General Ledger Accounting Supervisor - Non GAC

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Job Description:

UPS – Global Accounting Center (GAC) – Non GAC (Supervisor)

The Non GAC Team Supervisor will report to the Region Migrations / Non-GAC Manager. 

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing oversight of activities carried out within the local accounting functions and enforcing GAC (Global Accounting Center) quality standards with regards to record-to-report (R2R) processes, including governance, and General Ledger management. They will also support any future migrations to the GAC sites and accounting support for any new acquisitions.

The candidate for this role will have excellent communication skills, knowledge of end-to-end RTR processes and will have experience leading and collaborating across global teams.

Job duties:

Manage and oversee work of the Non GAC Specialist

Coaching and development of Non GAC Specialist

Collaborate with local accounting teams for activates not covered by the GAC (non-GAC activity) to ensure timely completion of month end close activities is timely and

Enforce overall balance sheet quality standards

Liaise between UPS stakeholders and Non-GAC locations to fulfil information requests

Communicate and verify compliance with UPS Accounting Policies and Procedures

Support process management and improvement

Identification and resolution of risks in a timely manner

Assess, understand and manage interdependencies between work streams

Work collaboratively with Business Process Partner (BPP) Tower, Strategic Decision Support, Country Finance functions, and external Auditors to resolve issues

Support all Corporate and Region initiated accounting projects for Non-GAC locations

Support the coordination of future migrations into the GAC and the BPP

Work with cross functional teams and special project teams to support accounting processes for new acquisitions as required.

Qualified candidates will have the following Key Skills:

• Excellent communication, organisational, and influencing skills
• Accurate in all deliverables
• 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
• The employee is expected to embrace and contribute to culture of process improvement
• Must be an excellent team player and provide leadership to project stakeholders
• Individual and team contributor, responsible for their own & others work within their functional area
• Perform other reasonably related duties, analysis and special projects as assigned
• Robust evaluation and critical thinking skills.
• Stakeholder Management experience
• Creates an environment that encourages diversity of thought, perspective and approach to create an inclusive workplace

Personal Attributes

• Results based with a focus on stakeholder partnership
• Motivation, ambition and tenacity
• Problem Solving skills
• Exceptional analytical skill set
• Attention to detail
• Strong planning and organisational skills
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Self starter
• Maintains confidentiality of information

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:

• Masters degree in finance, accounting or business analytics with minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar role

● Lean Six Sigma/Project Management qualification

Employee Type:
 

Permanent

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