Reporting & Consolidation Expert

LHH supports a multinational company operating in the contract services sector in the search for a Reporting & Consolidation Expert.Responsibilities

The main areas of responsibility can be generically referred to these activities:

• Preparing the consolidated financial statements of the Group within Italy in accordance with group accounting standards.
• Reviewing Group monthly reporting from the various subsidiaries with the support of our Group ERP (SAP), ensuring correctness and reliability of accounting data.
• Preparing additional disclosures for statutory group reporting
• Performing various reconciliation regarding both P&L and BS for M/E closing and reporting purposes.
• Coordinating the accounting team of the subsidiaries to ensure that the reporting package is delivered in a timely manner and meet all financial reporting requirements.
• Proactively supporting local finance teams during the monthly close process to ensure actual submissions are completed on a timely basis.
• Leading the intercompany and elimination processes for the group (relating to the P&L and balance sheet, including equity pick-up). Coordinating and coaching colleagues, e.g., in preparing intercompany reconciliations and managing intercompany transactions.
• Supporting the Controlling teams and the business Unit Managers in the budgeting process (e.g., calculation of IFRS adjustments & other accounting impacts).
• Leading the corporate calendar maintenance and tracking local and global adherence to timelines.
• Maintaining of the legal hierarchies, account structure and other metrics/ dimensions of the data model within the consolidation and reporting system to accommodate management needs and external reporting requirements.
• Analyzing data included in the financial statements and related variance analysis.
• Supporting external auditors in their audit activities.
• Supporting subsidiary compliance with adoption of accounting policies and post-acquisition accounting adjustments (acquisition, merger, restructuring) within the scope of the job.Â

Your Profile

Applicants with the following requirements will be considered:

• Degree in Economics
• Some years work experience in financial reporting and consolidation in international context
• Perfect understanding of IFRS rules
• Experience with consolidation tools (BFC is a plus) and appetence for IT tools.
• Client oriented, autonomous, proactive and pragmatic
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work on different tasks concurrently, often with tight deadlines.
• Act independently to try to solve problems, makes proposals.
• Professional English is a must (French or German is a plus.

Salary Package: 60.000€ - 70.000€.Â