Director of Finance Operations Job Sterling Heights area,Michigan USA,Accounting

Ensures that finance processes are performed in quality and timely manner. Owns resolution for issues occurring in areas of Month end, reporting, general accounting, statutory reporting and external auditors and stakeholder management.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Month End and Group Reporting

To oversee and control the close for various legal entities under IFRS for reporting to Corporate at each month end.
To manage any issues which arise during the close, review the accounts in their entirety for accuracy prior to Group Reporting.
To provide technical accounting and controlling instructions /supports
To understand, analyze and provide commentary on the numbers as required.
Review and approve Balance Sheet reconciliation, ensure all balance sheet accounts are properly reconciled, documented, and supported
Review and approve journal entries prepared by the teams.
Review and approve tax and accounting calculation
Review and approve BS and PL review files.
Manage escalations related to the issue arise during the close.
Identify risks, inconsistencies, and improvement opportunities within the closing process

General accounting

Oversee and review accounting activities related to:
Payroll and employee-related costs
Fixed assets and capital expenditures, ensuring correct capitalization, depreciation, impairments, and asset lifecycle management
Inventory accounting
Revenue accounting, ensuring correct IFRS-compliant recognition and cut-off
Accounts receivable and accounts payable, focusing on balance accuracy, aging
Ensure compliance with IFRS, internal accounting policies, and local statutory requirements
Review complex, manual, or judgment-based journal entries
Act as escalation point for complex accounting issues and technical IFRS questions

Statutory Reporting and External Auditors

To oversee the preparation of statutory accounts under local GAAP.
Review Financial Statements prepared by the teams.
To ensure that the interim and year-end statutory/group audits deadlines are met. Audits finished in time.
Work with internal auditors to ensure the entities are always in compliance with statutory regulations, Group, and relevant internal policies.
To continuously look for efficiencies in internal and external audits.
Make sure that the team has enough resources and knowledge to prepare the Financial Statement and management of the audits.
Collaboration and cooperation with other departments within the company, as well as external customers, partners, authorities.
Ensure that Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), overall accounting process and internal controls over financial reporting are properly followed, documented.
Track and ensure adherence to Service Level Agreements (SLA) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
Act as the primary finance contact between internal stakeholders and the other internal organization
Maintain strong working relationships with:
Local Finance Business Partners
External auditors
External professional advisors
Other KUKA Finance and non-Finance Departments
Represent the finance organization in senior-level discussions in senior leadership and People management
Lead and oversee the Shared Services Hub, ensuring efficient, standardized, and high-quality service delivery across supported functions and regions.
Manage allocated team for the dedicated entities (people management, goal setting, evaluation, hiring, promotion etc.)
Resource planning and monitoring. Make sure that new transitions are appropriately resourced, and the work is allocated evenly within the team.
Initiate new ideas to improve the efficiency of the team.
Streamline and standardize the processes between the teams.
Implement new tools to improve the quality and efficiency of the teams.
Make sure that the strategic goals set by the leadership are met by the team.
To roll out KPIs and report to stakeholders and monitor the team’s performance through the KPIs.

Education and/or Experience

Masters's degree and CPA (or equivalent) and/or 10-12 years of relevant experience in Accounting and/or financial controlling
ERP system experience – experience working in multinational environment.
Strong experience in Shared Service organizations and finance transformation initiatives, including process optimization, automation, KPI management, SLA governance and cross-functional collaboration across global teams.
Very Strong finance, accounting, controlling and computer related skills – SAP and Microsoft Office knowledge.
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