Regional Head of Accounting

Euronet Worldwide is an industry leader in processing secure electronic financial transactions. The Company offers payment and transaction processing solutions to financial institutions, retailers, service providers and individual consumers. These services include comprehensive ATM, POS and card outsourcing services, card issuing and merchant acquiring services, software solutions, consumer money transfer and bill payment services, and electronic distribution for prepaid mobile phone time and other prepaid products.

We are currently looking for a Regional Head of Accounting based in our European Operations Centre in Budapest.

Daily tasks and responsibilities:

• Supervise the full bookkeeping of the branches/legal entities in the regions supported
• Coordinate monthly, quarterly and annual closing, ensuring books are closed in good quality and meeting deadlines
• Manage ongoing reconciliations of all Balance Sheet Accounts (Intercompany, subledgers, banks, accruals, prepayments, etc.)
• Responsible for finance and accounting operations and perform complex accounting
• Responsible for preparation of statutory annual financial statements
• Work with internal and external auditors
• Develop and maintain internal controls; promote accounting excellence, create and maintain local policies
• Supervise and manage the accounting team members
• Engage in collaboration with the business and stakeholders to develop a professional relationship
• Identify, evaluate and bring financial process improvement and process automation
• Drive consistency across the different accounting country teams

General requirements:

• At least 10 years senior accounting experience
• University/College degree in finance
• People management experience
• Advanced Excel knowledge
• German GAAP experience
• Statutory experience
• Audit firm experience or regional/corporate experience (multicountry)
• Excellent written and verbal English and German
• Analytical skills and a proactive personality
• Good communication skills and willingness to learn

Competencies:

• Hard-working and can-do attitude
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Attention to detail