Financial Reporting Manager ( Spanish Proficiency)

About the Role

Leading and managing a Hub service team that delivers Financial Reporting services (statutory and external reporting, group consolidation, financial statement preparation, and disclosures) to legal entities in the assigned region.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring high quality, compliance and efficiency of Financial Reporting service delivery in line with SLA, handling of ad-hoc requests and developing/offering (customized) solutions to business partners and assigned legal entities.
• Identifying business partners' requirements and maintaining regular exchange and good cooperation across finance and operations stakeholders.
• Disciplinary leading the service team including resource planning/recruiting, activity allocation, and budget control. Ensuring a good working environment and employee motivation through recognition, target setting, performance evaluation, development, and feedback.
• Supporting development and optimization of service processes and fostering the use of digital technologies (automation, RPA, analytics) to enhance value creation.
• Participating in global or regional Financial Reporting as well as local Hub projects and initiatives in various roles.
• Proactively contributing to and driving discussions in the Financial Reporting Management team with regards to organizational development.
• Overseeing preparation and review of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, consolidation packages, and disclosures, ensuring accuracy and compliance with IFRS and local GAAP.
• Acting as the key escalation point for business partners on financial reporting matters, statutory and group audit queries, and internal control topics.

Education and Qualification Requirements

• Education indicates degree type in specialty: Bachelors in accounting, Finance, Business Administration or similar. CPA/CA/ACCA preferred.
• Working Experience indicates years of experience in certain fields: 8+ years of experience in accounting, financial reporting or similar, with strong exposure to statutory reporting, consolidation and financial statement preparation.
• Language skills indicate language and require level: C1 proficiency in Spanish and C2 proficiency in English.
• Technical Skills indicate skill and required level: Advanced skills in financial reporting and consolidation processes, IFRS standards and local GAAP. Strong understanding of statutory and group reporting, disclosures, external audits, and internal control frameworks (e.g., SOX).
• Soft Skills indicate skill and required level: Advanced skills in presentation, effective communication, organization & structure, stakeholder management, and pro-activeness.

If applicable

• Leadership Experience indicates years of leadership experience in certain fields: 3-5 years of leadership experience managing accounting or finance teams.
• Project Experience indicates years of project experience in certain fields: 1-3 years of project experience, preferably in finance transformation, migrations, or process improvement.

Tools & Technology skills indicate skill and required level: Advanced skills in SAP ERP (FI/CO modules) and consolidation/reporting tools (e.g., SAP BPC, SAP Group Reporting). Working knowledge of BI tools and automation platforms is a plus.