Finance and Accounting Manager (Austin, USA)

Our client is an international Energy and Utilities company, they are currently seeking a Finance and Accounting Manager in Austin.

Role Purpose

The Finance and Accounting Manager has responsibilities for annual budget set-up, managing all accounting and finance operations, liquidity management, ensuring tax compliance, and producing financial reports and insights to support management decisions.

The successful candidate will be a business partner in providing critical input, forecasting the future performance of all assets, and proposing mitigation plans in case of deviations from the budget.

Responsibilities:

• Control accounting operation and monthly financial closing with accuracy and timely schedule.
• Oversee and control the company’s cash management, liquidity planning and financing/credit facilities compliance.
• Act and manage the F&A team to comply with the DOA (Delegation of Authority) of the company and all related policies and procedures.
• Control the accounting and finance activities to ensure smooth day-to-day transactions, fixed assets control, and reporting, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of all records.
• Set up accounting and finance workflow processes and approval to comply with good governance and internal controls.
• Prepare monthly consolidation financial report (actual) and updated consolidation outlook (forecasting performance) with comprehensive insights and analysis performance and collaborated with related departments/JVs to develop and propose mitigation plans to improve the company group’s NPAT outlook when required or deemed necessary.
• Responsible for planning and collaborating with related departments/JVs for timely preparation and submission of company group budgeting, financial reporting (actual and outlook), and analysis per corporate requirements.
• Responsible for ensuring proper group books and records, tax filing of returns, and completion of company audited reports (If applicable).
• Consult the company’s FP&A of corporate funding policies and practices to ensure optimal capital structure; align financing structure with the local financial market landscape and the company’s corporate requirements.
• Oversee for the company to timely submit monthly management reports to Asset and Liability Management per the company’s corporate requirements.
• Ensure all staff are developed, and their career paths are handled appropriately.
• Well-manage ad-hoc assignments if required by a superior.

Qualifications:

• 7-10 years in a similar F&A role
• CPA Qualified with a related Accounting Degree
• IFRS understanding
• Experience of working for an International company
• Timezone flexibility