Samsung – Accounting Manager

Purpose of the job

Key Accountabilities

• Lead and monitor accounting and financial controlling team to ensure that SENA’s financial resources are managed in accordance with best practices related internal control consisting of:

• Responsibility for delivery of reliable financial reporting: overseeing end-to-end accounting operations, financial analysis and balance sheet reconciliations to comply with external and internal accounting principles

• Compliance in terms with all relevant regulations, laws, Samsung Global Policies and Procedures (GPPM), SEGAM, IFRS etc

• Efficiency: looking to make improvements to procedures and controls, digitalize, automize and other measures to improve efficiency in completing work duties

• Back-up for tax manager

Job Scope

• Overall responsibility for accounting and financial controlling team

• Responsible to secure timely month-end closing (Income statement and Balance Sheet)

• Responsible for securing timely weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual internal reporting requests (IFRS)

• Responsible for securing correct external statutory reporting according to Swedish GAAP (K3 etc)

• Responsible to secure balance sheet reconciliations are performed according to external and internal accounting principles

• Compliance: Ensure that the company complies with external laws/rules/regulations and external and internal policies for accounting

• Monitoring and planning of the company’s different levels of overhead costs (General Expenses)

• Secure timely reporting of various types of ad-hoc analysis requests from HQ, EHQ and top management

• Drive the continuous improvement of end-to-end accounting practices.

• Budgeting and forecasting

• Managing an end-to-end audit process of current systems – while acting as the first point of contact for external auditors.

• Continually identify risks to delivery, propose solutions where necessary and effectively manage stakeholder expectations throughout.

• Internal Control: Identify risk areas and set up procedures to strengthen internal control.

• Back-up for tax manager in various tax matters

• Various adhoc tasks within the area of responsibility

Overall

• Lead and develop the Accounting Team: leading, supervising, supporting, competency evaluating, setting and reviewing annual goals, etc.

• Drive the development of more efficient routines and work of the different areas in the team

• Initiate and participate in various projects when required

• Overlook the Outsourced Shared Service Center in Bucharest.

• Projects and collaboration within the European and Global Organization.

Liaisons

• CFO

• Finance Director

• Managers within finance department (tax, AP, AR, Audit&Risk, Procurement, Credit)

• People within the Business Control team

• HR

• Team Members

Dimensions

Responsible for staff of 5 individuals

Qualifications required

Academic degree in Business Administration, Accounting and finance

Experience

• Min 5-10 years of work experience as Finance Manager

• Strong technical accounting knowledge

• Internal Control incl process and risk assessment competence

• Ability to delegate and manage the work of others

• Produced budgets up to multi-millions

• Experience running annual audit

• People leadership: Finance Manager

• Global company and used to different reporting lines to EHQ, HQ etc

• Tax competence on finance manager level to be able to be back-up for tax manager

Skills & Attributes

• Fluency in English – written and oral

• High integrity

• Diligence

• Structured and quality-minded

• Passion for leadership and coaching

How to apply:

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