Director, Finance Controllership, EMEA

Job Overview

Overseeing Balance Sheet (B/S) and Profit and Loss (P/L) of IQVIA Ltd (GB80) SAP side, largest Legal Entity outside United States, a GBP 1BN B/S and P/L.

Reporting into the EMEA Controller, the role has many cross functional dotted lines to Corp Treasury, Regional Tax Function, UK Statutory Accounting Function and Global Financial Shared Services.

The ideal candidate would be able to self-manage himself/herself while demonstrating expertise in working with global teams with different backgrounds and cultures. He/she will mainly initiate and/or support efforts to drive controllership, improve processes, support in cash repatriation, and perform operational accounting. The role will have ad-hoc projects such as to lead automation initiatives and pilot new technologies while also overseeing integrations and acquisitions & dispositions from an accounting standpoint.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for overseeing IQVIA Limited (GB80) Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Statement (SAP side) with assets and revenues over GBP 1BN and with over 200 General Ledger (GL) accounts on the B/S and P/L individually. There is no responsible person of this entity from a management perspective, hence this role is critical to have an end to end view and ensure robust controls including journal entry preparation/review, account reconciliations, flux analysis and follow ups and address corporate requirements. The role is also responsible for acquisition integration withing GB80 and associated accounting requirements bringing additional complexity.

• Ensures appropriate revenue recognition within GB80 for between 6k and 8k monthly deliverables across EMEA.

• Responsible for the monthly accounting of UK Payroll and employee benefits for 5 Legal Entities (LE) and 1,800 employees while complying with yearly accounting for UK Tax Charges (including HMRC Class 1A / 1B) Annual Incentive Plan (AIP), Service Incentive Plan (SIP), and restructuring activities as deemed necessary.

• Partnerships with Corporate Treasury and Local offices across 60 countries to drive quarterly cash repatriation results for EMEA which is critical for achieving IQVIA cash repatriation targets.

• Provide leadership and perform various activities for the annual external audit and work with UK Statutory Accounting Function on closing the audit in time with little to no financial impacts. Key contact for corporate external audit queries related to EMEA.

• Executes the mandatory annual tax review of GB80 B/S & P/L accounts for the Regional Tax Function which requires analysis of over 100 GL accounts where tagging of each transaction (which ranges from a few to thousands of lines per GL account) is required. This includes also connecting with different stakeholders globally and consolidating and presenting details in a meaningful way.

• Be a single point of contact for the various Profit Centres within GB80, directing processes and supporting operation accounting work including acquisition and disposition related accounting.

• Supporting EMEA Controller in activities ensuring internal controls compliance, performance of SOX (Sarbanes Oxley) controls and providing guidance on US GAAP, UK GAAP and IQVIA policies as required.

• Supports EMEA finance leadership team in other key activities such as Functional Reviews.

• Drive Operation Excellence agenda, leading projects to drive efficiencies and automations across EMEA.

• Supports EMEA controller with agenda to improve collaboration and timely resolution of issues with Global Financial Shared Services.

Education, Experience & Skills

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent) with minimum 10 years of progressively responsible experience in a finance function.

• Ability to handle confidential information with ease and employee data while maintaining professional behaviour.

• Extensive knowledge of both US (US GAAP) and International accounting standards (IFRS with UK GAAP), internal controls best practice and SOX compliance.

• Extensive background in Controllership while having an understanding of Financial Reporting and Analysis (FP&A).

• Knowledge of financial systems, including ERP applications and reporting suites such as SAP and Hyperion.

• Proven track record of results working with senior management in a consultative business approach.

• Experience in working in a matrix organisation.

• Sense of curiosity and be able to identify process improvements.

• Ability to influence outcomes.

• Ability to quickly learn new technologies as they become prevalent and widely implemented including decision making, time management, and task prioritization.

• Comfortable with ambiguity and can make quality decisions in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

• Excellent communication and analytical skills and proven ability to work with global finance teams.

• Ability to communicate with senior level management team and local finance executives.

• Ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

• Advanced excel proficiency required due to existing reporting needs.

• Prior management experience required.

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