Role: Technical Accounting and Compliance Manager APAC Report to: ASP APAC Accounting Controller
Are you looking for a key Finance role as your next career step? If so, we have challenging opportunity for you as the Technical Accounting and Compliance Manager for ASP, one of Fortive operating company. In this role, you’ll be a key value contributor to Internal Controls.
Your Impact Here’s Where You’ll Demonstrate Your Competencies As the Technical Accounting and Compliance Manager, you will apply your knowledge of finance, corporate accounting practices, internal controls, and GAAP to drive the complex compliance program audits that are administered locally within the Technical Accounting function. Additionally, you will help steer the complex accounting decision making process associated with the Technical Accounting programs.
● Responsible for the set up and maintenance for a robust control environment across all APAC legal entities. This includes identifying risk areas, and determine following-up audit priorities in the year. ● As the APAC SOX Champion you are responsible to continue monitoring a SOX program for APAC, review & testing of existing key internal business & financial processes, to identify control weakness in the process design & execution, and make improvement instructions. ● APAC Internal Control Expert to provide advise/training with regards to Segregation of Duties, SOX, Corp Control standard & policy to relevant people & departments across APAC ● Conduct Business Operation audit in random units & departments per risk assessment, find out root cause of problems and make remediation recommendations to enhance business operation performance ● Supporting both internal and external audit activities throughout the year, including the remediation of issues found during those audits. ● Coordinate and work independently with EMEA and US for various Internal Control project if any. ● Assisting with the implementation of new accounting standards. ● Researching complex technical accounting issues encountered by the Company, including accounting for business combinations, revenue recognition issues, leases, impairment of Goodwill and other intangible assets and statutory accounting rules with a key focus on United States GAAP ● Proactively share Issue Findings & Best Practices from Various Audits among APAC finance organization ● Organize Annual APAC legal entities Balance Sheet Review if any ● Collect & summarize APAC Quarterly Disclosure Questionnaires & Semi-Annual Control Self-Assessment Questionnaires if required ● Organizing and prioritizing work load so that key duties/projects are completed on a timely basis. ● Support APAC SSC template and SOP standardization. ● Ad-hoc duties as required.
Our Needs The successful candidate will possess the following combination of education and experience:
● Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required. Master’s degree preferred. ● CPA preferred. ● Audit Firm experience preferred. ● Very familiar with SOX framework , SOD, Operation Risk Management with progressive 6-7 years of related work experience ● Department or Compliance Position. preferred. ● Proficiency with ERP system(s) (SAP preferred) and Microsoft Office ● with solid Excel skills. ● A ‘hands on’ work style, comfortable with the detail, and able to move seamlessly between tactical and strategic issues as required. ● Good Analytical Skills supported by logical thinking ● Demonstrated thoroughness and attention to detail with a steadiness under pressure. ● Solid communication and presentation skills ● Business Partner for Non-Finance department as advisory role. ● Confident, enthusiastic and a team player ● Fluent in English