Team Leader Financial & Accounting Services
Lead the Finance Team based at our Bussiness Service Center, overseeing all accounting operations for Europe bag-in-box and spouted pouch activities, including AP, AR, GL, subledger and financial reporting.
Key responsibilities
- Accountable for evaluating, reconciling and resolving complex accounting transactions, maintaining general ledger accounts and the group financial reporting for the bag-in-box and spouted pouches EU operations (i.e. Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Subledger, Asset accounting and Intercompany transactions, Cognos group reporting).
- Set and monitor goals and performance measures/indicators.
- Work with the team to develop and improve work standard procedures to enable continuous improvement.
- Coordinating the period end closing calendar impacting the activities of the team.
- Evaluates best practices and benckmarks for ensuring quality services.
- Ensures audit controls are followed, provides direction and assists in the maintenance of internal control procedures.
- Gets involved in the set-up and monitoring team performance and reports on metrics; follows-up results and implements improvement mesures in order to maintain consistent service quality in the team.
- Work as the mediator between management and team members to facilitate good communication and transparence of complaints from both parties, and see to it that all issues are sorted out.
- Leads hiring and onboarding processes and oversees annual performance evaluations to build and develop a high-performing team.
You bring these skills, experience & education
- 3-5 years of relevant industry experience in similar leadership roles
- Graduate degree in business administration preferably with Finance focus.
- Self-motivated and proactive
- Detail-oriented with strong accuracy
- Flexible and adaptable to change
- Skilled at prioritizing effectively
- General knowledge of Infor LN, Cognos, TM1, Qlikview/Qliksense is nice to have.
- Advanced skills working with MS office modules (especially Excel and PowerPoint).
- Fluent in English
SIG competencies
We are looking for people who are willing to consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances, employees who create a climate where everyone is motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives. If you actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged, if you develop people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals, SIG is the place for you. To deliver better for our customers, our future colleagues build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions. Finally, we are looking for colleagues who build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Are you someone who applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals? Are you someone who can create new and better ways for the organization to be successful? If the answer is ‘yes’, come and join us.
Our promise
SIG is the place for you to build something incredible. We offer competitive compensation and an opportunity to partially work from home. If you join us, you will be part of a globally successful international company, which is leading its industry in sustainability, technology, and more. We think of ourselves as the career launchpad - a place to develop yourself fast with real work, real experience, real opportunities to build skills. You will be part of a highly motivated and dynamic team, you will have personal development opportunities, trainings and coaching opportunities from senior team members. If you show skill and willingness to learn, we'll back you all the way.
About SIG
SIG is a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions for better. We work in partnership with our customers to bring food products to consumers around the world in a safe, sustainable, and affordable way. We are the only packaging system supplier covering carton, pouch, and bag-in-box. Our versatile technology and product innovation capacity enable us to deliver better for customers, for consumers, and for the world. Sustainability guides us, technology empowers us, but it’s the passion and drive of our people that truly enable us to deliver better. Founded in 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and listed at the SIX Swiss Exchange.