Lead Finance Specialist Accounting
Job Summary
The Lead Finance Specialist - Accounting Operations will ensure the integrity of financial records through accurate reporting, compliance, and process improvements. This role partners with cross-functional teams to manage monthly and quarterly close activities, US GAAP/IFRS reporting, and internal controls. The position also focuses on driving transformation and simplification initiatives to improve efficiency and scalability across legal entities.
Responsibilities
- Manage monthly and quarterly financial close
- Ensure US GAAP and IFRS compliance
- Oversee account reconciliations and remediation
- Prepare statutory financial statements
- Drive process simplification and transformation
Required Skills
- Minimum 6 years accounting/controllership experience
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS
- Analytical and proactive problem-solving mindset
- Leadership and cross-functional communication skills
- Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting
Job Details
Key Responsibilities
- Support the monthly and quarterly close, ensuring timely and accuracy, including FRP preparation.
- Identification and booking of adjusting entries identified during and post-close.
- Support the account reconciliation process implementation and drive preparation, review and open-item resolution.
- Develop and execute any necessary remediation plans for unreconciled account reconciliations and monitor and collaborate with other functions to assure completeness.
- Drive quality account reconciliation reviews to ensure application of accounting standards across all legal entities in scope, consistency and accuracy.
- Ensure ongoing compliance with US GAAP, IFRS, and internal accounting policies & ensure consistent application of accounting standards across all legal entities.
- Review transactional tax calculations and filings, including management of external service providers.
- Monitor USGAAP and statutory KPIs to assure the execution and completion of the plan.
- Prepare timely and accurate statutory-to-GAAP reconciliations & drive implementation of a standard process across legal entities under scope.
- Assure maintenance of statutory ledgers.
- Prepare all statutory financial statements, filings, and disclosures in compliance with local regulations.
- Support the resolution of statutory accounting matters, including identification, analysis, documentation, and conclusion of technical accounting issues.
- Responsible for the submission of financial statements and their quality in compliance with internal and governmental regulations.
- Execute geography-specific reporting requirements (i.e., US escheatment, statistical reporting).
- Support on SOX readiness and implementation through process documentation and the design, testing, and implementation of internal controls.
- Drive and lead simplification processes understanding wing to wing process, identifying opportunities for process improvement and standardization, partnering with Global Process Leaders.
- Support transformation, simplification, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, quality, and scalability.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years' experience in Grid Solutions business.
- Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, or related field.
- Minimum 6 years of experience in Controllership / Accounting.
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS, and Group Accounting policies.