Assistant Country Controller

MMC Assistant Country Controller

This is a key leadership role with focus on leading, managing and coordinating a team of professionals to ensure excellence in outcomes of both technical and operational delivery. This is also a highly visible role accountable and ultimately responsible for quality and accuracy of the financials, all related accounting decisions, integrity of internal control compliance, timeliness and quality of all routine submissions including statutory filings and internal & external audits.
In Addition, You Can Look Forward To

**Leading People and Demonstrating Executive Presence**
- Responsible and accountable for all financial accounting activities in the country including general accounting, financial reporting and financial systems interface.
- Responsible for the stakeholder support model and to ensure high service quality and satisfaction, and is able to navigate and manage the size and complexity of the various operating companies and the regional office.
- Articulates and sets a clear vision for their country that generates a strong sense of ‘one-team’ in support of delivering Controllership Global and Regional Goals and Objectives.
- Provides strong, highly engaged and proactive management of country controllership team.

**Stakeholders’ Management**
- Articulates a clear stakeholder support model designed to maintain Controllership credibility by delivering high quality support while maintaining Controller independence.
- Sets clear targets that take account of differing priorities of stakeholders and holds Country Controllership Team accountable for the quality of support and overall stakeholder satisfaction.
- Builds relationships with all country level stakeholders, checks-in periodically and intervenes decisively when required. Able to articulate the current state of relationships to senior management.
- Builds strong understanding of the business of corporate stakeholders including an understanding of their Business operations, their priorities, risks and challenges.

**Operations**
- Delivers country level day-to-day operations that ensures on time and high quality delivery of wide-ranging areas of activity.
- Accountable for the basics including the control environment, the trial balance, all accounting decisions and the quality of commentary, analysis and reporting; as well as the robustness of and compliance with the control environment.
- Delivers high quality interactions with SOX function, Internal Audit and External Audit through high quality first-time-round deliverables while responding and resolving queries in a timely manner.
- Proactively identifies, owns and resolves risks and issues and informs or escalates to management when appropriate.

**We are seeking for a highly motivated leader who have excellent interpersonal skills; strong oral and written communication skills.**
In Addition You Should Possess
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics or the equivalent is required. MBA or CPA preferred.
- 13+ years’ experience in all phases of the controllership process, 5+ years supervisory experience
- Strong experience in overseeing financial information for the country functions and infrastructure including firm wide initiatives.
- Ability to lead and drive changes within a transforming and matrixed organization; streamlines and standardizes financial activities and procedures to improve efficiency.