GBS - Management Accounting Team Leader AMERICA's

Syensqo Job Grade : S17

Job Overview and Responsibilities

Syensqo is creating its internal Global Business Services (GBS) to cover Finance, Procurement and Human Resources activities.

We offer you to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment and to contribute to this group’s transformation.

Join us in one of our 3 service centers : Lisbon, Curitiba, and Bangkok, be part of this transformation journey from the start.

We are looking for someone proactive and experienced in Management Accounting to join our multicultural and diverse team.

As a Team Leader you will lead and develop a team of around 10 people responsible for the following activities for the Legal entities under your scope :

• Ensure data quality, deadlines and compliance regarding monthly closing operations, Inventory Accounts Reconciliation and Fixed Assets, in respect of the IFRS & Statutory regulation
• Act as a key partner with GBU controllers, as well as with the Accounting Platform
• Coordinate teams to ensure related data management, organizational changes and fixed asset management including IFRS16
• Support external auditors
• Lead initiatives to improve efficiency and automation by leveraging new technology to improve data quality and data consolidation

Key Responsibilities of a Team Leader

• Manage the department & staff
• Set priorities and / or plan work for a weekly or daily schedule
• Ensure that team output is in line with applicable delivery indicators, quality, deadlines, cost and work in line with group standards (e.g. Health and Safety)
• Organize and assess work of the team
• Act as an expert of the domain and coach people toward accountability in terms of deliverables
• Ensure team member development and career progression
• Inform, train, motivate, coach all team members to facilitate their growth
• Promote spirit of accountability, speak up to act as problem solver
• Ensure business continuity and backups are in place
• Ensure or perform training activities (ex : onboarding of new employees in the team)
• Deliver operational services
• Monitor KPIs and OPIs to ensure delivery of service in line with customer expectations
• Analyze structural issues and collaborate with Service Owner to fix them
• Ensure compliance with Group Internal Control, policies and audits, and perform the relevant checks
• Ensure work instructions / operating procedures are periodically updated
• Prepare and publish all reporting on time and with the required quality
• Find and implement quick fix solutions for problems or escalate issues
• Ensure appropriate follow-up by the team of all pending issues, identifying trends, recurrent issues and taking appropriate actions / contacts internally or externally to address root causes
• Ensure continuous improvement & innovation
• Proactively monitor Process KPIs and OPIs, analyze gaps to target performance and propose and lead performance improvement initiatives
• Promote innovation in the team, and import new ideas and solutions from internal & external contacts
• Collaboration across the organization and with Service Owner to maintain standardization cross fertilization, and improve automation
• Acquire and update knowledge about rules, and adapt process to business needs
• Maintain knowledge about process & tools, and about the Group policies and procedures
• Collect all input from Service Line Management to develop knowledge of the team
• Learn and share best practices in the team
• Stay updated about customer requirements / specificities and future needs of company and customer
• Create trusting partnership with stakeholders (internal or external)
• Be known and recognized by BSA stakeholders
• Take ownership and resolve escalation requests from stakeholders
• Create, maintain and be active in networking
• Initiate and maintain improved collaboration, across GBS / BSA organization, to accelerate improvement

Education and Experience

• Degree in Finance, economy or mathematics
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Controlling or Management accounting
• Experience in Team Management

Skills and behavioral competencies

• Proven people management experience
• Effective organizational skills and ability to navigate through different levels of the organization
• Strong Customer-focussed and ability to be agile
• High level of Communication skills
• SAP expertise in CO module and Fixed Assets
• Proactive with a high level of initiative
• Strong collaboration skills

Language skills

Excellent communication skills in English

Ability to speak the local language is a plus

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