Vice President of Accounting

Description

SteppingStones are delighted to be partnering with out client, a leading global organization, in the recruitment of a VP, Accounting for their team. 

Responsibilities:

• Managing a range of activities from initiation to completion, including consolidations and the timely delivery of accurate financial reports, ensuring usable financial information for the specified period (monthly, quarterly, or annually).
• Providing support for a moderately complex legal entity or entities, line of business, country, region, or accounting process, as assigned.
• Completing additional assignments as required, which may encompass standard accounting activities.
• Presenting information, recommendations, and presentations to senior management, the internal board of directors, and regulators, as necessary.
• Supporting end-to-end accounting processes and conducting essential research to translate data into actionable information for reporting purposes.
• Engaging in various activities, such as processing standard general ledger events and transactions, contributing to continuous improvement initiatives, supporting audits, handling ad hoc requests in accordance with global, regional, and country-specific process standards, and driving process improvements.
• Offering recommendations for use in accounting and financial reporting to senior management and the internal board of directors.
• Undertaking special project activities as assigned.
• Ensuring the accurate, complete, and timely posting of journal entries to general ledger accounts.
• Independently performing reconciliations of general ledger accounts or other financial data.

To thrive in this role, we are seeking individuals with the following qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and work experience is required.
• An accounting concentration is preferred.
• An MBA or CPA/CA/local area equivalent certification is preferred.
• 5-7 years of total work experience is preferred.
• Knowledge of GAAP and accounting and finance concepts and analysis techniques is preferred.
• Experience in designing financial models and accounting processes is preferred.

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