Position: GL Manager (English & Japanese Skills)
Location: Dalian
BRIEF JOB PROFILE DESCRIPTION:
The General Ledger (GL) Manager is a member of the leadership team of the Global Financial Shared Services Asia (GFSS-ASIA), providing financial transaction processing and accounting support for all Company businesses in Asia. In this role, the manager will be responsible for the management, coordination and delivery of all aspects of general ledger and fixed assets and Inventory accounting from transaction registration through to preparing financial statements in accordance with USGAAP and local statutory requirements. The Process Owner is required to support the Global Process Owner for continuous improvement of GFSS Financial processes globally. In addition to these responsibilities, the manager will be responsible for overseeing receipt of work migrated from the markets across Asia into Global Financial Shared Services Asia. The manager will be expected to facilitate the set-up of the new organization by being involved in staffing, establishment of policy and procedure, interface with markets, etc.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Work Planning and Resource Allocation
Define and manage long term and short tem strategic and operational goals for the GL area ensuring global objectives are incorporated
Provide Strategic guidance and direction for the GFSS-ASIA GL and Support Functions
Ensure the consistent delivery of the process at a global level
Functional/ Technical
Ensure consistent delivery of the GL processes at a regional level that maximizes reporting, analysis, and interpretation capabilities while achieving Company’s cost reduction objectives
Utilize and implement benchmarking best practices for General Accounting processes
Responsible for US GAAP and Statutory books
Maintain the books; including general ledger accounting and audited financial statements
Analysis and Reporting
Policy/Strategy Development
Staff Training and Development
Continuous Improvement
Customer Service
Audit/Controllership
Migration/Transition:
Requirements:
Strong understanding of Finance &Accounting and GL best practices and requirements, international finance preferred
Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and work in an unstructured, global, and virtual environment
Proven track record implementing large scale, global transformation efforts for standardizing GL
Excellent oral, written, negotiation communication skills
Understanding of cultural differences in global geographies for F&A
Fluent with Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools
Sarbanes Oxley fluency
Global project management experience
Project management, change management, and strategic imperative implementation skills, including best practices for accounts payable and purchase-to-pay process.
Strategic thinking with insight to understand and act on customer/Business Unit needs.
Ability to work cross-functionally with teams to build team consensus, develop effective relationships, resolve conflicts, and influence others with the power of persuasion.
Qualifications:
Bachelors Degree or above, major in finance or accounting
At least 8-10 years GL business experience with increasing responsibility, the later half In leadership roles, at least 2 years experience with a finance BPO
Good written and verbal English skills, with CET 6 or TEM 4 (CET- Colleague English Test; TEM – Test for English Major), good written and verbal Japanese skills
Process excellence background and / or certifications (Six Sigma etc a plus)
This role will participate the establishing of a Global Financial Shared Services Asia, we welcome the qualified candidate to apply for this position through hr-dalian@orangetreeconsultancy.com |