Senior Financial Specialist LES CoE

What you will do

The Lead Legal Entity Stewardship (LES) EMEA is responsible for statutory compliance activities, including coordination with the business and GBS operations, with overall responsibility for the preparation of the country legal entities – individual and consolidated (if applicable) – financial statements.

The individual will also have the opportunity to be key in the implementation of a new system to Johnson Controls to streamline the bridge between US GAAP to local GAAP and produce consistent local GAAP financial statements.

Objective of function: The Financial Specialist supports the LES Manager, SME in the country and CoE Statutory Team. The primary responsibility of the Financial Specialist is to manage assigned agenda for French region and support preparation of the legal entities Statutory Financial Statements, coordinate the annual statutory compliance cycle, and identify process and compliance improvements. Key responsibilities include:

How you will do it

• Assist the LES Manager in the preparation of the legal entities statutory financial statements
• Support the preparation of the US GAAP vs. Local GAAP bridge and relevant adjustments
• Coordinate, drive and support the financial statements audit cycle
• Support the overall statutory accounting cycle
• Drive standardization and efficiency initiatives for the statutory compliance and reporting process
• Prepare and control account reconciliations related to Equity, Loans, Pension and other relevant non operative accounts which are in LES scope
• Prepare ad hoc legal entity financial and statistical reports

What we look for

Required

• Master's degree in Finance or Economics with focus on finance and/or accounting or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 2 year of experience in International Corporations (e.g. Big 4), preferably from Audit or Statutory accounting (preparation or review of financial statements)
• Fluent proficiency in English

Preferred

• Pursuing an MBA degree, CPA, ACCA/FCCA, FIA studies
• Computer competency and familiarity with a variety of application software (Power Bi, HFM, SharePoint); experience with SAP, Oracle or other ERP systems
• Experience in IFRS, USGAAP is a plus
• Team player

Salary compensation starting from 1700 EUR/month gross (plus a monthly bonus) based on relevant experience.

This salary is our minimum advertised salary. We value each and every employee who joins Johnson Controls, therefore insuring our compensation package aligns with your professional qualifications and competencies to the open position you are selected for.

Our benefits

Besides working in an international environment, you will receive a regularly monthly bonus after your first six months, meal vouchers, a recreation allowance and retail discounts. Additionally, our flexible benefits program will allow you to customize benefits from a selection of 3500 products and service such as gym membership, medical cover, a multi-sports card plus many more.
Our onsite facilities at our Bratislava based office includes a fitness centre, canteen, nursery and coffee machines located on every floor.
If you are relocating to Bratislava to join Johnson Controls, you will be eligible to receive a housing allowance to help you setup your new life in Slovakia.