Career Opportunities: Accounting Manager (54225)

Allianz Services is part of Allianz Group, one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers and has succeeded in becoming one individual business segment by combining various businesses from different parent companies. Allianz Services is running service delivery operations in Romania, India, Mauritius, and Morocco as well as is operating Consulting hubs in Germany, USA, Italy, France, and Singapore with almost 6000 colleagues globally.

Allianz Services Romania has a key role in the transformation of the Group by improving operations and creating a superior experience for customers, offering actuarial, financial, IT, HR and governance services. Our team counts over 1000 passionate professionals whose main assets are the expertise and top qualifications, combined with multilingual skills, ranging from English, German, French and Italian, to Portuguese, Spanish and Romanian.  

At Allianz Services Romania, we aim to attract best talents and create an inspiring environment for our people to develop, while unceasingly caring for our community and for shaping a better future together!

Job role

Accounting Manager - Local Finance Department

Reporting to Head of Finance Allianz Services Romania

The Accounting Manager will work as part of the team of accountants and will oversee all accounting and tax reporting activities, IFRS and statutory, and together with the Head of Finance ensures that Allianz Services keeps continuous focus on compliance, control and risk management, and meet the requirements of governmental and other regulatory bodies, as well as the internal guidelines on financial activities.

What you will do

• Oversee all accounting and tax reporting activities, ensuring accuracy and compliance;
• Manage month-end and year-end closing processes and deliver timely financial reports;
• Ensure correctness of monthly trial balance for both IFRS and statutory purposes;
• Compile/ verify statutory financial statements and tax returns to local authorities;
• Maintain the connection with the tax consultant as well as relevant local tax authorities;
• Support the preparation of the management and group reports, including month-end closing and other financial reports;
• Manages the monthly/quarterly/annual deliveries in terms of Statutory Reporting, Group reporting, Tax reporting, Transfer Pricing, Statistical Reporting;
• Coordinate annual inventory procedures and other high-impact activities;
• Keep up-to-date with relevant legislation and ensure that all relevant legislation is implemented;
• Provide fiscal advice supporting business activities;
• Ensures proper documentation is in place, in line with local accounting and tax legislation;
• Recommend policies and controlling procedures and be responsible for the update of the internal policies with impact on accounting area;
• Ensure internal control procedures are in place and effectively implemented;
• Oversee daily operations of the accounting team for accuracy and efficiency, work together with the team;
• Provide technical expertise and advice on accounting issues to the team;
• Lead the accounting team, currently responsible for GL accounting, AP, AR, Tax and employee reimbursement activities;
• Train, coach, and supervise accounting staff and contribute to their professional development;
• Work in close collaboration with Central Accounting department as well as the other support functions and operations, to provide support for business requirements and in order to ensure compliance with accounting and tax standards;
• Contribute to process improvement and automation in the accounting department;

What you bring

• 5-8 years of relevant work experience in ensuring accounting and tax compliance, preferably in a multinational environment;
• Prior supervisory experience- accounting/finance;
• University degree in accounting/business/finance/economics
• Fluent English written and spoken
• Strong knowledge of Romanian Accounting Standards and tax legislation; IFRS is an advantage;
• ACCA/ CECCAR is an advantage;
• Computer skills, MS Office - Word, Excel, Power Point
• Accounting software proficiency (SAP is preferred), and data analytics tools

You have

• Willingness to learn and grow through additional, increasingly complex responsibilities
• The ability to work independently as well as part of the team
• Attention to detail and problem solving: must be highly analytical, detail-oriented and possess good problem-solving skills
• Time management skills: should be able to prioritize tasks and have good organizational skills to support the local accounting teams and fulfil own duties
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills.
• Customer oriented
• Accurate and reliable way of working