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Controllership Manager
Honeywell
Bracknell, England, United Kingdom["Full time"]
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The Honeywell Country Controller is the owner of the financial accounting &
compliance for all allocated legal entities registered in the Country. The role
has end-to-end responsibility and oversight over US GAAP and statutory reporting
and ensures an environment of strong internal controls. The role closely
collaborates with the Regional and Global Finance Centres through management of
staff and/or outsourced service providers.
The Country Controller reports into the UKI Finance Leader and is an important
partner to the regional business, tax and treasury teams. Other key partners
include External and Internal Auditors, Corporate Finance and Functional
Management and SBG Finance.
The Country Controller manages a team of Country Finance Managers and Senior
Statutory Analysts based out of the COE in Bucharest.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Accounting & Controls
Us-GAAP
• Participate in monthly pre-close / close lock meetings with GFC & RFC and
ensure timely & qualitative close and reporting of books
• Provide/Review monthly supplemental schedules and statistical data.
• Review/approve trial balances / balance sheet accounts. Conduct flux
analyses.
• Review/approve complex, judgmental journals; define calculation method for
recurring, non-judgmental journals.
• Review country/region specific contracts and provide US GAAP compliant
revenue recognition accounting treatment.
• Liaise with Country Finance Leader, SBG controllers & commercial finance to
ensure overall revenue recognition compliance.
• Review/approve complex, high risk balance sheet account reconciliations.
• Conduct material, annual Balance Sheet reviews.
• Safeguard company assets in the region - review and approve fixed
assets/inventory counts.
• Conduct impairments reviews and assessments.
• Provide compliant accounting treatments for government grants, transfer
pricing and other technical accounting advice.
• Sign the Rep Letter for all defined set of Legal Entities.
• Drive and coordinate internal/external audit for all allocated Legal Entities
• Drive remediation of audit observations & ensure strong internal controls
environment.
• Leverage and Maximize GFC & RFC Support on all key deliverables. Reviews the
day to day performance of his matrixed & Remote teams in GFC/RFC.
• Owns and maintain the SOP (standard Operating Procedures) for the Country
activities.
• Drive and support Corporate Audits in the Country and support resolution of
Internal Controls CAPs
Statutory/Tax
• Own, Plan & Support the Statutory Accounting Process for all allocated
Entities. Ensure timely and accurate filing of all statutory financial
statements.
• Own US GAAP to IFRS conversion
• Framing disclosures under FRS 101 and 102
• Provide
additional information, approve & submit various regulatory reports.
• Provide
additional information, approve & submit Corporate Income Tax
returns.
• Provide
additional information, approve monthly consolidated tax packs.
• Provide
additional information, approve VAT Reports, WHT submissions.
• Co-ordinate and support, Tax Audits for all allocated legal entities within
the country.
• Business and Functional Partnership
• Partner and advice business on complex accounting issues. Support Mergers &
Acquisitions due diligence and integration planning.
• Partner with Tax on tax planning and restructuring projects. Monitor and
advise on robust indirect (VAT, Withholding Tax) and direct (Corporate Tax)
reporting / submissions to authorities.
• Partner with Treasury to safeguard and optimize free cash, investment of free
cash and to co-ordinate restructuring, acquisition funding, etc.
• Functional Transformation & HOS
• Deploy functional transformation strategy for all allocated Entities and
ensure alignment with the target operating model.
• Support the establishment of the global and regional finance center back
office.
• Support & Co-ordinate the controllership aspects of the site assessment for
all allocated Entities
• Review and Ensure successful deployment of transition /transformation
projects in the region.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Master with accounting and finance qualification with 7 or more years in
managing Legal Entity Compliance
• ACCA qualified
• Audit experience
• Familiar with the UK Companies Act 2006
• Significant exposure to IFRS 9, IFRS 16, IAS 19, IAS 38 at minimum.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do
not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual
orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable
accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to
perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of
employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Join a team recognized for leadership, innovation, and diversity.
Honeywell Technologies is a global, pure-play automation company with a legacy
of innovating to help solve the world’s most mission-critical challenges,
enhancing the quality of life for people and communities around the world. We
serve the building, industrial and process sectors with a broad portfolio of
services, solutions and products, underpinned by our Honeywell Technologies
Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Technologies Forge intelligence
layer. By combining the deep domain expertise of our more than 50,000 employees
with decades of data from our global installed base, we are uniquely positioned
to lead the industrial sector’s transition from automation to autonomy.