General Accounting Manager
- Recruiter
- Abbott
- Location
- Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow
- Posted
- 24 Mar 2017
- Closes
- 13 Apr 2017
- Job role
- Accountant
- Experience level
- Manager
JOB DESCRIPTION: Abbott in Ireland In Ireland, Abbott employs almost 3,000 people across 10 sites. Abbott has six manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford and Sligo and a third party manufacturing management operation in Sligo. It has commercial, support operations and shared services in Dublin. Abbott serves the Irish market with a diverse range of health care products including diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic pharmaceuticals. Abbott has been operating in Ireland since 1946. Finance Shared Services Centre (FSSC) Abbott Ireland support a number of Abbott's European businesses and are in the process of setting up a Finance SSC in Ireland (Cherrywood) to maximize the scope of services. You will be working as part of a dynamic and diverse organisation alongside outstanding people who are forward thinking, collaborative and recognised leaders in their areas. We can offer an excellent benefits package including a clear career development path. We invest in our people's ongoing learning and professional development. We are looking for a General Accounting Manager to join our team in Finance Shared Services Hub in Cherrywood. Position Summary: The GA Manager is accountable to manage the day to day shared services General Accounting (GA) operations for the region across captive and outsourced teams, ensuring effective and efficient delivery of services and accurate and timely month end close and corporate reporting outcomes. The GA Regional Manager will also ensure that the general accounting processes are compliant with standard operating procedures (SOPs), policies, and controls across all countries, divisions, and legal entities for their respective region. This individual is accountable for ensuring the delivery of service commitments in line with the agreed Service Level Agreements with the Outsourcing partner and stakeholders Main Responsibilities include: 1. Migrate processes and services to the regional shared service organization, to include: Plan migration of activities to a regional captive service center, satellite centers or outsourced partner(s) Recruit and select the Record to Report team for the region Provide oversight for the transition of activities and escalation support throughout transition. Establish and sustain the agreed performance measures, KPIs, and goal setting processes. As operations mature, migrate additional activities to the outsource partner (s), while continuing to transition more complex activities into the regional captive shared services organization. It is assumed that additional processes and services will continue to migrate to shared services over time, as additional opportunities are identified, or acquisitions are integrated to the Abbott service delivery model 2. Establish general accounting teams with the capability to deliver the full scope of general accounting activities for the region. Direct the recruitment and development of GA resources for the Regional SSC aligned with current and future shared service organizational requirements. Develop the general accounting team to ensure that they are fully trained on the Abbott Corporate financial policies and understand all aspects of the accounting process in the context of the respective divisions they serve. Develop GA Team Leads to co-ordinate and lead the general accounting team for a particular area\affiliate and to work with in-country controllers and other functions to understand period results and agree to accounting treatment decisions. Assure GA Team Leads understand and have the capability to support the legal entity and the in-country controller with respect to all accounting activities in line with fiscal / statutory requirements 3. Manage the day to day shared services General Accounting (GA) operations for the region across captive and outsourced teams, ensuring effective and efficient delivery of services and accurate and timely month end close and corporate reporting outcomes. Own the delivery of GA processes and compliance to agreed process standards for the region, to include: Responsible for Month end close process, close governance and associated corporate reporting. Coordination between retained finance, captive shared services, outsourced teams and other functional areas to ensure smooth month end close. Ensure accuracy and completeness of regional month end financials. Management of monthly divisional review calls with stakeholders to plan for and manage the close 4. Drive a performance based culture to meet or exceed agreed upon division, legal entity, country, and corporate service delivery commitments. Deliver day to day service management activities to meet legal entity, division, geography, and corporate commitments Serve as the escalation point to resolve general accounting service delivery issues for the region and direct resolution of issues across retained, captive and outsourced teams Drive root cause analysis and continuous improvement activities to eliminate exceptions and deliver to committed service levels. Coach GA Team Leads and 3rd party service provider leads to address more complex general accounting issues and exceptions. Direct the continued focus on process improvements and implementation of best practice. Establish exception management and reporting processes to identify, report, and resolve proces... Apply Here
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