Job Description

Job Title

Senior Manager Technical Accounting & Oversight

The role provides a unique set of responsibilities as you provide your external reporting expertise to our many internal stakeholders.

Your role:

• Oversee and provide technical accounting support to Businesses and Functions for major transactions and key quarterly accounting topics;
• Reviewing external financial reporting - Philips Group financial statements and press releases;
• Monitor regulatory developments and assess Business impacts;
• Maintain and deploy the Philips Accounting Manual and other relevant guidance and directives which enable the Businesses and Functions;
• Drive simplification initiatives on accounting and reporting matters, including AI enabled tools and data analytics;
• Owning IFRS training content and delivering IFRS trainings to the finance community;
• Monitoring developments in accounting and auditing standards & projects and translating business impact for Philips.

You are the right fit if you have:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting or Finance;
• Certified Public Accountant (RA, CPA or equivalent);
• Minimum of 6 years working experience in finance and accounting, with an emphasis on auditing and financial reporting;
• Project leadership experience and process oriented. Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to multi-task;
• Strong knowledge and experience of application of IFRS. Ability to understand and explain complex accounting requirements;
• Experience and affinity with accounting systems (including SAP, BCS)
• Strong drive for AI enabled simplification;
• Experience with working in a fast paced, international environment;
• Good business acumen, excellent analytical and problem solving skills;
• Confident oral communicator with strong inter-personal and influencing skills, effective in dealing with people at all levels including ability to interact with senior management;
• Highly motivated and able to manage in a changing environment;
• Comfortable working in a team and independently, willing and able to take on responsibility.

How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.

About Philips
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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care here