Team leader financial & accounting services bib&sp eu

Lead the Finance Team based at our Business Service Center, overseeing all accounting operations for Europe bag-in-box and spouted pouch activities, including AP, AR, GL, subledger and financial reporting. This is a 2-year fixed-term contract with the possibility to transition into other professional opportunities within our global organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Accountable for evaluating, reconciling and resolving complex accounting transactions, maintaining general ledger accounts and the group financial reporting for the bag-in-box and spouted pouches EU operations (i.e. Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Subledger, Asset accounting and Intercompany transactions, cost accounting & controlling, Cognos group reporting).
• Set and monitor goals and performance measures/indicators.
• Work with the team to develop and improve work standard procedures to enable continuous improvement.
• Coordinating the period end closing calendar impacting the activities of the team.
• Evaluates best practices and benchmarks for ensuring quality services.
• Ensures audit controls are followed, provides direction and assists in the maintenance of internal control procedures.
• Gets involved in the set-up and monitoring team performance and reports on metrics; follows-up results and implements improvement measures in order to maintain consistent service quality in the team.
• Work as the mediator between management and team members to facilitate good communication and transparency of complaints from both parties, and see to it that all issues are sorted out.
• Leads hiring and onboarding processes and oversees annual performance evaluations to build and develop a high-performing team.

Required Skills and Experience

• 3-5 years of relevant industry experience in similar leadership roles
• Graduate degree in business administration preferably with Finance focus
• Self-motivated and proactive
• Detail-oriented with strong accuracy
• Flexible and adaptable to change
• Skilled at prioritizing effectively
• General knowledge of Infor LN, Cognos, TM1, Qlikview/Qliksense is nice to have
• Advanced skills working with MS Office modules (especially Excel and PowerPoint)

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Opportunity to partially work from home
• Personal development opportunities, trainings and coaching from senior team members