Wolters Kluwer is a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services for the health, tax & accounting, governance, risk & compliance, and legal & regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands. The Company serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 19,000 people worldwide. Every day, our customers make critical decisions to help save lives, improve the way they do business, and build better judicial and regulatory systems. We help them get it right!

The Associate Director of Accounting is an integral member of the Wolters Kluwer Financial Shared Services (FSS) leadership team responsible for managing transactional F&A activities based in Romania. You will have ownership of delivering harmonized high-quality services in an optimized control environment. This position will ensure overall compliance with Wolters Kluwer policies and procedures, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), local statutory financial reporting, accounting and tax requirements. The ideal candidate must possess exceptional analytical acumen, excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate and influence in a matrixed organization.

Responsibilities:

Ensure the timely and accurate recording and reporting of financial statement information on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis including confirming financial accounts are reconciled and outstanding issues resolved on a timely basis

Ensure billing and cash collection processes are functioning properly, and liaise with business representatives for solving issues

Partner with stakeholders to address requests for accounting policy interpretation and/or provide guidance from an accounting perspective with a specific focus on ensuring the accuracy of all related accounting transactions and the appropriate reporting

Establish and maintain a rigorous financial control environment ensuring compliance with internal financial policies

Identify, document and implement process improvements to ensure sustainable controls are embedded in each financial process to reduce risk and improve standardization

Ensure complete and updated process documentation is centrally maintained and that adequate cross-training exists to provide seamless back-up support during individual absences

Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to support internal and external audits

Ensure statutory compliance for applicable legal entities and business units. This includes maintaining relationships with regional authorities to ensure understanding of Romania statutory requirements

Manage, coach and develop a team of professionals

Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

Education: Bachelor Degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics

10 years of progressive experience in accounting or financial management

Highly desirable:

Experience in FP&A, treasury, audit or operations

Outsourcing experience from both customer and/or service provider perspective(s)

Knowledge of SAP and Blackline (Preferred)

Other Knowledge, Skills, Abilities or Certifications:

Highly organized and detail oriented

Ability to work collaboratively with the capacity to respectfully challenge others when necessary

Willingness to pursue, assess and resolve challenges analytically and creatively

Aptitude for sound decision making to achieve goals, overcome obstacles and meet tight deadlines

Eagerness to embrace and lead change

Ability to gain cooperation from others to deliver targeted goals and objectives

Advanced skills in Microsoft Office - Excel, Word and PowerPoint