APAC Senior Manager – Statutory Audit

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APAC Senior Manager – Statutory Audit & Compliance provides leadership and oversight to the Asia Pacific regional Audit Center of Excellence. The role supports the organization in ensuring timely preparation of statutory financial statements, efficient execution of external or internal audit procedures, and timely reporting of audited financials and other regulatory requirements, external and internal audits. Main part of this role is coordinating the end-to-end audit process, providing expert guidance and driving closure of audit issues, identifying risk areas and control gaps and working with stakeholders (primarily Controllers) in addressing control or accounting issues. This requires demonstrated ability in preparation and review of Statutory financial statements (primarily IFRS), managing external audit engagements, understanding of financial reporting tools, and management-level communication skills.

Responsibilities    

• Oversee audit engagements across Asia Pacific region in collaboration with local statutory auditors, controlling teams, and service providers
• Review management accounts/trial balance and account schedules and workings to ensure quality of deliverables to FS preparers and auditors
• Monitor testing status and action plans, making updates to testing and related data as necessary
• Manage technical accounting issues and process or output issues and provide effective solutions
• Lead initiatives in improving FS preparation, accounts/schedules/workings design, and implementation of mechanisms or tools to improve overall process
• Lead compliance evaluation, audit and testing projects and act as a consultant to business partners
• Lead discussions with staff, leadership and auditees / clients to ensure timely receipt of required data and information
• Develop and maintain reporting dashboard to communicate audit results to leadership and, if applicable, regulatory agencies
• Reviews and assesses documentation to ensure adherence to standards
• Addresses specific compliance issues, ensuring escalation as appropriate
• Promote teamwork and maintain effective team dynamics
• Develop and maintain a diverse set of internal and external relationships during project engagements
• Serves as a key participant in cross-functional working teams and Finance / Accounting activity
• Provides oversight, training, and coaching to department associates, as needed
• Supports special projects within the Controllership function
• The job holder may be required to undertake additional duties, which may be reasonably expected and forms part of the function of the job

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of combined experience in accounting or APAC local tax and statutory compliance (minimum of 50% External Audit experience within Big 4)
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Business Administration
• Strong technical expertise around US GAAP/ IFRS and SOX or other internal control frameworks
• Experience in financial reporting, working knowledge in large ERP (preferably SAP)
• Data oriented approach and ability to deal with imperfect data/ambiguity
• Experience in leading cross-functional activities on executive level
• Experience in APAC local tax and statutory audit exposure is preferred
• Experience complying with U.S. SEC financial reporting requirements or large multi-national organizations is preferred

We would welcome

• Ability to lead management discussions, drive actions/results, and execute end-to-end audit process
• Ability to recognize accounting risks and apply technical accounting standards to a variety of unique transactions
• Willingness to challenge status quo and desire to improve efficiency by providing lean ideas, enforcing an environment with uncompromising controls and quality improvisation
• Highly organized and able to meet strict deadlines
• Possess effective oral and written communication skills, people management skills

About Us

Why should you join Diebold Nixdorf?

Brightest minds + technology and innovation + business transformation  The people of Diebold Nixdorf are 23,000+ teammates of diverse talents and expertise in more than 130 countries, harnessing future technologies to deliver personalized, secure consumer experiences that connect people to commerce. Our culture is fueled by our values of collaboration, decisiveness, urgency, willingness to change, and accountability.

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