Senior Financial Accountant

The Senior Financial Accountant, is an integral member of Universal Products & Experience, responsible for providing operational and financial support to the Universal Products & Experience EMEA team across all teams (category, retail & marketing, etc). The primary focus will be accounting & business operations, reporting and to support both regional and country teams. The qualified candidate must be able to multi-task and balance priorities on competing initiatives and be used to working within a matrix organization. KEY RESPONSIBILITES Accounting & Business Operations: •Manage month-end / quarter-end close process, including the following: •Key contact for OpCo finance teams on Controllership related queries •Management of the Monthly/Quarterly Account Reconciliation process •Monitor compliance and effectiveness of accounting policies and procedures •Manage the relationship with Accenture on a day- to-day basis to ensure all outsourced activities are being performed as agreed •Aligning / Standardising applicable UP&E processes to already established international businesses •Ensuring data integrity, working closely with IT to stabilise and further enhance system controls, processes and procedures, and by being an SAP Super User •Manage key financial reporting projects with respect to UP&E international operations, including: International Compliance Filings, International Entity Creation/Dissolution, International tax matters, etc. •Work closely with Global UP&E Finance (LA); International Corporate Finance (London), including Int’l Tax; and other Int’l Business Units (e.g. UPI , UPHE , UNI ) to determine, execute on, and maintain a legal entity structure for all of UP&E Int’l’s operations •Work closely with the Int’l O&TS teams to deliver proactive support to enable business growth – in particular office space, facilities services, IT infrastructure/equipment, applications, and support •Act as a “project manager” for other support functions – e.g. Legal, HR, Creative, Marketing – to deliver smooth agent transitions, and efficient and well-controlled business operations that enable business growth •Assess financial reporting processes outsourced to third party service providers (O2C, P2P, R2R), provide recommendations regarding process optimization, implement optimized processes. •Advise and support the Global UP&E Finance team with closing procedures to ensure accurate books and records •Own Overheads planning and actualization process, partnering with in market Finance Directors to develop accurate assumptions in overheads spend, and performing variance analyses to ensure spend within budget. Ad-Hoc: •Assist with FP&A processes and reporting to deliver the Annual Budget and Quarterly Forecast. •Assist with the preparation of the overall forecast / close / budget review presentations within defined deadlines – at Country/Hub, Line of Business and Regional Level •Help to deliver the Quarter Close process, reviewing key P&L movements (revenue and costs) and interpret financial impact (i.e. latest True Ups and Non Accruables and ensuring Guarantee Shortfalls are fully reconciled and understood) •Support all centralized standard reporting to both finance and commercial stakeholders •Assist the Finance Manager to ensure EMEA consolidation is correctly reflected in all systems (Revenue, Costs and Overheads) •Assist with the preparation and accurate reporting of the Line of Business, Country/Hub and Regional P&Ls, providing commercial context, variance analysis and assist with any reconciliation requirements •Lead and support on ad hoc projects, as requested