Regional Accounting Manager _ APJ & MEA
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As the Regional Accounting Manager for selected legal entities across international regions, yours will be a key role responsible for accounting/statutory matters for AA Inc’s subsidiaries.
This role reports to the Sr Finance Manager/Finance Director. You will be responsible for providing broad accounting / statutory and tax support for AA Inc’s subsidiaries, including guidance on local accounting and statutory activities, managing/reviewing day-today general ledger, payroll accounting activities, accounts payable accounting activities, the month-end close process and all account reconciliations together with outsourcing vendors as well as closely collaborating with Corporate Accounting team in US for all the reporting, account analysis, external financial audits, and special projects. You will be expected to participate in strategic in-housing projects of the finance team globally and oversee the performance of our external finance service providers. This is a great opportunity for a dynamic individual to build functional capabilities, to support the scale of the company. You must be a team player, support local and company management in achieving our objectives, handson, roll up your sleeves type of person and should enjoy a fast-paced, start-up environment.
Job Duties:
• Partner with Corp Accounting to ensure the integrity of the US GAAP, Local Statutory books and compliance of statutory requirements for Asia-Pacific & Japan region, UAE & South Africa.
• Managing End-to-End Accounting and various reporting (including but not limited to Statutory audits, Tax reportings, MIS etc.)
• Responsible to ensure our external finance service providers adhere to the SLAs.
• Drive local adoption/implementation of Corp policies & procedures to ensure proper internal controls, in compliance with company policies, while maximizing operational efficiency.
• Ensure adoption of global systems, tools, and infrastructure to scale with business growth; maximize usage of AAI bots and automation of existing processes to maximize efficiency.
• Participate with the Corporate finance teams in the determination of taxes related reporting and treasury strategy and operations for the region.
• Partner with Finance management, on company governance activities, including risk and subsidiary management.
• Develop and streamline scalable processes and policies for month-end close, GL, accounts payable, and expense reporting.
• Review the monthly accounting close process, including the review of journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, intercompany transactions and eliminations, and maintenance of company chart of accounts.
• Partner cross-functionally to set up best practices and participate in strategic projects in Finance area.
• Collaborate with Corp accounting team to establish, implement and administer SOX internal control policies, procedures, and processes.
Qualification Required:
• 6-8 years of controllership, accounting and financial analytics experience with progressive responsibility including GL accounting, compliance, and controls experience.
• Qualified Chartered Accountant or CPA (Big 4 experience strongly preferred)
• Experience with overseeing accounting, tax, and statutory requirements across multiple GAAPs/ international regions is essential.
• Experience in the SAAS Industry would be an added advantage.
Skills Required :
• Builder mentality; always seeking process improvement, workflow efficiencies. • Ability to meet strict deadlines on a consistent basis while maintaining the highest level of integrity for the company.
• Good people management skills with a focus on developing and help the team grow technically and professionally to build leaders of tomorrow.
• Demonstrated ability and desire to work in a rapidly growing, fast-paced, success-focused start-up environment.
• Team Player with excellent customer service, strong communication skills and ability to work with all levels within the organization.
• Flexible and creative, with the ability to learn new and complex concepts quickly. Relentlessly resourceful and diligent; drive to win.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal; willingness to work hours to accommodate Global interaction.
• Exceptional work ethic - the ability to “roll up sleeves”.
• Experience with using Workday ERP is a plus.
• Strong computer skills: Excel and PowerPoint skills required.
All unsolicited resumes submitted to any @automationanywhere.com email address, whether submitted by an individual or by an agency, will not be eligible for an agency fee.
Automation Anywhere is a leader in AI-powered process automation that puts AI to work across organizations. The company’s Automation Success Platform is powered with specialized AI, generative AI and offers process discovery, RPA, end-to-end process orchestration, document processing, and analytics, with a security and governance-first approach. Automation Anywhere empowers organizations worldwide to unleash productivity gains, drive innovation, improve customer service and accelerate business growth. The company is guided by its vision to fuel the future of work by unleashing human potential through AI-powered automation. Learn more at www.automationanywhere.com
As the Regional Accounting Manager for selected legal entities across international regions, yours will be a key role responsible for accounting/statutory matters for AA Inc’s subsidiaries.
This role reports to the Sr Finance Manager/Finance Director. You will be responsible for providing broad accounting / statutory and tax support for AA Inc’s subsidiaries, including guidance on local accounting and statutory activities, managing/reviewing day-today general ledger, payroll accounting activities, accounts payable accounting activities, the month-end close process and all account reconciliations together with outsourcing vendors as well as closely collaborating with Corporate Accounting team in US for all the reporting, account analysis, external financial audits, and special projects. You will be expected to participate in strategic in-housing projects of the finance team globally and oversee the performance of our external finance service providers. This is a great opportunity for a dynamic individual to build functional capabilities, to support the scale of the company. You must be a team player, support local and company management in achieving our objectives, handson, roll up your sleeves type of person and should enjoy a fast-paced, start-up environment.
Job Duties:
• Partner with Corp Accounting to ensure the integrity of the US GAAP, Local Statutory books and compliance of statutory requirements for Asia-Pacific & Japan region, UAE & South Africa.
• Managing End-to-End Accounting and various reporting (including but not limited to Statutory audits, Tax reportings, MIS etc.)
• Responsible to ensure our external finance service providers adhere to the SLAs.
• Drive local adoption/implementation of Corp policies & procedures to ensure proper internal controls, in compliance with company policies, while maximizing operational efficiency.
• Ensure adoption of global systems, tools, and infrastructure to scale with business growth; maximize usage of AAI bots and automation of existing processes to maximize efficiency.
• Participate with the Corporate finance teams in the determination of taxes related reporting and treasury strategy and operations for the region.
• Partner with Finance management, on company governance activities, including risk and subsidiary management.
• Develop and streamline scalable processes and policies for month-end close, GL, accounts payable, and expense reporting.
• Review the monthly accounting close process, including the review of journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, intercompany transactions and eliminations, and maintenance of company chart of accounts.
• Partner cross-functionally to set up best practices and participate in strategic projects in Finance area.
• Collaborate with Corp accounting team to establish, implement and administer SOX internal control policies, procedures, and processes.
Qualification Required:
• 6-8 years of controllership, accounting and financial analytics experience with progressive responsibility including GL accounting, compliance, and controls experience.
• Qualified Chartered Accountant or CPA (Big 4 experience strongly preferred)
• Experience with overseeing accounting, tax, and statutory requirements across multiple GAAPs/ international regions is essential.
• Experience in the SAAS Industry would be an added advantage.
Skills Required :
• Builder mentality; always seeking process improvement, workflow efficiencies. • Ability to meet strict deadlines on a consistent basis while maintaining the highest level of integrity for the company.
• Good people management skills with a focus on developing and help the team grow technically and professionally to build leaders of tomorrow.
• Demonstrated ability and desire to work in a rapidly growing, fast-paced, success-focused start-up environment.
• Team Player with excellent customer service, strong communication skills and ability to work with all levels within the organization.
• Flexible and creative, with the ability to learn new and complex concepts quickly. Relentlessly resourceful and diligent; drive to win.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal; willingness to work hours to accommodate Global interaction.
• Exceptional work ethic - the ability to “roll up sleeves”.
• Experience with using Workday ERP is a plus.
• Strong computer skills: Excel and PowerPoint skills required.
All unsolicited resumes submitted to any @automationanywhere.com email address, whether submitted by an individual or by an agency, will not be eligible for an agency fee.