Director, West Europe LEC Lead

In The Coca-Cola Company's Finance Hub, we are a world-class partner, providing tech-enabled, data-driven insights to our stakeholders, enabling business and operational decision-making. All core processes within the Finance Hub aim to drive improvement to overall shareholder value. As a team, we foster a culture of partnership, integrity, and accountability. The Global Record-to-Report Operations team, within the Finance Hub, is tasked with delivering the end-to-end operational accounting process and activities, uphold quality and gain efficiencies across finance functions.

We are hiring for a Director, West Europe LEC Lead, for the Company's West Europe Operations reporting to the Senior Director, Record to Report, Europe. This role will lead and develop a team of Legal Entity Controllers (LECs), Accounting Managers and Analysts responsible for managing the end-to-end US GAAP and Local GAAP financial reporting, Sustaibility reporting and tax compliance processes. The role is also responsible for leading partnership with internal and external stakeholders to ensure all deliverables and compliance obligations are met for these entities.

• Member of the Europe Record to Report team, leading Legal Entity Controllers and analysts responsible for managing the end-to-end US GAAP and Local GAAP financial reporting process, sustainibility reporting, and tax compliance for the geography, which includes support to Operating Unit/s and legal entities/companies incorporated into the company's consolidated financial statements filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on a quarterly frequency for quarter and full year results. Local country statutory filings are done typically annually for financial statements and typically monthly and/or as required for tax. This is a People leader role.

• Partners with Center Finance (primarily the Controller's Group, Corporate Treasury, and Corporate Tax), Region/Franchise, and Operating Unit (OU) teams to execute work driving business results and regulatory compliance. Collaborates with various Finance teams (i.e., Platform Services/Financial Hub, Controller's Group, Corporate Audit Department, Corporate Treasury, Corporate Tax) to ensure timeliness and accuracy of the company's accounting records, financial statements, and statutory (financial and tax) filings.

• Manages and collaborates with accounting operations teams at a Managed Services Provider in accordance with established governance protocols & procedures. Provides guidance to and oversees the activities and output of the Managed Services Provider team for the specific geography/process.

• Maintains data quality, ensuring compliance with standards and consistency of information output for financial reporting, tax compliance and business consumption in partnership with various teams and stakeholders.

• Supports a healthy internal control environment by executing activities in accordance with designed processes that address control risks as defined in the company's Risk and Control Matrix.

• Contributes to global initiatives that standardize and automate work across the networked organization, and supports changes to policies, procedures, and systems where they can alleviate constraints, risks, and issues.

• Specific role responsibilities include:

• Lead, engage and develop a team including Legal entity Controllers & Accounting manager. Continually develop the team, by providing challenging career opportunities while also providing coaching and mentoring.
• Support team in the delivery of compliance with US GAAP, Local GAAP, other local accounting regulations, sustainibility reporting and tax compliance. Supported by a Value Delivery team, provides guidance to and oversees the activities and output of a Managed Services Provider (MSP) team with associates performing Record-to-Report activities via an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system for a material portion of the company's operations impacting the external disclosure of the company's financial statements (i.e., Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, and Notes).
• Partner with Corporate functions, Operating Units and other Finance Hub team to ensure the relevant business support is provided by RTR.
• Manage the relationship and partnership with external stakeholders for Group and Statutory audits, and tax compliance.
• Reviews and approves the work of the MSP in accordance with established policies and procedures including following a threshold. Also ensures the MSP's compliance with agreed protocols and where deviations occur, institutes remediation actions.
• Responsible for maintaining RTR data quality, ensuring compliance with standards and consistency of information output for financial reporting and business consumption in partnership with various teams and stakeholders. The quality of actual financial information recorded in the company's books of accounts not only for statutory filings but also for operational business needs is a critical enabler to the growth agenda.

• 10-15 years of financial accounting/reporting and tax reporting/compliance experience in a multi-national company with a global footprint. Preferably experience in working with a Managed Services Provider across different cultures and time zones.
• Bachelor's degree in finance & accounting is required. Professional certifications (CPA/ACCA/Chartered Accountant) would be desired.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS/Local GAAP, Tax planning and Compliance.
• Strong understanding of SAP S/4 Hana and/or equivalent financial and tax reporting tools and systems.
• Relevant involvement in change projects and initiatives, with an operational excellence mindset.
• Critical thinking, business knowledge, and problem-solving skills working with multiple internal and stakeholders, internal and external auditors, third party vendors, understanding risk and urgency in the preparation and delivery of an appropriate response balanced against competing deliverables.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment, with ability to multi-task with proven follow-through and adherence to changing priorities and deadlines.
• Strong demonstration of business acumen, financial competency, English language fluency, global thinking, effective communication, systems proficiency, change adaptability, flexibility, being able to operate in ambiguous situations, business partnership and collaboration, and risk management.
• Strong Leadership skills, exhibiting Growth behaviors (Empowered, Curious, Inclusive and Agile).