Job Description
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Job Description:
The BPP Supervisor for Europe and ISMEA will report to the Global BPP Manager.
The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting with the management activities within the BPP Tower in the Dublin Global Accounting Center and supporting the Business Process Owner (BPO). The BPO is a third-party service provider completing transactional accounting work on behalf of UPS.
Job Duties:
- Manage and oversee work of the BPP Tower specialists
- Overall BPO governance
- Review and approval of BPO activities such as journal entries and reconciliations
- Oversee smooth running of high quality and timely month end close
- Ensure compliance with Service Level Agreements and Operating Level Agreements
- Support process management and improvement
- Support migration of record-to-report (RTR) work to the BPO
- Manage reporting and stakeholder communication
- Identification and resolution of risks in a timely manner
- Assess, understand and manage interdependencies between work streams
- Work collaboratively with Accounting Controls and Reporting, Strategic Decision Support and Country Finance functions to resolve issues
Qualified Candidates Will Have the Following Key Skills:
- Excellent communication, planning, organisational, and influencing skills
- High levels of energy and commitment to hitting deadlines
- Will actively seek out efficiencies and work with stakeholders to formulate and drive solutions
- Strong capacity to communicate actions, implications of data and drive action
- Ability to embrace and contribute to culture of process improvement
- Excellent team player and provide leadership to stakeholders
- Robust evaluation and critical thinking skills
- Ability to create an environment that encourages diversity of thought, perspective and an inclusive workplace
Personal Attributes:
- Results based with a focus on stakeholder partnership
- Motivation, ambition and tenacity
- Exceptional analytical skill set
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work on own initiative
Knowledge Requirements:
Required:
- Minimum of 3-5 years of finance and accounting experience
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in finance, accounting or business
- Detailed knowledge of accounting processes
- Excellent Microsoft Office Skills (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Preferred:
- Qualified in a professional accounting qualification preferred (ACA/ACCA/CPA/CIMA – MASTERS LEVEL Professional Qualifications).
- US GAAP experience/shared service environment
- Previous experience working with an outsourced accounting function
Employee Type:
Permanent
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