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Role

Kuehne+Nagel's Knowledge-Center for General Ledger and Reporting (KCGL) will be based in Cebu, Philippines and will be responsible for all European and Middle Eastern + African entities within KN group. You will be responsible in close co-operation with the KC Finance GL & Reporting Manager for the transfer of the existing tasks of the current KCGLs in Warsaw and Istanbul to Belgrade. You will lead a team and will be responsible for day to day management, developing and growth of the team as well as ensuring strict adherence to the Corporate Finance and Accounting Guidelines, policies, and standard procedures for an accurate financial reporting, safeguarding of assets, and timely submission of the financial reporting to Corporate Reporting.With the further growth of the center, you will also lead the transfer of additional processes and tasks to the KCGL in close co-operation with the country finance organizations and corporate reporting.

How you create impact

• Implement effective procedures to ensure accuracy, completeness, and reliability of financial information,
• Identify control gaps, assess risks, and recommend control enhancements to mitigate potential control weaknesses in the Internal Control System (ICS)
• Monitor KPIs to drive continuous improvement
• Coordinate the daily activities of the Accounting and Reporting department and ensuring that all major projects, month-end, and year-end reports are completed accurately and within the set deadlines by Corporate Reporting
• Follow and adhere to Corporate Finance and Accounting Guidelines
• Ensuring that all accounting processes align with IFRS and Corporate Accounting and Finance Guidelines
• Maintaining accurate and complete financial records and coordinate audits and reconciliations
• Identify opportunities for automation and optimizations of activities
• Review, investigate, and correct errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports
• Ensuring all statutory accounts will be submitted on set deadlines for all companies in scope
• Tax computations to be finalised for legal entities in the year-end reporting packages
• Maintenance of tax and statutory books in ACON monthly via respective adjustment entries
• Prepare, review, and analyze Statutory Financial Statements including notes and submission to internal and external parties when required
• Coordinate the relationship with external consultants and audit companies
• Accomplishes accounting human resource objectives by recruiting, and onboarding,
• Develop staff by managing performance, setting goals, and providing ongoing training
• Work with external auditors to ensure correct, and timely closing, and reporting at year-end
• Assisting in the implementation of reconciliation of IC transactions for transfer pricing process for the countries in scope

What we would like you to bring

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics
• Qualification at respective country CPA, ACCA, CIA is preferred
• Minimum of 3-5 years of relevant Accounting and Reporting working experience in a multinational organisation
• Excel advanced skills
• Knowledge of office-based IT tools
• Ability to work independently
• Presentation and Interpersonal skills
• Strong communication skills, proactive approach
• Planning and Organizational skills
• Change Management
• Strong Leadership skills
• Vast knowledge of all local tax regulations, and IFRS
• Strong command of English, both written and spoken (all candidates) and other languages
• Establish strategic relationship with interdependent areas and teams
• Methodical
• Open-minded
• Flexible to travel
• Flexible to work after hours when required

What's in it for you

We offer opportunities where you can grow your expertise, shape processes and deliver innovative solutions. We are continuously growing our local and global network and our product portfolio creating career opportunities in different fields of work worldwide. We deliver high quality solutions to our customers and are proud to be a leader in the logistics industry.