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Role Profile:
The Lead Senior Associate - Regional ES / Reporting takes ownership of complex statutory and compliance reporting activities across multiple legal entities within a region. The role ensures timely and accurate preparation of financial statements in compliance with local regulations and group policies. This position serves as a key point of contact for auditors, tax teams, and regional finance leaders, and plays a pivotal role in improving the efficiency and governance of local reporting processes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Entity-Level Statutory Reporting Leadership: Manage the end-to-end preparation and filing of statutory financial statements for multiple entities across the region. Ensure accuracy, completeness, and timely submission in compliance with local GAAP and statutory requirements
- Audit Management: Lead statutory audit engagements, acting as the primary liaison with external auditors. Coordinate audit deliverables and resolve complex queries with internal teams
- Accounting Policy Alignment: Ensure consistency between local accounting standards and group policies (IFRS/US GAAP). Support implementation of new accounting standards across regional entities
- Financial Governance & Controls: Maintain strong internal controls over statutory reporting processes. Ensure proper documentation, risk assessments, and process audits are in place and followed
- Regional Compliance Reporting: Ensure all local filings (including tax, regulatory, and statistical submissions) are completed accurately and on time. Coordinate with tax, legal, and compliance functions
- ERP and System Expertise: Act as a super-user or key contact for ERP/local systems used for statutory reporting. Support data extraction, validation, and reporting automation
- Intercompany and Reconciliation Oversight: Review intercompany transactions and balances to ensure proper elimination and reconciliation across regional entities
- Entity Close Process Leadership: Oversee the financial close process at the entity level, ensuring all required entries (provisions, accruals, reclasses) are posted accurately and timely
- Collaboration with Shared Services & Group Finance: Act as a bridge between local entities and group finance, FP&A, and shared service teams. Ensure statutory outputs align with group consolidation requirements
- Process Improvements and Efficiency: Lead or contribute to projects to improve reporting accuracy, cycle time, and automation. Implement best practices across legal entities within the region
- Mentoring and Technical Support: Provide support and guidance to junior team members. Review their work and help build technical knowledge across the team
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, or related field
- CA, CPA, ACCA, or equivalent international certification required
Experience:
- 6 to 10 years of experience in statutory reporting, audit, or regional controllership roles. Prior experience handling multiple legal entities in a multinational environment is preferred
Skills and Competencies:
- Strong technical accounting knowledge (Local GAAP, IFRS/US GAAP)
- Proven ability to manage external audits and internal compliance reporting
- Excellent knowledge of ERP systems (SAP, Oracle) and reporting tools
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work across time zones
- Process-oriented mindset with a drive for continuous improvement
