Statutory Compliance Senior Manager

Finance, Senior Manager Statutory Compliance

Job Purpose

• Full oversight of end-to-end processes within scope of the GSC Statutory compliance team, and in line with country statutory regulatory requirements
• Develop processes and people to support increasing demands of stakeholders, auditors, authorities in light of changes to the way business operates and new working practices
• Work closely and collaborate with Statutory Compliance and their teams to achieve strategic and operational objectives, daily operational activities, deadline compliance and resolution of escalations.
• Work with Group/Field Finance, Group Tax, Group Legal and GSC Tower leads to identify process improvement opportunities and controls to mitigate overall statutory compliance risk
• Ensures that the GSC Statutory compliance team maintains service delivery efficiency and effectiveness, ensuring all deadlines are met
• Work with and manage external parties and auditors and/or functional in-country resources (i.e. part-time local IWG statutory compliance resources) for in-scope countries

Duties and responsibilities

• Plan and monitor statutory compliance activities to ensure compliance with country regulatory requirements.
• Keep abreast and advise stakeholders on the impact of regulatory developments
• Ensure all financial statements, declarations, and other required reports are submitted accurately and on time
• Ensure appropriate review processes are in place and applied in relation to all statutory filings and payments
• Ownership and accountability for all accounting balances and their reconciliations to external sources
• Manage GSC teams and coordinate relevant data across functions to ensure timely delivery to avoid extending audit periods and cost overruns
• Ensure standard intercompany/transfer pricing agreements are prepared for all relevant IWG entities based on instructions and approved templates from Group Legal/Tax
• Manage the Administration of Diligent Entities database (Blueprint)
• Point of contact for Statutory Audit - Management Letters, ensuring that issues raised are coordinated and resolved with the various process teams and escalated where necessary
• Proactively review balance sheets and the needs for capital structure changes
• Review statutory audit fees and other relevant professional fees and endorse to the relevant Global Finance Directors for final approval.
• Expected to perform tasks and/or detailed review of the GSC team particularly for countries that are either high-risk or escalated by the stakeholders
• Assist in the integration and migration of systems, processes, and people as and when necessary
• Address escalations and manage expectations of stakeholders, external auditors, and/or functional in-country resources (i.e. part-time local IWG tax/field finance resources)
• Lead, direct, evaluate, and develop people
• Proactively review and manage operational issues and risks, and plan mitigating actions to address risks
• Build internal control environment to ensure goals are met with high quality, accurate and timely service provisions
• Drive efficiency through innovation, automation, or process improvements
• Ensure process documentation is complete and up to date
• Perform other tasks assigned by the Group Head of Statutory Compliance

Qualifications

• CPA
• At least 12-15 years of experience in statutory compliance / controllership with the most recent in a similar leadership role in a large multinational
• Knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and ability to convert to local reporting requirements
• Strong team leader with the ability to coach and develop people
• Experience in managing teams that engage with country functional resources (part-time and full-time)
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), with proven ability to communicate across all levels within the organization and if needed externally
• Able to prioritize tasks, manage issues and produce expected results in a timely manner
• Highly analytical and detail-oriented
• Ability to quickly gain the confidence of the business and colleagues through influencing skills
• Be comfortable with ambiguity and prepared to work in an agile, flexible method
• Thrive on change and engender a collaborative approach
• Experience working in the Big 4 Auditing Firms and BPO/ Finance Shared Services operations
• Experience in dealing with and managing external parties and auditors and in country functional resources (part-time/fulltime)