Job Title
Statutory Accounting Manager
Job Description Summary
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
Team Leadership, Hands-On Support & Stakeholder Management
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of 13 statutory professionals across Budapest and Manila, supported by 2 supervisors/team leads.
• Foster a high-performance, collaborative culture focused on accountability, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Act as a hands-on manager by providing subject matter expertise, technical advisory, and stepping in to support or execute tasks during peak periods, absences, or complex situations.
• Review key deliverables, processes, and critical accounting judgments to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, including Country Controllers, auditors, tax teams, and EMEA finance leadership across multiple countries.
• Oversee workload allocation, prioritization, and coordination of statutory deliverables and audit timelines.
• Lead transitions of statutory activities from local controllers or external providers into the COE.
Statutory Reporting & Local GAAP Compliance
Oversee and ensure high-quality delivery of statutory reporting across multiple EMEA entities:
• Review group trial balances post-close and validate statutory reporting inputs.
• Oversee and review GAAP-to-Statutory reconciliations, including local GAAP adjustments and reclassifications.
• Review preparation of statutory financial statements and disclosures prior to Country Controller approval.
• Ensure compliance with local accounting standards, filing requirements, and deadlines across jurisdictions.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance on complex statutory and accounting matters.
• Support administrative statutory compliance tasks, including filings and legal documentation.
• Collaborate with tax teams or external advisors by providing accurate statutory financial data.
Audit Management & External Stakeholder Coordination
• Act as the primary point of contact for external auditors across EMEA entities.
• Manage the full statutory audit lifecycle, including planning, coordination, and execution.
• Review audit deliverables to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Coordinate and streamline auditor requests while minimizing operational disruption.
• Provide expert input on complex audit issues and escalate when needed.
Process Excellence & Regional Initiatives
• Drive standardization, documentation, and harmonization of statutory processes within the COE.
• Develop and enhance SOPs, templates, and reporting frameworks.
• Identify and implement best practices across countries in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Support implementation of statutory tools, automation, and efficiency improvements.
• Contribute to regional initiatives such as legal entity rationalization, reorganizations, tax audits, and finance transformation projects.
• Continuously review and improve processes to enhance efficiency, scalability, and control environment.
Cushman & Wakefield is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic. Cushman & Wakefield is committed to equity in employment, and our goal is to have a diverse, inclusive and barrier-free workplace. If you are a person with a disability and need any other accessible accommodations during the hiring process, you are invited to bring this to the Talent Acquisition Advisor’s attention once they have made contact.
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