About the Job
The SME Statutory Accounting role at NIQ will be part of the Record to Report (R2R) team within the Global Finance Operations organization. You will oversee the statutory accounting processes for our organizations operations in a specific region. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure full compliance with local statutory requirements of all the countries within the region and to maintain accurate and timely financial reporting. This position is crucial in safeguarding the organizations adherence to regional financial regulations and standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Statutory Compliance: Ensure all accounting practices and records comply with local statutory requirements. Stay updated with changes in local statutory requirements and accounting standards ensuring compliance and driving process improvements.
- Financial Reporting: Prepare and submit accurate statutory financial statements and reports in accordance with local accounting standards.
- Audit Coordination: Liaise with internal and external auditors to facilitate audits of statutory financial statements ensuring all financial records are maintained correctly for audit purposes. Ensure all audit findings and management letter points are addressed before the next audit. Conduct periodic reviews and audits of statutory financial statements to identify and resolve any discrepancies or issues.
- Corporate Law Compliance: Filing of information with local company houses in accordance with applicable corporate law
- Policy and Procedure Management: Implement accounting policies and procedures that comply with statutory regulations.
- Stakeholder Communication: Maintain effective communication with local Controllers on local regulatory bodies and financial institutions to ensure compliance with all financial and legal requirements. Collaborate with crossfunctional teams and local finance teams to gather and validate financial data for statutory reporting.
- Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve financial processes and systems to enhance efficiency and accuracy in statutory reporting.
- Technical Advisory: This is an individual contributor role with expertise on subject matters to help & train other junior resources.
Qualifications :
- Educational Background: A qualified Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Professional Experience: Minimum 7 years of extensive experience in statutory accounting within LATAM region with expertise on regional compliances. Familiarity with the local business environment and financial regulations is essential.
- Technical Proficiency: Strong command of ERP systems and accounting software that are prevalent in the region as well as Microsoft Office Suite especially Excel.
- Analytical Skills: Exceptional ability to analyze financial data and ensure it meets statutory requirements.
- Attention to Detail: High level of accuracy and attention to detail in preparing financial documents and reports.
- Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills capable of dealing with complex regulatory issues and explaining them to nonspecialists. Strong English written and verbal communication skills.
- Organizational Skills: Effective organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and tasks simultaneously.
Additional Information :
Our Benefits
- Flexible working environment
- Volunteer time off
- LinkedIn Learning
- EmployeeAssistanceProgram (EAP)
About NIQ
NIQ is the worlds leading consumer intelligence company delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023 NIQ combined with GfK bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insightsdelivered with advanced analytics through stateoftheart platformsNIQ delivers the Full View. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100 markets covering more than 90 of the worlds population.
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NIQ is committed to reflecting the diversity of the clients communities and markets we measure within our own workforce. We exist to count everyone and are on a mission to systematically embed inclusion and diversity into all aspects of our workforce measurement and products. We enthusiastically invite candidates who share that mission to join us. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative ActionEmployer making decisions without regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin genetics disability status age marital status protected veteran status or any other protected class. Our global nondiscrimination policy covers these protected classes in every market in which we do business worldwide. Learn more about how we are driving diversity and inclusion in everything we do by visiting the NIQ News Center: https://nielseniq/global/en/newscenter/diversityinclusion
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime