The Honeywell Country Controller is the owner of the financial accounting & compliance for all allocated legal entities registered in the Country. The role has end-to-end responsibility and oversight over US GAAP and statutory reporting and ensures an environment of strong internal controls. The role closely collaborates with the Regional and Global Finance Centres through management of staff and/or outsourced service providers.
The Country Controller reports into the UKI Finance Leader and is an important partner to the regional business, tax and treasury teams. Other key partners include External and Internal Auditors, Corporate Finance and Functional Management and SBG Finance.
The Country Controller manages a team of Country Finance Managers and Senior Statutory Analysts based out of the COE in Bucharest.
ResponsibilitiesAccounting & Controls
Us-GAAP
- Participate in monthly pre-close / close lock meetings with GFC & RFC and ensure timely & qualitative close and reporting of books
- Provide/Review monthly supplemental schedules and statistical data.
- Review/approve trial balances / balance sheet accounts. Conduct flux analyses.
- Review/approve complex, judgmental journals; define calculation method for recurring, non-judgmental journals.
- Review country/region specific contracts and provide US GAAP compliant revenue recognition accounting treatment.
- Liaise with Country Finance Leader, SBG controllers & commercial finance to ensure overall revenue recognition compliance.
- Review/approve complex, high risk balance sheet account reconciliations.
- Conduct material, annual Balance Sheet reviews.
- Safeguard company assets in the region - review and approve fixed assets/inventory counts.
- Conduct impairments reviews and assessments.
- Provide compliant accounting treatments for government grants, transfer pricing and other technical accounting advice.
- Sign the Rep Letter for all defined set of Legal Entities.
- Drive and coordinate internal/external audit for all allocated Legal Entities
- Drive remediation of audit observations & ensure strong internal controls environment.
- Leverage and Maximize GFC & RFC Support on all key deliverables. Reviews the day to day performance of his matrixed & Remote teams in GFC/RFC.
- Owns and maintain the SOP (standard Operating Procedures) for the Country activities.
- Drive and support Corporate Audits in the Country and support resolution of Internal Controls CAPs
Statutory/Tax
- Own, Plan & Support the Statutory Accounting Process for all allocated Entities. Ensure timely and accurate filing of all statutory financial statements.
- Own US GAAP to IFRS conversion
- Framing disclosures under FRS 101 and 102
- Provide additional information, approve & submit various regulatory reports.
- Provide additional information, approve & submit Corporate Income Tax returns.
- Provide additional information, approve monthly consolidated tax packs.
- Provide additional information, approve VAT Reports, WHT submissions.
- Co-ordinate and support, Tax Audits for all allocated legal entities within the country.
- Business and Functional Partnership
- Partner and advice business on complex accounting issues. Support Mergers & Acquisitions due diligence and integration planning.
- Partner with Tax on tax planning and restructuring projects. Monitor and advise on robust indirect (VAT, Withholding Tax) and direct (Corporate Tax) reporting / submissions to authorities.
- Partner with Treasury to safeguard and optimize free cash, investment of free cash and to co-ordinate restructuring, acquisition funding, etc.
- Functional Transformation & HOS
- Deploy functional transformation strategy for all allocated Entities and ensure alignment with the target operating model.
- Support the establishment of the global and regional finance center back office.
- Support & Co-ordinate the controllership aspects of the site assessment for all allocated Entities
- Review and Ensure successful deployment of transition /transformation projects in the region.
- Master with accounting and finance qualification with 7 or more years in managing Legal Entity Compliance
- ACCA qualified
- Audit experience
- Familiar with the UK Companies Act 2006
- Significant exposure to IFRS 9, IFRS 16, IAS 19, IAS 38 at minimum.
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Skills Required
- Master’s degree with an accounting and finance qualification
- At least 7 years of experience managing legal entity compliance
- ACCA qualification
- Audit experience
- Familiarity with the UK Companies Act 2006
- Significant exposure to IFRS 9, IFRS 16, IAS 19, and IAS 38
