Associate Director, Financial Shared Services
Wolters Kluwer is a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services for the health, tax & accounting, governance, risk & compliance, and legal & regulatory sectors. The Associate Director of Accounting is an integral member of the Wolters Kluwer Financial Shared Services (FSS) leadership team responsible for managing transactional F&A activities based in Romania. You will have ownership of delivering harmonized high-quality services in an optimized control environment. This position will ensure overall compliance with Wolters Kluwer policies and procedures, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), local statutory financial reporting, accounting and tax requirements. The ideal candidate must possess exceptional analytical acumen, excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate and influence in a matrixed organization.
Responsibilities:
* Ensure the timely and accurate recording and reporting of financial statement information on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis including confirming financial accounts are reconciled and outstanding issues resolved on a timely basis.
* Ensure billing and cash collection processes are functioning properly, and liaise with business representatives for solving issues.
* Partner with stakeholders to address requests for accounting policy interpretation and/or provide guidance from an accounting perspective with a specific focus on ensuring the accuracy of all related accounting transactions and the appropriate reporting.
* Establish and maintain a rigorous financial control environment ensuring compliance with internal financial policies.
* Identify, document and implement process improvements to ensure sustainable controls are embedded in each financial process to reduce risk and improve standardization.
* Ensure complete and updated process documentation is centrally maintained and that adequate cross-training exists to provide seamless back-up support during individual absences.
* Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to support internal and external audits.
* Ensure statutory compliance for applicable legal entities and business units. This includes maintaining relationships with regional authorities to ensure understanding of Romania statutory requirements.
* Manage, coach and develop a team of professionals.
* Other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
* Education: Bachelor Degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics.
* 10 years of progressive experience in accounting or financial management.
Highly desirable:
* Experience in FP&A, treasury, audit or operations.
* Outsourcing experience from both customer and/or service provider perspective(s).
* Knowledge of SAP and Blackline (Preferred).
Other Knowledge, Skills, Abilities or Certifications:
* Highly organized and detail oriented.
* Ability to work collaboratively with the capacity to respectfully challenge others when necessary.
* Willingness to pursue, assess and resolve challenges analytically and creatively.
* Aptitude for sound decision making to achieve goals, overcome obstacles and meet tight deadlines.
* Eagerness to embrace and lead change.
* Ability to gain cooperation from others to deliver targeted goals and objectives.
* Advanced skills in Microsoft Office - Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
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