В компанию-производитель энергетических напитков RedBull требуется Chief Accountant.
All the responsibilities we'll trust you with:
General:
- Ensures that the accounting is correct, transparent (within the organization and towards HQ) and complete (including appropriate accruals/deferrals). The financial statements must present a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the reported period
- Assures timely submission of accurate financial information to all stakeholders (e.g.: tax authorities, other local authorities)
- Assists the Finance Manager in proactively managing the year-end audit process and the external auditors to secure clean Early Warning Memorandums and clean Management Letters strictly avoiding an “Emphasis of Matter” or a “Qualified Opinion”
- While maintaining quality, continuously drives efficiency by streamlining processes (within Accounting and beyond Accounting) and the use of available tools
- Ensures that the accounting operations are fully integrated from a process, systems, and control perspective
- Supports the Finance Manager in establishing effective tax management in cooperation with the tax specialists in HQ and external tax advisors
Bookkeeping:
- Maintains the fixed asset register and supervises the asset accounting in the fixed asset ledger
- Manages the accounts payables ledger as well as the periodic payment runs while ensuring segregation of duties
- Controls the accounts receivable ledger and the dunning process
- Supervises the bank statement postings as well as the reconciliation of the bank accounts and petty cash
- Reconciliation of all tax accounts
- Guarantees the timely and accurate reporting to local authorities
- Maintains the general ledger
Period Closing:
- Responsible for the timely compilation of the monthly and annual closings including the communication of the closing timetable within the organization
- Carries out depreciation runs, posts all accrual and deferral entries as well as revaluations, write offs and provisions
- Reconciles all clearing and intern company accounts
- Carries out any other period closing postings
- Prepares the annual statutory financial statements
- Conducts a thorough review of all monthly reports and financial statements prior to the submission to HQ or authorities in order to make corrections if needed
People Management:
- Builds a team of highly engaged and motivated people
- Develops and updates regularly the job descriptions for all Finance staff
- Ensures that each position is held by a person with the appropriate qualification
- Agrees on annual objectives and links variable pay to the achievement levels
- Holds bi-annual performance reviews giving clear, honest and fair feedback
- Promotes internal trainings (Finance Academies and Best Practice Workshops) to elevate knowledge levels within the team
- Assures that all key processes are documented in writing and that checklists are being used
Your areas of knowledge and expertise that matter most for this role:
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant accounting experience in a similar organization
- Vast knowledge of all local tax regulations, IFRS
- Strong leadership skills
- Capable of communicating precisely, effectively, and convincingly based on facts with internal and external stakeholders
- IT literate and SAP knowledge
- A structured and well-organized individual
- Must be self-motivated, self-directed and be able to work under pressure in a fast-paced team environment