About this role
Reporting & Location
The Team Lead SSC GL reports to the EMEA Record to Report Manager. The role is located in Beirut, Lebanon.
Mission
• As the SSC GL Team Lead, you will be responsible for overseeing the EMEA Shared Service Center General Ledger team located in Lebanon. You will play a pivotal role in transforming our financial operations, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring compliance with established policies and procedures while maintaining the deadlines. • You will assist the EMEA Record to Report Manager with ad hoc tasks with focus on digitalization, optimization and process improvements • You will work closely together with the SSC GL Team Lead based in Belgium. Main Accountabilities
Team leadership and development:
• Recruit, onboard and train qualified team members • Establish clear performance expectations & provide ongoing coaching • Foster a positive and collaborative work environment, encouraging teamwork and professional growth among team members, and sharing best practices and knowledge • Key expert in D365 in order to provide support to the team members in any system issues and to organize correct testing in Microsoft D365 F&O. Process Optimization
• Identify areas for automation that enhance process efficiency • Identify opportunities for process optimization, cost reduction and increased service quality • Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives, encouraging a culture of innovation and efficiency • Participate in different kind of projects (RPA, Onestream implementations, PowerApps/Power Automate, Set up PowerBI Dashboards), M&A integration and ERP migrations; Compliance And Risk Management
• Ensure compliance with relevant accounting principles, policies, and regulatory requirements in all RTR activities. • Collaborate with internal and external audit and finance teams to address any compliance or risk-related issues • Develop and implement controls to safeguard financial data and mitigate risks General Ledger
• Monitoring and report on the team’s KPI’s • Ensure accurate, consistent, standard and timely GL process execution, including – but not limited to –, follow-up & review of reconciliation activities for balance sheet accounts, follow-up & review of journals and calculations according to the AFEM, and execution of checks on the correctness of the postings and reconciliations. • Assist in the monthly analysis and review of the balance sheet and aged items. • Assist in the monthly closing checks to ensure proper presentation of the balance sheet • Perform all monthly activities within agreed deadlines. • Review financial data from newly acquired entities in preparation of the ERP migration. • Other occurring or necessary activities to improve the SSC process (including, for example, system changes).
Skills and qualifications:
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance/Accounting (strong knowledge of IFRS). • Minimum 2–3 years of experience in R2R or Shared Services. • Ownership, leadership and cross-functional collaboration • Leadership without authority • Conflict resolution and diplomacy • Coaching and mentoring • Strategic thinking and process awareness • Strong stakeholder management • Delivery of qualitative and reliable output; • Hands–on mentality with flexibility regarding job duties and scope of work • Enthusiasm