Job Title

Senior Manager, Budapest COE, Controllership (Maternity Cover)
Job Description Summary

This role is responsible for managing the EMEA Controllership team with approximately 20 FTE in the Budapest Controllership Center of Excellence (“COE”), partnering closely with approximately 8 FTE in the Manila COE Controllership team.
The EMEA controllership support team was created to:

• Centralize statutory financial statement preparation audits and reporting for EMEA;
• Provide offshore accounting support to certain EMEA countries; and
• Provide regional EMEA external reporting support.
  The Budapest and Manila COE colleagues are credentialed with accounting bachelor, double business degrees, and master degrees, ACCA certifications, and Big 4 or industry equivalent backgrounds. Aside from assigned responsibilities, they are looked upon to address accounting issues in EMEA as they arise. Their stakeholders include not only EMEA country controllers, EMEA FSC teams, corporate consolidations and reporting team, but also external auditors and other service providers.

This senior manager will need to develop strong relationships across the global stakeholder group.

Job Description:

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage and transition EMEA’s statutory financial statement (SFS) reporting into Budapest over the next three years. Activities include implementing the Workiva Global Statutory Reporting tool in each country, hiring and training the organization to support SFS audits and reporting, creating the governance and policies and processes to enable timely and quality filing SFS.
• Manage the seamless transition of responsibilities from the onshore country team or external providers to the Budapest EMEA team. Ensure clear, realistic, measurable expectations are negotiated, communicated, and documented.
• Manage the work that has been transitioned to the COE EMEA team, ensuring it is being performed timely and in a manner that meets and exceeds onshore country expectations. Ensure the processes and deliverables are concisely and clearly documented and retained.
• Create an environment that promotes strong processes, top performance, continuous improvement and efficient operations of the EMEA controllership teams.
• Look for opportunities to provide value added insight to EMEA controllership through the work that has been transitioned to the COE.
• Recruit, retain, and develop top talent. Provide specific and intentional opportunities for COE colleagues to grow in their careers.
• Facilitate strong partnerships and communications between stakeholders and COE team. Ensure alignment on promised deliverables and explore areas where COE assistance may be helpful or required. Transition additional responsibilities where and when appropriate.
• Partner with the Manila Controllership COE team, sharing best practices and resources as appropriate.

REQUIREMENTS (Knowledge, Education and/or Experience):

• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Accountancy
• 8+ years of accounting, finance, or audit with a public accounting firm or publicly traded company
• Experience working in a shared service or centers of excellence environment
• Experience managing multiple teams in a complex, matrixed environment
• Understanding of accounting and internal control concepts (GAAP), IT implementations, risks assessment
• CPA or ACCA preferred
• 6 Sigma training preferred

ABILITY TO:

• Build strong relationships with stakeholder. Ability to work and communicate with all levels of management.
• Manage direct and indirect reports and ensure strong engagement. Mentoring and develop colleagues intentionally.
• Manage stakeholders collaboratively and constructively across geographies, functions, and time zones.
• Provide accurate and timely reporting of status and results. Strong analytical skills.
• Problem solve root causes collaboratively. Critical thinking and problem solving that result in process improvements.
• Deliver cleanly to a deadline.
• Manage by influence. Excellent soft skills needed, in the areas of communication, negotiation skills, and being able to drive win-win solutions wherever possible.

MUST HAVE STRENGTHS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize, follow-through, and manage multiple tasks, responsibilities, and deadlines.
• Self-starter with flexibility, desire, and eagerness to take ownership of related tasks and responsibilities in order to keep the project on schedule.
• Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills. Manage and lead by influence.
• Must have the ability to contribute in groups and be well versed on activities and issues within business processes.

THIS ROLE WILL ENABLE A SUCCESSFUL COLLEAGUE:

• To have a strong grasp of every significant business process at Cushman and Wakefield.
• To grow a strong global, cross functional, network within Cushman and Wakefield’s dynamic community.
• To build professional and business skillsets in a culture where mentoring and coaching is a priority and career management.

WORKING CONDITIONS and/or PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Located in Budapest, Hungary
• Ability to travel approx. 5% as needed.
• Hybrid work environment. Remote working 2 – 3 days a week depending on business requirements.

INCO: “Cushman & Wakefield”