Head of Accounting Romania & Bulgaria

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For our international team, we are currently looking for a Head of Accounting for Romania & Bulgaria.

Accounting transactions

• Ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with company policies and procedures and local regulatory requirements.
• Uploading of accounting entries in SAP lite submitted from local system
• Record/review journal entries and prepare & review quality balance sheet reconciliations on a monthly / quarterly basis.
• Review monthly Sales & Cost of Sales postings: information provided by Revenue Rec team, the system sales activity must be checked and uploaded through Excel JV – Local language would be a plus to be able to check the contracts with customers
• Perform operative finance tasks ensuring business continuity, as required. Such tasks include, but are not limited to, making wire transfers, raising / approving purchase orders, review invoices issued and following up on payments with customers
• Manage liquidity, dividend repatriation, local bank relationship and other treasury matters in close cooperation with group treasury department.
• Overseeing and working closely with the Center of Excellence (CoE), Record to Report (RtR) and Payroll. Review of accounting entries prepared by the CoE

Local Accounting team

• Manage local finance employee (currently one employee) and external partners
• Supervise and support on local tasks (archive, fleet management, administrative tasks)
• Establishing operational objectives and work plans, and often delegate assignments to subordinate employee or CoE.
• Establishing and assuring adherence to budgets, schedules, works plans and performance requirements.
• Ownership of local finance cost center.

Statutory reporting

• Manage & report local tax returns with support of Siemens Healthineers / Siemens tax department.
• Supervise and support local financial audits, internal audits including liaison with internal-, group- and local statutory auditors. Develop and implement action plans to close audit gaps.
• Supervision of ongoing regulatory/tax/transfer pricing reviews and liaison with local government agencies when needed.
• Supervision of the annual statutory financial statements prepared by partners, and applicable notes in accordance with Bulgaria & Romania Statutory requirements.
• Supervise of other regulatory reports such as Intrastat/EC Sales List reporting.

Internal group reporting, processes & controls

• Timely, complete and accurate closing of VMS Bulgaria & Romania legal entity books on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis in compliance with Varian & Siemens Healthineers accounting Policy and Procedures and local accounting regulations.
• Forecast and report quarterly and annual profit & tax and provide additional information towards group tax team.
• Prepare of quarterly balance sheet fluctuation analysis and any other analysis relating to the local entity’s financial statement, as required.
• Respond to ad-hoc queries relating to the Bulgaria and Romania operation from group and regional finance teams and other functions or departments.
• Partner with the global and regional finance teams to drive global consistency and standardization while being responsive to management needs of the business.
• Acts as the local Controls & Compliance champion for the entity. Supports FD in the SHS Directives implementation. Performs periodic design assessment and effectiveness review of Internal Controls. Operates a robust control environment.
• Active involvement in local process and business improvement and development projects and new system implementations. Continuously analyses, improves and document local finance processes. Liaise with IT and Finance Business Systems functions to automate processes and work on improvement.

Additional/Potential Responsibilities

• Developing, modifying and executing company policies for immediate and related areas of the organization that may have company-wide effect.
• Working on issues where analysis of situation or data requires an in-depth knowledge of organizational objectives.
• Implementing strategic policies when selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Cooperation with third party external providers for all matters requiring external consultancy and support.
• Perform additional administrative and other assignments in accordance with controller’s direction.

Education/Experience

• Bachelor / Finance Degree / Master. ACCA is a plus
• Good understanding of IFRS
• 5-10 years of relevant experience preferably in a multinational, multi-currency environment. Medical device industry experience desirable but not required.
• Experience in direct exposure to senior management is an advantage
• Experience with SAP ERP systems is required.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills. Will possess a natural curiosity about business issues, -drivers and -solutions. High energy level. Must work well with others in teams.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to excel in a matrix environment. Build strong and productive relationships with the Business teams.
• Analytical and problem-solving orientation.
• Self-motivated, self-managed, proactive, hands-on and driven to improve and succeed.
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proficient in desktop applications such as Microsoft Office.
• Fluent in English (writing, reading, speaking)

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