Associate Director Holdings Controller

at  BristolMyers Squibb

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Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or a related field
• Minimum of 10 years relevant experience,
• Strong experience in Holdings and consolidation
• Strong accounting background, local accounting and US GAAP, local statutory accounting, tax reporting and local market reporting.
• Good understanding of tax income tax as well as VAT and local tax matters.
• Good understanding of administrative processes and internal controls.
• Highest level of integrity, work ethic and financial stewardship
• Have the ability and flexibility to adjust plan to a changing environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills, confidence in dealing with diverse people at all levels both locally, regionally and globally.
• Ability to develop strong working relationships with internal & external partners and to energize people working around him/her.
• Ability to negotiate and influence others including external partners to achieve the best financial results for the organization.
• Proactive approach, able to work on own initiative and without close supervision.
• Systematic, methodical approach with high level of attention to detail and accuracy.
• Business and team orientation, confidence and decisiveness within the defined parameters of the position.
• Ability to act in a timely manner on facts or information, considering both current and future implications of decisions.
• Thorough knowledge of SAP & Hyperion

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Finance Associate Director to lead our finance operations for all our Holdings entities in the Netherlands. As the Finance Associate Director, you will play a critical role in overseeing financial activities, providing strategic guidance, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. This is a senior leadership position that requires strong financial acumen, excellent leadership abilities, and a deep understanding of the Dutch financial landscape.
The Holdings Controller for Netherland leads Holdings operations and interactions with all related stakeholders. He/She is the main point of contact for all legal & finance administration activities for all Holdings legal entities in scope. He/She plays a key role in the Holding management from governance, advisory and accounting point of view. He/She oversees accounting, tax and for the LE’s in scope, supporting the Executive Director Statutory reporting and LE COE in Financial stewardship & Financial controls. He/She monitors operations performed by the COE’s and delivery centers and ensure services meets the agreed service levels. He/She leads and monitors overall market reporting and define continuous improvement actions.
Responsibilities :

Financial Operations Management:

• Oversee day-to-day financial operations for all holdings entities in the Netherlands.
• Ensure the correctness of Holdings’ Accounting Treatment in line with Local and US Gaap principles.
• Ensure that all Holdings’ transactions are captured in the Corporate SAP system for reporting scope and management decision
• Collaborate with finance teams to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Monitor cash flow, manage working capital, and optimize financial resources.
• Implement and maintain robust financial controls and procedures.
• Guarantee appropriate execution of BMS financial processes with Center Of Excellence and Capability centers
• Manage, review and reconcile quarterly US Gaap to Statutory Gaap differences
• Be the key point of contact for the Holding management in collaboration with Corporate Tax & Treasury.
• Prepare periodically an Executive Summary of the Holdings’ status for Senior Leadership information and/or decision

Act a business partner:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including auditors, tax advisors, and regulatory bodies.
• Be the primary contact with the businesses for all activities of Holdings. Ensuring accuracy and integrity of financial statements
• Provide financial insights and guidance to senior management and other departments.
• Maintain a high standard of internal control that complies with Sarbanes Oxley, Corporate policies and procedures, GFS processes, and local requirements.
• Develop strong relationships with Financial staffs at all levels, with Global Finance staffs (in particular Corporate Tax, Corporate Financial Reporting & Technical Accounting, Corporate Treasury)
• Actively seek opportunities and readily embraces changes, which will provide increased productivity or delivers increasing levels of service.
• Support the executive director Statutory reporting and LE COE for ad hoc projects to support commercial activities and business process improvement.
• Prepare, review and validate the Statutory financial statement
• Be the point of contact for Holdings’ Audited and address all open points from Auditors
• Support Tax COE for Tax calculation of Holdings’s
• Liaise with tax and treasury department on financial flows and governance of holding structure
• Oversees, organize and control intercompany operations and transfer pricing.
• Be accountable for all Accounting & Reporting in-scope activities (Accounting, Reporting, Taxes, Intercompany) in close cooperation with the assistant controller in the European Capability Center
• Liaise with internal and external audits teams (statutory audit, tax audit).
• Provide Technical Accounting expertise

Compliance and Risk Management:

• Ensure compliance with local financial regulations, accounting standards, and tax requirements for all Legal Entities, audited and non audited.
• Identify and mitigate financial risks, implementing appropriate controls and procedures.
• Stay updated on changes in financial regulations and proactively adapt the company’s financial practices.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or a related field
• Minimum of 10 years relevant experience,
• Strong experience in Holdings and consolidation
• Strong accounting background, local accounting and US GAAP, local statutory accounting, tax reporting and local market reporting.
• Good understanding of tax income tax as well as VAT and local tax matters.
• Good understanding of administrative processes and internal controls.
• Highest level of integrity, work ethic and financial stewardship
• Have the ability and flexibility to adjust plan to a changing environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills, confidence in dealing with diverse people at all levels both locally, regionally and globally.
• Ability to develop strong working relationships with internal & external partners and to energize people working around him/her.
• Ability to negotiate and influence others including external partners to achieve the best financial results for the organization.
• Proactive approach, able to work on own initiative and without close supervision.
• Systematic, methodical approach with high level of attention to detail and accuracy.
• Business and team orientation, confidence and decisiveness within the defined parameters of the position.
• Ability to act in a timely manner on facts or information, considering both current and future implications of decisions.
• Thorough knowledge of SAP & Hyperion.

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