General Accounting Team Lead (Record to Report)

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide timely, accurate and compliant record to report services including statutory reporting in accordance with local IFRS principles.
• Ensure accurate and timely posting of financial transactions.
• Establish and manage metrics to measure service performance, quality, and customer satisfaction for end-to-end Record-to-Report process management.
• Manage execution of responsible R2R process areas and ensures the process operates efficiently and effectively.
• Support the transformation of the Finance Organization from a local based financial & accounting services organization Citadel Pacific Ltd. (CPL) new financial organization with Enterprise lead activities and a shared services network.
• Responsible for the design, development and delivery of the Record to Report strategy and process performance outcomes for the CPL organization.
• Help deliver change management at a process level through direct authority for process design, engagement with the OPCOS process owners and working with ICT functions to deliver the optimal technology solutions.
• The processes initially accountable for:
• Corporate and Local Closing Processes
• General Ledger Account Reconciliations and Analysis
• Journal Entry Processing
• Chart of Accounts Master Data Management
• Accounting for accruals and provisions
• Statutory and Corporate Reporting

Qualifications:

• Graduate of BS Accountancy, Management or any related course. Must be a CPA.
• 5 years + experience in account receivables, customer Service , finance, commercial, sales, marketing or in another related role
• Excellent understanding of the business, ideally with an in-depth knowledge of customer service operation / commercial / sales support/ billing and Record to Report processes
• Experience in leading change successfully required
• Excellent leadership skills especially in area of remote staff management.
• Excellent negotiation skills- at highest level (capable of representing business in major customer negotiation /complex payment / allocation issues
• Broad Accounting / Credit management knowledge
• Strong influence and impact towards the team
• Able to establish credibility with internal /external customers able to tackle major customer related issues
• Enhanced analytical and innovation skills
• Proven Presentation skills
• Thorough knowledge of order to cash process
• Change management skills
• Project management skills
• Well defined coaching skills
• Strategic thinking and ability to apply strategy to internal business
• Market awareness and broad networking skills