Accounting Supervisor

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Job Description

The ACR Supervisor will report to the Dublin GAC ACR Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for the timely and accurate completion ACR Entity Reporting activities in the Dublin Global Accounting Center and supporting the smooth running of Statutory (US GAAP and Local GAAP) and month end close activities.

Job duties

• Manage and oversee work of the ACR Tower specialists
• Coaching and development of ACR Tower specialist
• Ownership of the end-to-end Local Statutory Audit process and Local Accounts Statutory filing
• Oversight of EY co-sourcing staff: Arrange and provide training, review and ensure quality of work
• Review and support adhoc activities such reconciliations or technical accounting support
• Oversee smooth running of high quality and timely month end close
• Manage reporting and stakeholder communication
• Ensure compliance with Service Level Agreements and Operating Level Agreements
• Support process management and improvement
• Identification and resolution of risks in a timely manner
• Assess, understand and manage interdependencies between work streams
• Work collaboratively with Business Process Partner (BPP) Tower, Strategic Decision Support, Country Finance functions, and external Auditors to resolve issues

Qualified candidates will have the following Key Skills

• Excellent communication, planning, organisational, and influencing skills
• High levels of energy and commitment to achieving multiple time sensitive deadlines
• Will actively seek out efficiencies and work with stakeholders to formulate and drive solutions
• Strong capacity to communicate actions, implications of data and drive action
• Ability to embrace and contribute to culture of process improvement
• Excellent team player and provide leadership to stakeholders
• Robust evaluation and critical thinking skills
• Ability to create an environment that encourages diversity of thought, perspective and an inclusive workplace

Personal Attributes

• Results based with a focus on stakeholder partnership
• Motivation, ambition and tenacity
• Exceptional analytical skill set
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work on own initiative

Knowledge Requirements

Required:

• Minimum of 3-5 years of finance and accounting experience
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in finance, accounting or business
• Qualified or partly qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Detailed knowledge of accounting processes
• Excellent Microsoft Office Skills (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Preferred:

• US GAAP experience/shared service environment
• Audit and Statutory Accounting experience
• Previous experience working with an outsourced accounting function

Employee Type: Permanent

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