International Accounting Controller Medicina

International Accounting Controller
Medicina
Emilia Romagna, Medicina

Portfolio Business**_:_** Huber Engineered Materials

J. M. Huber Corporation is one of the largest privately held, family-owned companies in the United States. Established in 1883, we are a diversified, global supplier of specialty and commodity chemicals, hydrocolloid solutions, engineered wood products and natural resources to customers spanning a wide variety of industries. With approximately $3 billion in sales and 4, 000 employees worldwide, we have a material presence in more than 20 countries.

**Position Summary**:

**Principal Duties & Responsibilities**:

General Accounting Management, including Month-end Close and Financial Reporting

- Provides leadership to geographically diverse international accounting teams to ensure timely month-end close and reporting that accurately reflects the financial performance of the Company

- Oversees statutory accounting & reporting to ensure compliance with local regulations and requirements, establishing robust processes and checkpoints to ensure timelines are met

- Partners with Operations Finance and cost accounting teams to ensure best practice in manufacturing and plant accounting

- Collaborates across the organization to enforce thorough control of balance sheets, concise and accurate account reconciliations, and ensures reconciling items are addressed without delay

- Leads the quarterly balance sheet review process with the local entity accounting teams

- Mitigate reporting and control issues with entities on unintegrated ERP systems

- Provides analysis and information to facilitate the completion of quarter-end Corporate reporting requirements, including Balance Sheet analytics and Annual Report schedules

- Ad-hoc reporting and insightful analysis requiring strong understanding of GL and HEM reporting tools

Tax, Local Reporting and Audit Compliance

- Champions transfer pricing documentation and coordinate with Huber Corporate Tax, as needed, to ensure transfer pricing studies, policies, and agreements remain updated

- Establishes streamlined processes to measure statutory profitability on a recurring and consistent basis to ensure compliance with transfer pricing policies and agreements

- Provides leadership during group and statutory audits for international entities, including overseeing of audit schedule preparation and liaising with auditors

- Manages local tax compliance and local reporting requirements of entities, ensuring required filings are completed timely

- Coordinates with Corporate Tax, as needed, to provide local leadership to manage tax provisions and reconciliations

Financial Management and Other

- Partners with HEM and local finance leadership to plan, develop and execute a shared-service center to manage routine accounting responsibilities, e. g. , Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable

- Provides financial accounting support for the implementation of the Company's common ERP platform (Oracle) for newly acquired companies

- Champion of Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) reporting/analytical tools, enabling the controllership team to generate and deliver meaningful reporting and insights quickly & routinely Oversees treasury management for international entities

- Generates analysis and assists the management of foreign exchange exposure

- Provides finance and accounting support to the business for the setup of new legal entities and/or the onboarding of newly acquired companies

**Specialized/Technical Knowledge or Required Skills**:

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, CPA or Equivalent required

- 8+ years of experience leading financial accounting for a multinational company

- Public accounting audit background preferred

- Experience with large ERP systems, Oracle preferred

- Action oriented, effective problem solving and decision-making skills

- Effective written and verbal communication skills

- Effective collaboration and teamwork skills

- English Language

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