Title:  Manager, Finance Controllership, GFS

Job Summary

To position itself to meet the requirements of continuing rapid business growth and future market development, West Pharmaceutical Services have developed a transformation strategy of standardization, simplification and centralization of global accounting operations. In accordance with that strategy, we have established a Global Financial Centre of Excellence in Dublin, Ireland. Reporting to, and working closely with, the Director, Controllership, in this role, you will be responsible for leading and managing the delivery of various tasks related to US GAAP & Local European entities financial statements. In addition, you will develop an understanding of our strategic business direction and play a key role in the future development of the function in order to meet the needs of a growing and changing business. This will encompass both organizational development and exploitation of opportunities offered by existing and new information technologies. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate the financial statement preparation, tax provisions and compliance for 15+ local entities.
• Collaboration with external advisors to support the ongoing compliance for local entities.
• Assist in the co-ordination of statutory audits and local compliance filing requirements.
• Responsible for compliance with statutory reporting requirements and deadlines.
• Document all financial statement GAAP bridging activities for each of the local entities.
• Research, document, and provide input on GAAP, statutory accounting, tax, and reporting requirements.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and procedures and update documentation, as necessary.
• Review of quarterly P&L and balance sheet entries for each local entity.
• Collaborate on and review transfer pricing journal entries and provide input on the processes, as   required.
• Work closely with the accounting team and other departments to gather information necessary for task execution.
• People: 
  • Lead and mentor a team of professional accountants 
  • Focus on talent development, building a strong team 
  • Develop a customer-centric culture in your team with highly collaborative relationships with the relevant stakeholders 
• Control environment:
  • Ensure that company financial records are maintained in compliance with company policies and US GAAP and SEC reporting requirements
  • Accountable for ensuring that company policies and procedures (internal controls) are implemented to provide reasonable assurance that the company assets are protected
  • Support the Sarbanes Oxley activities relative to internal controls documentation and testing and segregation of duties
  • Liaise with internal and external auditors 

• Process, technology and service: 
  • Report agreed key performance indicators 
  • Support deployment of SAP S/4 HANA and other systems e.g. Blackline to garner greater efficiency within the Record to Report function  
  • Support implementation of Artificial Intelligence and /or RPA to drive further efficiency and effectiveness in our delivery of accounting services
  • Acquisitions: Support integration into financial operations
  • Other duties as assigned

Education

• Bachelor's Degree In Accounting or Business with concentration in Accounting/Finance required and
• Master's Degree MBA preferred

Work Experience

• Minimum 7+ years of PQE experience with a minimum of 3 years of management experience  

License and Certifications

• Qualified accountant i.e. ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CPA 

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Public Accounting background 
• Previous Shared Service Centre with multinational publicly quoted company experience  
• Working knowledge of US GAAP  
• Proficient in SAP or similar ERP 
• Proficient in MS Office applications 
• Experience of BI tools an advantage 
• Demonstrated ability to form, lead and develop high-performing teams 
• Excellent communication and leadership skills i.e. ability to communicate and work effectively with a wide range of region, division and corporate functions 
• Able to manage multiple priorities effectively, while managing ambiguity and adapting to changing business needs and priorities 
• Project management, meeting facilitation, written/oral communication and presentation skills  
• Able to be aware of all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description  
• Able to comply with the company’s safety policy at all times 
• Able to comply with the company’s quality policy at all times  #LI-JJ1 #LI-HYBRID 

Travel Requirements

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