Global Financial Reporting Governance Expert

Role Overview

• Own and continuously enhance the global financial reporting governance framework.
• Accountable for solid financial reporting and escalation process and guidelines.
• Govern and oversee the global financial close process, ensuring compliance, consistency, and timeliness.
• Improve and streamline the closing process across entities, driving standardization and simplification.
• Accelerate the closing timetable through process redesign, stakeholder alignment, and performance tracking.
• Lead change management initiatives related to period-end and year-end close processes.
• Develop and operate a robust data quality framework over financial reporting.
• Monitor adherence to submission timelines and reporting quality standards.
• Implement and operate a formal reporting assurance process to ensure integrity and consistency of financial data used for consolidation and external reporting.
• Establish clear escalation protocols for reporting issues, control failures, and late submissions.
• Design and maintain a fit-for-purpose internal control framework over financial reporting.
• Identify key risks in reporting and closing processes and ensure mitigating controls are in place.
• Analyse root cause for deficiencies, proactively look for areas where processes should be enhanced and or where the control design can be improved and automated.
• Establish governance and control over changes in Master data, Group accounting instructions and policies, and Consolidation and reporting systems.
• Provide governance and oversight over financial reporting transformation initiatives.
• Drive rationalization and optimization of reporting systems and processes.
• Act as a key liaison between Group Finance, regional teams, internal audit, and external auditors.
• Provide insights to senior leadership on reporting quality, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Develop and deliver global training on closing processes, controls.

Requirements

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• Fluent english and native hungarian
• 8–12+ years in financial reporting governance roles
• Proven experience in multinational environments with complex structures
• Experience in financial close optimization or finance transformation programs
• Deep understanding of group close processes
• Experience with ERP and consolidation systems

Tech Stack

• ERP

Benefits

• Extensive benefits package (cafeteria, stock program, private life insurance)
• Home office opportunity (2 days /week)
• Flexible working hours
• Training and development opportunities
• In-house medical services and Medicover service
• Various sports opportunities (gym, swimming pool, AYCM)
• Challenging, responsible professional work
• Long-term employment
• Innovative and secure workplace