CEE & MENAT controller

Accounting Senior

Who We Are

Solera is a global leader in data and software services that strives to transform every touchpoint of the vehicle lifecycle into a connected digital experience. In addition, we provide products and services to protect life's other most important assets: our homes and digital identities. Today, Solera processes over 300 million digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries.

The Role
The Financial Controller position has overall responsibility for the financial operations in the countries and the entities which operate mainly within the CEE (Poland, Russia, Czech, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary) and MENAT (Turkey, UAE, Morocco, Greece).

Reporting to the Sr. Director Controller for EMEA, the Financial Controller's responsibilities include management of a team responsible for the financial activities, management reporting, as well as local statutory and tax regulatory requirements.

The role requires a strong leader who is highly competent, proactive, and strategically focused with a keen eye for detail and the ability to become hands-on when required. The individual should be able to cope in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

The role is based in Warsaw, Poland and will require limited travel, mainly within EMEA.

What You'll Do

Reporting to EMEA Controller

Key Responsibilities

• Proactive management of the team and activities of the countries and entities within the Controller's scope with the main objectives being:
  • Management of all financial activities in the aforementioned region through the R2R functions.
• Deliver global finance operations synergies whilst maintaining or improving Finance processes and reporting outputs. Specifically:
  • Active participation in the delivery of "One Solera"
    • Simplification and harmonization/standardization of processes and systems when and where possible.
    • Elimination of manual processes and automation with the introduction of scalable solutions.
    • Reduction of the number of legal entities.
  • Adherence to the Solera group accounting timelines, policies, and internal controls.
  • Oversee the adherence to and timely preparation and review/sign-off on local statutory and tax filings reporting requirements.
  • Working with the External Auditors for any in-scope entities to ensure timely and accurate deliverables.
  • Overseeing cash management within the countries/entities in scope, including execution of intercompany or royalty payments, and/or bank relationships.
  • Manage and review quarterly management reporting packages, and Income Statement and Balance Sheet fluxes to ensure timely, accurate, and good quality deliverables.
  • Validation and approvals include but are not limited to: Journal Entries, Purchase Requisitions, Systems Accesses, Travel, Expense Reports.
  • Reviewing balance sheet account reconciliations in the entities in scope to ensure no material financial misstatements.
  • Maintain or improve timeliness and quality of all internal and external financial reporting and submissions, whilst maintaining compliance with all relevant policies and procedures.
  • Driving remediation or corrective action of any financial activities in the entities in scope.
  • Ad hoc accounting research and analysis as needed.
• Integration and provision of accounting support for new entity acquisitions.
• Participation in business or finance related projects for the countries/entities in scope.
• Providing value-added support to the businesses in the region.

What You'll Bring

• ACA/ACCA qualified.
• Strong technical accounting and tax skills.
• Preferred system experience: Dynamics AX & D365.
• Excel – Advanced level.
• Knowledge: Previously worked in a similar capacity within an international organization overseeing remote teams in multiple locations. Experience working in fast-paced, dynamic environments. Knowledge of various Finance systems and Microsoft Office applications.

OTHER COMPETENCES

• Must be willing, ready, and able to learn and execute the Solera values.
• Results-driven with the enthusiasm to drive improvement initiatives.
• Technically strong with an attention to detail.
• Able to understand the full detail of a workflow system.
• An analytical mindset with strong interpersonal and leadership skills with experience of change management and efficiency improvements.
• Ability to improve and implement new processes and procedures.
• Proven background in financial control.
• Commercial awareness and business acumen.
• Proactive, enthusiastic, and output driven.
• Driven to develop existing, and learn new, skills.
• Willingness to embrace and drive change.
• Resilient.
• High energy.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills to establish and maintain collaborative work relationships at all levels.
• Unquestionable integrity.
• Thrives in a pressurized high output focused environment.
• Good people management skills.

All other related and/or additional responsibilities that may be required or assigned.