Finance & Accounting Manager

Our client is a Fortune 500 company with $5 billion in annual revenues and more than 55,000 employees in nearly 100 countries worldwide.

The company is a leading provider of mission-critical, non-core Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Information Technology solutions to blue-chip clients worldwide.

The company has a rapidly growing presence in Europe, Middle East and Africa, with over 2,000 specialists employed in the region. Their current projects centralize and redesign the core processes around Human Resources, Finance and Administration, and IT for the company's European clients.

A vacancy has arisen at the company’s Barcelona offices for a Finance & Accounting Manager. Managing a team of up to 30 people, the jobholder will be responsible for:

• Directing and/or managing the activities of one or more specialized functional areas of accounting in accordance to accounting principles, practices and procedures.
• Directing, overseeing and managing the development, modification, review and implementation of accounting systems, reporting methods and controls, policies and procedures.
• Formulating and administering approved accounting practices throughout the organization to ensure that financial and operating reports accurately reflect the condition of the business.
• Training personnel in accounting procedures, theories and reporting requirements.
• Resolving and reviewing issues affecting Company compliance, legal requirements and customer/company objectives. Oversees the preparation, submission and validity of all division or business unit financial reports or fiscal records as required by top management.
• Advising management on issues related to compliance and legal regulations.
• Directing and providing or assisting in providing strategic direction for the accounting function of a division or business-operating unit. Establishing operational objectives and work plans, and delegating assignments to subordinate supervisors.
• Contributing to the development, modification and execution of company policies affecting immediate operations with potential company-wide effect.
• Working on issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of organizational objectives. Implementing strategic policies when selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Establishing and assuring adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements.
• Regularly interacting with senior management or executive levels on matters concerning several functional areas, divisions, and/or customers. Requires the ability to change the thinking or gain acceptance from others in sensitive situations, without damage to the relationship.

Requirements

• Degree in BA, economics, accounting or equivalent.
• 7/10 years of related experience, with at least 5 years of demonstrated management skills.
• Fully fluent in English (spoken and written)
• Fluent French will be advantageous