ACCOUNTING MANAGER

Business Area: Procure to Record

Job Summary:

The role ensures the smooth daily operations of various processes that contribute to the delivery of the services responsible for the integrity of Financial Statement’s General Ledger accounts related to Cash, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable for all Lexmark entities within the scope of the team. Promotes worldwide alignment on processes and reporting.

Drive Continuous Improvement in the team through improving metrics and finding ways to make the company more productive and cost effective. Provides effective methods in its business operations along with improvements to each function as well as coordination and communication between support and business functions.

The role will require financial, project and people management skills in accordance with company policies and procedures for optimum performance and guides employee career development.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Work environment – provides a work environment that engenders positive energy, creativity and teamwork amongst employees, ensuring safety in the workplace.
  • Institute rules – manage employees in accordance with company rules and procedures. Establishes departmental rules and procedures and creates work schedules that ensure achievement of departmental key objectives.
  • Performance management – executes performance management process in accordance with Lexmark and department policies. Develops organizational capability looking at structure and competency of staff.
  • Operational effectiveness – manages daily operations to ensure quality output up to the company's standards. Plans, manages and maintains systems and procedures for operating effectively and with efficiency. Ensures the integrity of General Ledger accounts related to Cash, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable through:
    • compliance to Global Policies and Procedures, and Corporate Accounting Policies
    • adherence to internal control procedures
    • conduct of balance sheet reconciliation reviews
    • conduct of regular team meetings and huddles
  • Problem Solving – comprehends and carries out instructions furnished in written or oral form. Systematically resolves open issues, determines the root causes of business concerns and provides proposals on how to address the concern in a timely and effective manner. Correlates inter-related business drivers from various aspects of the balance sheet and its corresponding profit & loss impact.
  • Organizational leadership – conducts continual analysis and evaluation of strategic information. Plays a significant role in long-term planning, including an initiative geared toward operational excellence.
  • Communication – facilitates internal and interdepartmental communication. Provides meaningful reporting to senior management in a timely and effective manner.
  • Financial management – manages the department’s budget according to established budget controls.
  • Recruiter - responsible for hiring, training and coaching employees.

Competencies, Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:

  • Commitment to Continuous Learning – Taking actions to improve personal and professional skills, knowledge and abilities, may require self-directed, self-paced learning or ensuring that he is always at the leading edge of field.
  • Conceptual Thinking – Ability to identify patterns or connections between situations that are not obviously related, and to identify key or underlying issues in complex situations. It includes using creative, conceptual or inductive reasoning.
  • Customer/Stakeholder Focus – Focus on discovering and meeting customer/stakeholder needs.
  • Developing Others – Fostering the long-term learning or development of others.
  • Initiative / Proactivity – Take independent action or proactively create opportunities to resolve or prevent problems in keeping with role.

Continuation...

  • Leadership – Taking a role as leader of a team or other group. Leadership is often, but not always, shown from a position of formal authority.
  • Strategic Business Sense – The ability to understand the business implications of decisions and the ability to strive to improve organizational performance. It requires an awareness of business issues, processes and outcomes as they impact the organization and the customer.
  • Teamwork and Cooperation – Working co-operatively with others, being part of a team, working together, as opposed to working separately or competitively.
  • Project Management – The ability to plan and organize resources to deliver required objectives in a defined situation.
  • Accounting System / Computer Application Skills - Intermediate knowledge in any accounting system programs and applications, especially SAP. Reporting capabilities are expected. Intermediate knowledge in MS Office applications, especially MS Excel (Excel Formulas, Pivot tables, etc.)

Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Banking or Finance (preferably CPA, Masters)
  • Minimum of 2 years of external or internal Accounting Supervisory and or Managerial experience within a Shared Service environment

You may send your application to recruitment@lexmark.com.

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