General Accounting Manager (AP_Payroll_Tax_Treasury)

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

To provide leadership and technical excellence and drive the development of the financial accounting function across Global Design (GECs and GSSC). Drive standardization, digitalization and automation across Global Design and increase GSSC utilization. Build a strong people first culture and strive for low voluntary attribution. 

Role accountabilities:

• Span of control – Cost Centre c.€70m 
• Lead the Accounts Payable and Payroll Functions across Global Design.  Lead Taxation, Audit and Treasury activities across Global Design. Work to a high level of professionalism, integrity and independence
• Act as a trusted Business Partner to all Business Units 
• Work to ensure a ‘no surprise’ culture
• Payroll.  Lead a team to ensure a consistent, well controlled, lean, digital, automated process is in place for payroll. HR lead this process but Finance have a responsibility to ensure a fit for purpose process is in place, to ensure compliance with tax legislation, to perform a review, to book accounting entries and to make the payment. 
• Payroll. Manage all payroll related processes and provide effective financial control and reporting transparency. 
• Accounts Payable.  Lead a team to ensure a consistent, well controlled, lean, digital, automated process is in place for Accounts Payable.  Ensure supplier payments are made on time and in a controlled manner. Ensure accurate costing of supplier invoices.
• Taxation. P&L and balance sheet reporting and control for all taxation (including payroll related) across Global Design. This includes Corporation tax, VAT, Transfer Pricing and Withholding tax. o    Work with In-Country Accountants to ensure local taxation requirements are met. Collaborate with Global Tax Specialists for their knowledge and to provide information.
  o    Project manage tax submissions and compliance. Ensure all parties are aware of the timing, information requirements and the communication channels with tax advisors / government tax departments. Ensure tax submissions run smoothly and on time and to quality with tracking and reporting of progress.
• Audit. Project manage financial audits and the statutory accounts process. Ensure all parties are aware of the timing, information requirements and the communication channels with auditors. Ensure a smooth audit that is delivered on time and to quality with tracking and reporting of progress. Along with In-Country Accountant, maintain a relationship with the local auditing firms in each location.
• Treasury. Ensure compliance with the Global Treasury Policies and input into the design of local policies and procedures. Ensure compliance with local treasury policies.
  • Areas of responsibility include cash flow forecasting, bank accounts/petty cash/credit card governance, cash reporting, foreign exchange control/efficiency, liquidity management, cash module management in Oracle

Qualifications & Experience:

• Significant professional experience (15 years or more) in finance.
• Experience of working in a medium/large organization in a manager role
• Excel & ERP to a high proficiency (data analytics skills preferred as well) 
• Good leadership and management skills
• Able to think and act in a proactive and independent manner
• Able to force decisions in contentious areas thereby ensuring timely closure
• Able to manage relationships and senior stakeholders
• Able to work to deadlines and adapt to changing conditions
• Excellent communication and stakeholder relationship building skills
• Strong planning and organizational skills
• Culturally adoptive
• Well-developed verbal and written English
• Adaptable in the face of new challenges 
• Demonstrates commitment to team success.
• Full accounting and/or controlling qualification

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. At Arcadis, you will have the opportunity to build the career that is right for you. Because each Arcadian has their own motivations, their own career goals. And, as a ‘people first’ business, it is why we will take the time to listen, to understand what you want from your time here, and provide the support you need to achieve your ambitions.