RTR Manager

Are you ready to move your career forward and help shape our company's and customers' futures?

If you aspire to challenge yourself, work with the best in the industry and join a successful team where you can make a meaningful contribution, then we invite you to join us at Ketjen Corporation, a provider of advanced catalyst solutions to leading producers in the petrochemical, refining, and specialty chemicals industries. Together, we can create a legacy marked by innovation, excitement, and energy.

About Ketjen
Ketjen Corporation is a provider of advanced catalyst solutions to leading producers in the petrochemical, refining, and specialty chemicals industries. Our company is driven by a strong set of core values: curiosity, care, collaboration, humility, accountability, and integrity. These values guide our decisions, shape our culture, and define how we work together to deliver exceptional value to our customers and communities.

About The Role
The Record to Report (RTR) Manager is responsible for leading global accounting operations at the shared service center in Budapest, Hungary. This key role will stand up the RTR function for the company, including general ledger accounting, fixed asset accounting, statutory accounting, cash applications, and intercompany accounting. The RTR Manager reports to the Corporate Controller with a dotted line to the Global Business Services Director. The ideal candidate brings strong technical accounting expertise, leadership skills, and experience in a shared service environment.

Key Responsibilities
RTR Operations & Compliance

• Responsible for the execution of all RTR activities for the company including general ledger accounting, account reconciliations, foreign exchange, fixed asset accounting, statutory accounting, cash applications, and intercompany accounting in compliance with US GAAP and local statutory requirements.
• Build an RTR team and lead through the standup and separation of RTR activities from the former parent company.
• Liaison with internal and external auditors for walkthroughs, testing, rationalization, and harmonization of controls.

Continuous Improvement & Stakeholder Management

• Develop a culture of continuous improvement throughout the RTR organization, including a process for tracking, executing, and measuring continuous improvement initiatives.
• Establish Service Level Agreements with key stakeholders and ensure compliance with the agreements. Routinely review performance against key metrics with stakeholders and develop improvement plans for performance shortfalls.
• Serve as escalation point of contact for key stakeholders (Controllers, Consolidations, Tax, Treasury, other functions) for RTR inquiries.

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing accounting team.

Qualifications
Required Qualifications

• 8+ years in finance or accounting post qualification with a minimum of 5 years of experience working in a leadership role in finance or accounting
• Recognized accounting qualification; Chartered Accountant is required with audit exposure
• Knowledge of fundamental internal controls
• Experience in working in a shared service environment
• Proficiency in English language
• Ability to demonstrate strong leadership skills including collaboration, influence, and strategic thinking
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate across functions and various levels of the organization
• Stakeholder focused, organized, flexible, and results driven
• Ability to cooperate in a team environment and high degree of adaptability to change
• Strong team leadership and employee development skills

Preferred Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of Record to Report end-to-end business processes and dependencies with Requisition to Pay, Order to Cash, and other finance functions
• Proficiency in SAP

Benefits Of Joining Ketjen

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits package
• A diverse array of resources to support you professionally and personally.

Apply today and help Ketjen unleash the
POTENTIAL
of advanced chemistry for industries that power the world.