Lead RTR Accountant
Essentials
Job title: Lead RTR Accountant
Location: Bucharest, Hybrid
Type: employment contract
Offer
Contributing to a high scale, complex, world renowned product and seeing real-time impact of your work on millions of travelers worldwide
Working in a fast-paced and performance driven culture
Technical, behavioral and interpersonal competence advancement via on-the-job opportunities, experimental projects, hackathons, conferences and active community participation
Competitive compensation and benefits package
Vast amounts of data to validate your ideas and the opportunity to experiment with real users
Client
Our client is a new established Center of Excellence based in Bucharest, Romania and was created to support the increasing business.
The Center of Excellence provides access to specialized and highly skilled talent, leading industry best practices, and collaboration opportunities across all our client brands. As part of our client’s Romania team, you will have the opportunity to be a part of the world’s leading provider of online travel, with a mission of making it easier for everyone to experience the world through six-primary consumer facing brands.
Role
Or client is currently undergoing a Finance Transformation initiative that will drive effective finance support for business management; promote strong governance and control in the organization; and have a world-class finance organization in terms of execution and efficiency. As part of this initiative, the Global Business Services team will provide centralized operational accounting processes from our Center of Excellence in Bucharest, Romania. Reporting to the Senior Finance Manager , this role will be responsible for the regional company in Romania and will prepare the US GAAP and Statutory Reporting, Government Filing, VAT and Audit requirements for the Romania entity.
Responsibilities
Complete the monthly closing process for the regional entity, including preparation of journal entries, accruals, prepayments, reconciliation of general ledger accounts, detailed supporting analysis and relevant documentation, in accordance with US GAAP, local GAAP and compliance with both internal and external requirements.
Support for the reconciliation of the US GAAP vs local GAAPs
Work closely with Procurement, Accounting teams and external partners to ensure recorded accounting entries have proper supporting documentation that are in compliance with local statutory requirements related to VAT, WHT, CIT and that are accurately reflected in the statutory financial statements
Lead the completeness in due time of the various statutory compliance filings for the entity, including VAT, corporate tax returns, statutory financial statements, statistical reports, and other local statutory filings.
Identifying, handling and solving complex bottlenecks and issues and own final issue resolution for various statutory compliance filings
Drive the execution of the Engagement letter (ex. External Auditor Deloitte or Third party such as PWC)
Monitor and implement all government or local reporting requirements of the entity – CIT, WHT, dividends, TP, SAF-T, e-invoicing
Lead challenges for operational improvements with medium to high impact & complexity
Support Ad Hoc projects as needed (ex. One Source, ERP, automation etc.)
Requirements
Bachelor degree
Specialized Diploma – Chartered Accountant
5 – 8 years relevant job knowledge
Expertise in US GAAP/IFRS and SOX
Experience with VAT, Statutory Audit and Government Reporting
Experience with SAP S/4HANA, OneSource, Workiva, OneStream, and BlackLine, preferred
Excel proficiency required
Experience with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace tools, preferred
Diligent, strong analytical skills
Independence in preparing management reports for target audience
Demonstrated ability to multitask and meet deadlines within a fast-paced environment
Accountability and Trust. Unquestionable integrity and ethics
Expertise in preparing for and participating in meetings with collaborators across global teams, managing expectations of others by setting realistic objectives and deadlines, escalation paths
Independence in reviewing the work of others and improving operational processes through standardization or automation
Strong personal initiative, enthusiasm, results orientation, and resourcefulness
Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively within cross-functional teams and resolve issues
Apply today
If you meet the minimum requirements and are interested in applying for this position, please send your details to careers@key-talents.com with “Lead RTR Accountant”, in the subject line.