Manager, Central Controllership

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Reporting to the Associate Director, Controllership, the Manager, Central Controllership plays a key role in the Controlling organization. The position partners with operational teams to provide timely, high-quality controllership support. The Manager performs core controllership activities, supports controlling initiatives, and drives process improvement, standardization and automation. The role also helps maintain a strong control environment and advances initiatives that strengthen the capabilities of the Central Controllership organization.

How you will contribute:

• Deliver high-quality controllership activities across entities, business units, and functions while building effective relationships with key stakeholders.
• Review and analyse financial statements and reports to support accuracy and compliance with accounting standards. Identify unusual trends, inconsistencies, and items requiring further investigation, perform root cause analysis and support timely resolution.
• Prepare and review timely, high-quality P&L and Balance Sheet fluctuation analysis, ensuring significant or unusual movements are supported by appropriate explanations and follow ups.
• Support strong internal controls and compliance with SOX, financial regulations, and operational standards through ongoing monitoring, process documentation, issue follow-up, and implementation of remediation actions.
• Review identified segregation of duties conflicts, investigate underlying access and business requirements, work with stakeholders to recommend appropriate role changes or mitigating controls to resolve conflicts and maintain compliance.
• Contribute to the development of financial policies that strengthen the organization’s financial practices.
• Manage complex ad hoc controllership activities and take ownership of related requests.
• Identify and implement opportunities for continuous improvement through process optimization, standardization, and automation, partnering with stakeholders to improve efficiency and strengthen controls.
• Monitor financial systems and tools, including BlackLine and Workiva, to support compliance, completeness, and accuracy. Identify and help implement opportunities to expand functionality and automation to improve controls and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, providing financial insights and controllership expertise to support business activities and decision-making.
• Support and develop junior team members through coaching, knowledge sharing, and day to day guidance to build capabilities and promote consistent, high-quality execution.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting and 8+ years of accounting, finance, and/or internal controls experience gained in a shared services environment or Public Accounting Practice within a large multi-national organization
• In depth understanding of controls and SOX compliance
• Technically strong accounting (IFRS) and finance skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to solve problems and think creatively - capacity to provide pragmatic solutions and have the drive and leadership to implement ideas through to successful conclusion
• Optimize processes and drive improvements
• Working with an international / global remit and within and across other cultures. 
• Fluency in English
  

Base Salary Range:

The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

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