Senior Specialist Reporting & Budgeting

Your responsibilities:

• Perform day-to-day tasks independently (according to task list) and escalate incidents to Team Lead when appropriate
• Perform data collection for higher complexity financial analysis -> ensuring data consistency and plausibility and on-time delivery of reporting (e.g. operating working capital analysis, cash flow analysis, etc.)
• Take part in monthly/year-end account closing, involved in annual budgeting and rolling financial forecast particularly in more complex activities (e.g. sales & margin analysis, P&L validation, OWC validation, etc.)
• Communicate with higher level of the organization e.g. Finance Director, Global Marketing and Business Team for rolling financial forecast
• Support to identify opportunities for process harmonization/standardization and collaborate with stakeholders to implement changes 
• Lead ad-hoc projects e.g. cash flow forecast alignment with Global Treasury, roll-out single commentary platform for European entities, etc.
• Initiate process automation to optimize operations (e.g. support the development of new reporting tools -> act as key driver for automation of reporting
• Perform bi-yearly review of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and strictly follow SOPs without irregularity

Interfaces:

• Direct report to the Team Lead Reporting and Budgeting
• Collaboration with ACC Policies & Procedures Team
• Collaboration with Corporate Controlling Team
• Collaboration with Local Controllers worldwide (27 legal entities)

Your skills, competences, and experience:

• Minimum bachelor’s degree, preferred but not limited to Finance Accounting and Controlling or experiences related to comparable
• 3+ years of work experience related to Finance
• Deep understanding of Accounting and Controlling process
• Professional knowledge of Logical mind/analytical skills to perform complex financial analysis and data and metrics interpreting
• Good SAP R/3 and SAP BW knowledge and working experience
• Good practical computer skills e.g. MS office, spreadsheets, PowerPoint, (good to have but not obligatory Excel Marcos, PowerBI , SAC, think-cell etc.)
• Strong willingness to understand the business process (the context and the rationale behind) and act as a liaison for the team (e.g. between Team Lead and Specialist)
• Capability to manage/co-ordinate complex tasks independently within prescribed time limit and under pressure (resilience)
• Good project management to drive/feedback the process -> execute action plan with appropriate timeline and monitor the process to Team Lead
• Communicate proactively to Team Lead for troubleshooting
• Communicate proactively with key stakeholders -> Moderates/holds regular meetings with them
• Present good ideas, new projects to Team Lead
• Mentoring and motivating Specialists
• Driving automation of reporting
• Passion for thinking outside of box -> provide creative idea/insight, ambition, resilience, curiosity, and desire to learn