Chief Accountant Italy

Job Posting Title

Chief Accountant Italy

The challenge

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Haier Europe.

The Company is on a journey to achieve ambitious business growth and leadership objectives in the region, and we need someone who is passionate, proactive, self-driven and motivated to join a team of open-minded individuals.

We are looking for an individual who demonstrates the core values of the Haier's attitude: entrepreneurship and innovation, zero distance to consumers and IoT & Ecosystem thinking.

A true change agent with an agile approach thriving for idea contamination and with a hyper-collaborative approach that breaks silos and creates an open ecosystem.

What you will do

Operational coordination Manager of a complex Administration Department, related to different ITA subsidiaries, characterized by different Group roles (Financial Holding managing investments and treasury matters, Operating Company - including producing activities so factory related matters, after sales activities) in many case of big dimensions (up to 1bln Euro revenues), with experienced competences on all financial statements matters including basic tax (direct and indirect).

Coordination and training of junior and senior resources and high daily interaction with all Company Depts and with external consultants (Auditors, Organismo di Vigilanza for 231 matters).

Main Activities

• Preparation of statutory financial statements and management of all steps in order to complete formal approval of statutory financial statement including auditors relationship
• Assessing accuracy of accounting data with regards all financial statements areas;
• Accounting of M&A
• ERP Migrations
• Monthly, Quarterly and annual Group Reporting activities and Statutory Financial Statements too (ITA GAAP + IFRS)
• Internal control tasks (SOX and 231)
• Prepare journal entries up to full drafting, coordinating 510 resources directly reporting to him/her and interacting with his/her direct managers, of a complete financial statement;
• Management of COA (chart of account) and relevant SET UP in ERP (SAP for Hana), both statutory and managerial
• Good knowledge of payroll matters in order to grant a full interaction with HR dept on payroll matters;
• Interaction with external actors, from consultants to tax authorities, if / when requested;
• Good knowledge of nation tax requirements to prepare periodic returns (F24) and cooperate with tax resources in other returns.

What you need to succeed

Must Have

• Degree in Economics
• At least 58 years in accounting and/or audit consultancy + 5 years in similar roles in multinational Groups managing industrial business
• Knowledge of IT tools (Hyperion, Datawarehousing, ERP); SAP is a plus;
• Expert in Excel;
• English;
• Selfstarting and proactive approach;
• Very Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Results oriented
• High Predisposition to analysis and problem solving
• Excellent Team builder and player
• Availability to travel (not frequently requested but possible, including Far East
• China)

Nice to have

• Good knowledge of SAP ERP (possibly S4Hana) and possibly Hyperion "Verticals" too

Haier Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law.

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