• Responsible for and manage financial operations of the Region, including month- and year-end process, general ledger, financial and sustainability reporting, budgeting and capital planning, fixed assets, payroll and expenditure variance analysis and income taxes.
• Responsible for the strategic direction, coordination, and evaluation of the Region’s accounting departments and the development of incorporating activities in the shared service center.
• Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with Azelis’ policies and applicable laws and drives complexity reduction via “Scrum / Lean” principles.
• Acts as day to day replacement for Regional CFO and assists the Regional CFO in developing and implementing the company’s financial strategy, overseeing operations, helping to drive business growth and performance.

• Manage together with your team the administrative transactional processes including “Purchase to pay”, “Order to cash” and “General ledger”, travel operations, finance, vendor and creditors management.
• End responsible for Personnel and Talent Development for the accounting operations in the region include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Ensure compliance with best practice SSC standards and Service Level Agreements (SLA’s).
• Provide and implement improvements of the current accounting/reporting system, processes and controls to ensure an accurate, complete and timely monthly reporting. To lead process improvement projects, improve systems and procedures and initiate corrective actions, including but not limited to RPA-initiatives, preparation and review of monthly balance sheet account reconciliations, and implementing best practice processes across the Region.

• Act as Regional knowledge expert for complex tax, accounting and statutory topics for the region such as but not limited to including financial reporting, cash management, budgeting, annual financial statement audit and income taxes. Supports the local controllers, regional CFO and Corporate teams in providing input for policy development.
• Responsible for the monthly closing of your region’s entities, including the reporting in the Group’s consolidation tool, balance sheet reconciliations and other reporting, in accordance with Azelis’ timelines, policies and procedures for the respective region.
• Establish and enforce proper accounting methods, processes, policies and internal controls, to assure that the Region’s balance sheet is protected. Monitor adherence with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the Azelis Financial & Economic Manual (AFEM).
• Coordinate, organize and lead the planning and execution of external audits of the accounting records for the Region.

• Proactively support the M&A integration process from an accounting and process perspective.
• Provide necessary support on finance operations during the post-acquisition integration phase of newly acquired businesses and legal entities, including the migration/go-live of entities onto the group ERP system.
• Support the development of the Finance and Accounting Modules in the ERP system. This relates to planning of testing, implementing and signing off changes to the ERP System.

• Must possess very strong communication, organizational, technology and leadership skills;
• At least 8-10 years of experience, including management responsibility at an accounting firm and clear demonstrated abilities to manage larger teams.
• Comprehensive knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), preferably of IFRS.
• A minimum of a University master’s degree in accounting but generally prefer also to have earned a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) or certification such as certified public accountant (CPA) or certified management accountant (CMA);
• Demonstrated ability to form, lead and develop high-performing teams; ability to work collaboratively across departmental functions;
• Detail oriented and structured approach, well organized; ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines;
• Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and financial reporting tools. Notions of Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a plus;
• Fluent in English;
• Advanced accounting skills, comfort with working with large data sets;
• Hands-on mentality and proactive attitude;
• Easily adapt to changing environment and responsibilities based upon organizational needs.