About this role
Job Title : Lead Accountant Department : Corporate, Accounting – Littlehampton, UK Reports To : Senior Manager, Finance About Advanced Energy Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (NYSE: AEIS), headquartered in Denver USA, enables design breakthroughs and drives growth for leading semiconductor and industrial customers. Our precision power and control technologies, along with our applications know-how, inspire close partnerships and innovation in thin-film and industrial manufacturing. We are proud of our rich heritage, award-winning technologies, and we value the talents and contributions of all Advanced Energy's employees worldwide.
Position Summary
- Based in the UK this position has ultimate accountability for all aspects of local GAAP and tax reporting / filling for the assigned European entities.
- People / Process Management Manage the periodic process delivering a timely and high quality product.
- Manage outsourced service providers, ensure the delivery is timely, to a high standard and within budget.
- Manage the outputs of internal support functions ensuring a timely and high quality delivery.
- Accounting Ensure the financial statements and analysis are accurate and completed in-line with Corporate’s timetable / guidelines (local GAAP).
- Complete quality, accurate and detailed balance sheet bridge reconciliations from US to local GAAP for review/ approval at least quarterly.
- Primary interface for external audits, ensuring compliance with AE’s global standards and policies.
- Manage the timely and efficient resolution of queries.
- Ensuring all statutory filings are accurate and timely.
- Review the filings prior to director approval to ensure they are of a standard ready for filing.
- Ensure all relevant statutory entries are posted in the GL timely.
- Support the Senior Manager / Manager(s): - Effective management of the audit to ensure the impact on others is minimised.
- Proactive management of any change impacting the accounting group.
- Education of the current tax rules and upcoming changes regularly.
- Being the Finance representative across all German sites when a physical presence is needed and travel is not possible / appropriate by the broader Finance team.
- Tax Ensuring all tax (e.g. VAT, Corporation tax etc.) filings are accurate and timely.
- Review the filings prior to director approval to ensure they are of a standard ready for filing / submission.
- Ensure all import / export, EC Sales and Intrastat reporting is kept current.
- Ensure the transfer pricing agreements are complete and reflected in the accounting.
- Monitor the tax position on vendor / customer invoices to ensure they are accurate.
- Support the VP / Director of Tax:- On global projects / initiatives.
- With the completion of the US / parent company tax return and associated activities.
- Other Enforce Corporate and local policies, procedures and controls (inc. full DoA compliance).
- Review / enhance systems as required to deliver quality and timely actual results.
- Lead the co-ordination of process alignment across Europe / the globe.
- Lead the continued development of a more efficient, effective, consistent and controlled European finance function.
- Support the Finance Director (Europe) and Corporate Finance team with initiatives as required.