Director – EMEA Accounting & Reporting

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Title: Director – EMEA Accounting & Reporting

Business Unit: Corporate Accounting

Location: London, UK

Barings is a leading global financial services firm dedicated to meeting the evolving investment and capital needs of our clients and customers. Through active asset management and direct origination, we provide innovative solutions and access to differentiated opportunities across public and private capital markets. A subsidiary of MassMutual, Barings maintains a strong global presence with business and investment professionals located across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

Job Summary

This position will play a key role in the company’s CFO group. The Director of EMEA Accounting & Reporting will oversee the internal accounting and external reporting across Barings Europe and Middle East operations.

The role will report to the Head of European Accounting and will lead a team of four. This will be a highly visible role that will work closely with various teams including the European CFO, European Senior Leadership as well as Corporate Treasury, Accounts Payable, Revenue, Payroll and Tax teams.

The Director of EMEA Accounting & Reporting will run the monthly close process and will oversee all regulatory and statutory reporting.

This position will be located in London, UK. 

Primary Responsibilities

• Oversee all accounting operations, including monthly close, consolidations and financial statement presentation for multiple UK legal entities
• Ensure compliance with UK GAAP reporting standards, including coordination of annual statutory audits and regulatory filings
• Implement policies and procedures to ensure compliance with European and global accounting standards, as well as the firm’s internal policies
• Develop and enhance robust internal control environment, ensuring adherence to corporate governance standards and audit requirements
• Liaise with external auditors, regulators and various internal stakeholders
• Foster a culture of accountability, accuracy and continuous improvement within the finance organization by supporting globalization initiatives
• Lead and/or assist with ad hoc projects

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA preferred
• 5 years of post-qualification experience in accounting and reporting roles with mix of public and private accounting preferred
• Experience with General Ledger/Close process required; prior management experience very strongly preferred
• Firm grasp of UK GAAP and financial statement preparation and review
• Experience in the financial services industry preferred
• Excellent analytical and excel skills
• Use of Workday Financials would be a strong advantage but not required
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to manage multiple deliverables while adhering to deadlines with focus on high quality results
• Comfortable in rapidly changing, high-sense-of-urgency working environment

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