Accounting & Compliance Controlling Manager (Consolidated Reporting)

Key responsibilities

• Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual group consolidation process, including inter‑company eliminations, reconciliations, and consolidation adjustments.
• Prepare and review consolidated financial statements in accordance with IFRS and local GAAP.
• Ensure correct accounting treatment for foreign currency translation, minority interests, and equity‑method investments.
• Maintain, enhance, and document group consolidation policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Oversee month‑end and year‑end closing activities for subsidiaries to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
• Review inter‑company balances, reconciliations, and consolidation entries.
• Collect consolidated statutory and management reports from brand entities and prepare financial analyses, variance explanations, and trend insights.
• Serve as primary contact for external auditors on group consolidation and reporting matters, coordinating audit requests and addressing findings.
• Oversee statutory and internal audits of subsidiaries and ensure compliance with IFRS, internal finance policies, and governance requirements.
• Own and continuously improve group consolidation systems and tools (e.g., Hyperion, SAP BPC, OneStream, Tagetik) and drive automation and standardisation.
• Participate in finance transformation initiatives, system implementation projects, and ad‑hoc strategic projects.

Required profile

• Solid accounting experience with significant exposure to group consolidation in a multinational or multi‑entity environment.
• Proven hands‑on experience preparing consolidated financial statements for groups with multiple subsidiaries.
• Strong experience working directly with external auditors.

Required skills

• In‑depth knowledge of IFRS, especially group consolidation, business combinations, and foreign currency accounting.
• Experience with consolidation and reporting systems such as Hyperion, SAP BPC, OneStream, or Tagetik.