• Support mergers and acquisitions (M&A) accounting processes as required.
• Coordinate accounting for the liquidation and merger of legal entities no longer required following acquisition with external or internal advisors.
• Support projects covering the entities under responsibility.
• Strive for process standardization where needed and applicable by proactively providing input to relevant process management.

What you bring

• Accounting Education.
• Strong knowledge of policies, procedures, principles, and practices used in professional accounting and auditing work.
• Strong expertise in IFRS and expertise in the local laws, codes, rules, and regulations applicable to the entities under responsibility.
• Expertise in auditor activities would be a plus.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in an international environment, collaborating with colleagues abroad.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Problem identification and solving skills.
• SAP system knowledge would be a plus.

• Project Management.
• Dynamic, Innovative and Problem Resolution-focused.
• Ability to anticipate and manage change.
• Minimum 8 years of practical accounting experience in a company or audit firm.

The Local Chief Accountant (LCA) is responsible for the management of the accounting and financial reporting of the legal entities under their responsibility. This includes the orchestration of the different parties involved in the accounting processes (shared services and centers of expertise), ensuring the correctness of the financial statements, and maintaining control over the integrity of the accounting records. The LCA is in charge of the monthly IFRS Group reporting, statutory financial statements, and other local financial reporting requirements. Additionally, they oversee local internal controls over financial reporting (including SOX 404 where applicable) and manage the external audit processes, ensuring all corporate changes are incorporated accurately into the local accounting framework.