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Suntory Global Spirits · 6 hours ago

Corporate Accounting Manager

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$105K/yr - $110K/yr

5+ years exp

Suntory Global Spirits is a world leader in premium spirits, aspiring to become the World’s Most Admired Premium Spirits Company. The Corporate Accounting Manager will be responsible for global cash flow deliverables, managing technical accounting tasks, and overseeing a team while ensuring accurate reporting and compliance with various regulations.

ManufacturingRetailWine And Spirits

Responsibilities

Cash flow budgeting and forecasting

Responsible for delivery of consolidated mid-term plan, monthly budget, latest estimates (LE) and S&OP

Facilitate regional deliverables, including coordination with various corporate and regional teams, as well as review input templates utilized in gathering budget and forecast deliverables

Obtain regional assumptions of DSOs, DPOs and other inputs impacting cash flow outcome

Lead regional discussions with various controllership teams to understand cash flow forecast and budget methodology; maintains version control to explain change in budget for every iteration

Report actuals in management view (both regional and consolidated) on a monthly basis, including support in staff’s presentation on explanations obtained from Regional Controllers to highlight actual vs. budget variance

Responsible for completion of prior year comparable, including explanation of impact due to change in management foreign exchange rates and removal of non-recurring transactions

Report actuals in statutory view on a semi-annual basis, including explanation and commentary on current period vs. prior period changes

Review all rollforwards in support of cash flow preparation to ensure completeness and accuracy

Manage deliverables to parent company and ELT, such as Hyperion submission, board deck with explanations for balance sheet and cash flow flux on actual vs. budget performance

Drive process change to improve cash flow accuracy and efficiency

Serve as main point of contact for inquiries on cash flow from various stakeholders such as FP&A, parent company, and auditors, internal and external

Research and lead technical discussions around cash flow treatments of complex transactions

Manage workbooks of regional cash flow publication

Manager certain monthly close and corporate accounting tasks such as lease accounting and derivatives accounting

Prepare monthly and semi-annual schedules and reports to parent company

Support regional accounting teams in analysis and resolution of accounting issues related to monthly reporting process

Assist with audits of financial statements and semi-annual reporting package

Develop and maintain strong relationships with Regional Controllers and Global Business Services teams to ensure accurate and unified presentation of consolidated financial statements

Oversee staff preparation of monthly and quarterly financial workpapers

Provide guidance and issue resolution in monthly financial reporting

Support other ad hoc reporting requests such as preparation of financial statements for required government reports

Qualification

CPA designationInternational Financial Reporting StandardsSAPEPM reporting systemsPublic accounting experienceCompliance knowledgeLeadership experienceCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in accounting

Five plus years of working experience with public accounting and/or companies of similar size

Experience in a leadership role with demonstrated success in growing the accounting/ finance team in a rapid growth, fast-paced environment

Ability to work effectively with internal staff members, senior leadership, external partners, directors, tax and legal advisors

Working knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Knowledge of compliance with the requirements of Sarbanes Oxley, including identifying and documenting key controls and processes, assisting with remediation activities, and supporting related internal controls testing