Lead the Finance transformation for all accounting and financial reporting needs of the Americas region. Coordinate and align with Group, Global Business Services (GBS) and Financial Shared Services (FSS) to ensure a global best practice approach to support accounting and financial reporting needs. Accountable for understanding the Global process design, influencing necessary changes, and engaging the appropriate stakeholders to ensure process and systems will meet regional needs. Responsible for ensuring the effective design and execution of financial internal controls based on the Global Controls Matrix (GCM). Lead change management across the Americas Finance team to leverage the global systems and processes.

• Engage to understand Group Finance Transformation strategy and the Finance Operating Model and develop and execute plan for Americas region
• Identify opportunities to leverage global process and systems at enterprise scale for the regional and local markets
• Drive End to End accounting process changes to meet the transactional needs of the Americas region all the way through the UK Group financial reporting needs and standards
• Effectively communicate plan to stakeholders in Americas region, GBS, FSS, etc. and obtain support for change.
• Monitor progress of plan, adapt plan, and engage leadership, as necessary
• Drive enterprise change management, change training, and communication plans across organization to ensure successful implementation of plan
• Ensure post implementation monitoring of changes and continuous improvement
• Develop robust scorecards and reporting to monitor quality
• Understanding of accounting and financial reporting risks to develop internal controls approach and support the GCM
• Lead and enable team to monitor controls, identify issues, and communicate with leadership
• Develop comprehensive and long-term plans to address control issues and mitigate risk
• Effectively communicates with Group how the Americas region has met the GCM objectives
• Build and leverage strong working relationship across the Group, particularly with Group Controllership, IT, GBS, and FSS
• Identify process improvement opportunities and drive continuous improvement with automation that leads to efficiency, accuracy, robust controls, and higher work quality
• Create strong culture within the Finance team, and model Company values and behaviors
• Build core capabilities of direct reports and team through effective talent management including defining clear roles & responsibilities, managing performance management process, and providing on-going coaching and feedback aligned with our company Behaviors and strategy
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field of study and 7+ years of related work experience OR High School Diploma / GED and 11+ years related work experience
• 3+ years of direct managerial / supervisory experience
• Must be 21 years of age or older.
• Proficiency in accounting with the skill to understand complex financial and accounting processes

Knowledge of:

• Intermediate to advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, & PowerPoint, Teams)
• International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
• Finance change management best practices

Skilled in:

• End to end accounting flows
• Verbal and written communication
• Attention to detail and highly organized
• Problem/situation analysis
• Effective time and task management
• Multitasking capabilities
• Flexibility and adaptability

Ability to:

• Communicate to a broad and diverse audience
• Maintain effective working relationships
• Demonstrate critical thinking
• Work with diverse populations and varying education levels
• Receive, communicate, and understand information orally and in writing as well as proofread and check documents for accuracy
• Prioritize assignments, workload, and manage time accordingly
• Work under pressure to meet processing and reporting deadlines
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Education and Experience:

• Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field of study and 10+ years of related work experience with 5+ years of direct managerial / supervisory experience.

Licenses / certifications:

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

Knowledge of:

• SAP or QAD