Director Finance Technical Accounting Policy ID12

Accounting Software • Forecasting • Ellucian • Financial Report Writing • GAAP • Accounting • Corporate Finance • Financial Analysis • Financial Modeling • Budgeting • Financial Management • Financial Planning

Accounting Software • Forecasting • Ellucian • Financial Report Writing • GAAP • Accounting • Corporate Finance • Financial Analysis • Financial Modeling • Budgeting • Financial Management • Financial Planning

Director, Finance (Technical Accounting & Policy) ID12AD
About the job
We are experiencing a period of sustained growth. Our Global Finance team have restructured to allow us to improve focus on key areas of growing business demand.

• Act as single point of contact for all technical accounting issues, liaising with group auditors as needed.
• Work closely with Director, Entity Control and be responsible for providing technical accounting advice and guidance, including implementation of new requirements and improvements related to US GAAP.
• Create a center of accounting excellence and lead the development of group-wide accounting policies e.g., CECL, Revenue supporting Finance, Entity Control and business with policy interpretation and application.
• Develop group accounting manual and update annually.
• Support group’s statutory reporting, ensuring compliance and best practice.
• Manage technical accounting issues log, ensuring timely resolution of all issues and adapt controls where necessary.
• Provide technical accounting support with a commercial mindset for M&A activity, new products and initiatives, modelling accounting impacts on group results supporting the Director, Financial Planning & Analysis.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with Management Team, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Risk, IT, PMO, and group auditors.
• Develop and implement technical accounting training across the group to build a higher level of general understanding of key technical issues.
• Proven ability to translate detailed and complex information into concise and coherent management information.
• Regular exposure to Group CFO, senior management, and board committees.

Qualifications

• Ex auditor/Big 4 Qualified Accountant - minimum 5-7 years’ experience.
• Banking and Treasury Experience preferred.
• Strong Technical Accounting Experience – US GAAP, IFRS, JGAAP with Regulatory Reporting in a multi-currency environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills – able to work remotely with minimal physical interaction with staff.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Teamwork – Accomplishes results through coordination of a team of professionals as well as working cross functionally.
• Experience of BI tools such as Power BI, Microstrategy, QlickView and Business Objects a selection advantage.
• Japanese language or Japanese company experience not required but beneficial.