Job Description See below
Responsibilities Senior Accountant - Finance Project Management
Northville
Position Summary: This key position requires an experienced individual to manage projects involving the Shared Service Center for Finance and to be responsible for the management, monitoring, and testing requirements needed for SOX compliance.
Position Responsibilities: - Change management: creating and maintaining a good working relationship with the impacted sites
- Project management: ensuring all necessary tasks are listed, assigned and completed as committed
- Understanding and documenting local process to be migrated
- Assisting with and ensuring proper documentation is in place
- Identifying and helping to resolve any gaps between legacy processes at each site and the new, standard processes
- Coordinating and successfully migrating the "in scope" work from the sites into the NASSC on time and with limited or no issues
- Working with SSC management to facilitate and execute the Service Level Agreements with local site Management
- Producing a weekly SOX report for monitoring of gaps
- Providing updates on the closing of SOX gaps
- Working with the Internal Audit team to formulate processes to address gaps
Essential Skills and Experience: - Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/Finance or related discipline
- 6+ years of related experience
- Previous Project Management experience dealing with change management
- Previous experience working in a SOX environment
- Experienced and knowledgeable in SAP
- Experienced with Senior Management communication
- Strong analytical skills and excellent organization and planning skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills & excellent interpersonal, leadership and management skills
- Confident but personable self-starter - able to deliver results
- Proven knowledge of accounting, finance, controlling, cost analysis, and purchasing processes
Preferred Skills and experience:
- Experience in the automotive industry
- German and/or Spanish language skills
- Master's Degree (i.e. M.B.A.) or other professional certifications (i.e. C.M.A., C.P.A., P.M.P., etc.)
ZF North America, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. ZF North America, Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. ZF North America, Inc. expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of ZF North America, Inc. employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.
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