What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounting & Reporting Business Partner position at Saint-Gobain North America?
What’s the job?
This role will serve as the primary business contact or Business Partner for several business units who are internal customers of the Shared Service Center (SSC).
What will you do?
- Business and SSC Liaison – The Business Partner acts as a vital link between Shared Service Center (SSC) capabilities and its business objectives. Advisor leverages their business, financial, and technical knowledge to peer lead cross-functional teams in the delivery of improved business outcomes.
- Customer Service – As liaisons between the business community, Service Provider and SSC solution groups, the Business Partner ensures that business challenges are properly articulated before a financial solution is designed and implemented. The Business Partner leverages their business and financial skills, participating in and leading peer groups to create solutions meeting complex product and process challenges. Engages with the Financial Directors (FD) of the Business Unit’s (Internal Customers) to ensure quality of service by establishing and complying with MSA and SOW; measure service performance with KPI’s; and communicate by chairing monthly customer meetings. Proactively seek opportunities to improve service delivery to their customers.
- Support month-end close – Support an accurate and timely monthly close is completed for several Internal Customers in accordance with a closing schedule and Saint-Gobain reporting deadlines. Responsible to maintain closing schedules and keep current. Review and approve journal entries emphasizing accuracy and control; manage complex intercompany relationships; and review multiple tax provisions for various general ledgers.
- Financial reporting - Support the preparation of a complex set of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports for several Internal customers, delivering accurate and timely results to the FD’s. Provide control lists of management reports and analyses to Service Provider.
- Account analysis and reconciliation – Review / approve balance sheet accounts reconciled by Service Provider ensuring balance sheet accounts are properly justified.; monitor and analyse general ledger activity for several Internal Customers.
- Business compliance internal controls – Within the Internal Controls Reference Framework (ICRF), review internal controls, assess compliance, and remediate compliance gaps working with Service Provider and SSC where necessary; improve accounting processes and internal controls with a focus on continuous improvement initiatives within the general accounting area and across the SSC as a whole. Collaborate with Service Provider to implement solutions
What do you bring?
- BS Business Administration/Accounting, Advanced Degree preferred.
- Professional certification (CPA, CMA) a plus.
- 10-12 years General Ledger experience required, familiarity with a complex international business preferred.
- Proven results with structured problem solving and continuous improvement, applying Process Excellence/Six Sigma are highly valued.
- Strong knowledge of and practical experience with internal controls. Solid technical accounting and financial reporting experience, particularly U.S. GAAP required. Experience with IFRS accounting principles a plus.
- Experience is working with and co-leading outsourced service provider in providing accounting services to internal business customers is a plus.
- Experience with integrated ERP and financial reporting systems required.
- Experience with Microsoft Office tools.
- Effective cooperation with other Managers and the Finance Shared Services Director
- Collaborative partnership with outsource Front Office and Tower Leads
- Experience in coaching outsourced team members, managing across company, geography, time zone, and culture. Ability to understand cultural differences
- Comfort providing virtual leadership, communication virtually with team and customers
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain business relationships outside of functional area
- Demonstrated experience in business analysis, consulting, process engineering or solutions management or other related area.
What are our perks?
We provide unique options to fit your unique lives! Our Total Rewards Program is customizable to accommodate your needs. Our menu of flexible options includes, but is not limited to:
- Excellent healthcare options: Medical, vision, prescription & dental
- Family Focus & Balance: Parental leave, paid time-off and Employee Assistance Program
- Financial Security: Competitive 401(k), Company-funded Retirement Accumulation Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program (PEG)
- Tuition Reimbursement: Continuing education for every season of your career
- Pet Insurance options: Insurance plan & prescription discount program for your furry friends
- Employee Recognition Programs
- PerkSpot: Our exclusive one-stop online discount marketplace
- LiveWell: Rewarding you for living a healthy lifestyle
At Saint-Gobain, our employees have pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is made up of these core values: Trust, Empowerment, & Collaboration. Our company encourages diversity and inclusion in all its forms while our products make the world a more beautiful, safer, and sustainable home.
Saint-Gobain provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, 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. Saint-Gobain is an equal opportunity employer of individuals with disabilities and supports the hiring of veterans.
