KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides overall project management functions for key financial / accounting related projects
- Provides hands-on support to LKQ Europe as well as Subsidiary accounting / reporting teams to drive critical projects to completion
- Provides guidance and recommendation to project teams to assist in scoping, defining goals of projects
- Provides clear reporting to senior financial management regarding status of projects, resource needs, issues requiring resolution, or potential bottlenecks that can slow project completion
- Provide assistance in any new policy implementation projects involving Accounting / Reporting
- Provide oversight of cross functional teams to complete projects
KEY DECISION RIGHTS
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Project planning and tracking
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Project reporting
ESSENTIAL ROLE DUTIES:
- Provide active, day-to-day management of cross-functional project teams focused on improving LKQ European financial reporting processes and controls, streamlining financial operations, or ensuring compliance with accounting standards or internal control guidance
- Provide regular updates to senior financial management on project status
- Coordinate work of individuals from LKQ European Accounting / FP&A or Risk and Internal control teams, as well as Subsidiary accounting teams to meet project deadlines
- Liaises with Corporate Accounting teams in Chicago to ensure any group reporting instructions and requirements are timely cascaded and implemented within Europe regional reporting processes.
- Support the Director of Accounting Operations, and the VP & Controller LKQ Europe in identifying local accounting, legal and regulatory issues and their impact on the business, and advising the relevant parties of any process changes required
- Secures financial data and reporting integrity
- Interacts and aligns with external auditors and other external specialists
- Assist statutory, group and internal audit teams with significant accounting-related audit queries
- Support the Director of Accounting Operations and the VP & Controller LKQ Europe in ensuring that group accounting policies are correctly applied in regions.
KEY INTERFACES:
- Director of Accounting Operations LKQ Europe
- VP & Controller LKQ Europe
- Global Accounting Team
- Risk & Control Europe
- Regional A&IC
- Regional CFOs
- Regional External Auditors
KEY QUALIFICATIONS:
- University degree in Finance or Accounting
- Minimum of 4 years experience in Finance, specifically related to accounting, FP&A, statutory reporting and internal control
- US GAAP accounting knowledge is advantageous
- Experience in Project Management
- Excellent knowledge of the English language
- Excellent communicative skills at all levels in the organization and strategic and analytical thinking