Controller

Responsibilities:

• Lead the day to day tax accounting activities

• Review and approve VAT/GST filings across multiple jurisdictions

• Sign off on the quality and integrity of the relevant areas of the balance sheet

• Be responsible for the timely delivery and the integrity of the internal and/or external financial reporting

• Guide the team in handling and solving complex bottlenecks and issues, for all matters impacting accounting

• Collaborate closely with senior stakeholders within Finance and the business unit

• Work closely with external tax advisors on compliance matters and tax authority enquires

• Support and provide oversight to the accounting team with the monthly closing process and take ownership for their performance

• Manage a team of people and drive operations, engagement and development within the team

• Ensure adherence to compliance requirements including Sox, tax, statutory audits are met to fullest satisfaction

• Identify, develop and make improvements to processes and procedures

Requirements:

• Bachelor Degree and/or Specialized Certifi cation, such as ACA/ACCA

• Experience in Finance and/or accounting preferably within a Big4 environment and/or multinational corporate environment

• Experience with indirect tax compliance processes

• Sound knowledge of US GAAP/IFRS and SOx

• Experience managing teams, coaching, and providing training on the job

• Enthusiasm about developing and leading people

• High levels of personal effectiveness, particularly communication, organization and the ability to focus on achieving project deadlines

• Enthusiasm to work in a fast paced, highly diverse, continuous developing and informal high achieving environment

• Proven ability and the credibility to persuade and infl uence in effecting changes within an organization

• Strong interpersonal skills and stakeholder management

• Enthusiastic, proactive and driven

• Fluent in spoken and written English

• Strong IT experience in fi nancial systems, including SAP, is preferable