Statutory Accounting Supervisor

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Job Description and purpose:

The Statutory Accounting Supervisor will support the EMEA Financial Controller in delivering accurate, compliant legal entity controllership across the region. This role combines hands-on operational responsibilities with day-to-day leadership of a small team.

The successful candidate will oversee the preparation, review, and delivery of statutory financial statements for EMEA entities, coordinate statutory audit processes, and ensure adherence to local GAAP and internal policy requirements. The role requires a proactive, technically strong accounting professional with the ability to manage workflows, guide team members, and collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders—including outsourced service providers, consultants, auditors, and cross-functional teams.

This role involves partnering with both internal and external stakeholders, including outsourced service providers and consultants. The role requires a driven individual to deliver on the regular reporting requirements for local GAAP compliance, highly motivated and engaged to deliver timely and accurate financial information.

Core responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, and develop a small team of 2–3 statutory accountants, overseeing workload planning, quality review, and performance feedback.
• Monitor team progress against deadlines, providing guidance and removing blockers to ensure timely delivery.
• Manage the statutory audit processes, including co-ordination between the auditors, outsourced providers in India (FSC), the business and retained finance across the clusters as the key C&W contact for external Auditor
• Improve process to minimise the cost of SFS production, review and audit including optimisation of system functionality and automation and ensuring the best use of the FSC.
• Pro-actively manage external Auditor, ensuring that all PBC deliverables are delivered on time. 
• Manage responses audit queries and findings.
• Support CIT (Corporation Tax) computation process that is owned by the in-house Tax department.
• Support legal entity rationalisation projects, providing technical accounting guidance as required.
• Provide intercompany balance confirmations to support local overseas audit requirements.
• Create efficiencies through continuous improvement of processes.
• Assist with ad-hoc projects and tasks as they arise

Qualifications, Skills, knowledge & experience:

The ideal candidate desirably will have experience working in a professional working environment, with an interest in commercial real estate:

• Degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics
• Minimum 3 - 5 years experience in relevant accounting or finance roles
• Excellent communication in English
• Strong technical accounting skills. IFRS Essential.
• Proven project management skills to facilitate coordination of key stakeholders.
• Excellent attention to detail and an organized, logical approach is essential.
• Excellent communicator, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, a 'key thinker' who manages deadlines.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills to complex accounting entries.
• Adaptable and energetic, with ability to work as part of a team, as well as under their own initiative.
• Chartered Accountant qualification is an advantage.
• Workday (ERP) and Hyperion (HDM) experience is an advantage.
• Experience working in a large, global company is an advantage.

Behaviours:

• Demonstrate flexibility to meet competing and evolving business needs and drive results with urgency.
• Trusted advisor to the business and broader finance teams.
• Critical thinker with a 'Think Customer' mindset
• Manages change with a continuous improvement approach.
• Build collaborative networks
• Influential in sharing knowledge
• Develop a culture of accountability and ownership
• Own personal development