Support with the accounting close process for polish entities to ensure high quality accounting accuracy, timely and meaningful reporting, and compliance with US GAAP, Polish GAAP and other regulatory requirements, for example:
- Liaise with AP team, treasury team, and HUB teams for expense, funding and accounting Account reconciliations for all balance sheet accounts in Blackline System.
- Complete operating accruals, FX currency adjustments, interest calculation and other month-end transactions related to funding of entity Reconcile intercompany balances.
- Issue Interco invoices as needed Transfer Pricing compliance in accordance with intercompany agreements
- Provide all monthly results both to management reporting and external service provider for consolidation into local Polish accounting results
- Train, support, guide and monitor the Polish business transactions to ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards, laws, policies and procedures
- Work closely with the business, FPA, Operations Support and other stakeholders to influence and drive issue resolution and initiate changes to enhance internal control and efficiency
- Drive the required changes, lead process improvements and work collaboratively with senior management and various stakeholders. This group will include Compliance, Human Resources, Legal, Business and others
- Manage the financial statement external audit including completion of audited financial statements, management discussion and analysis
- Collaborate with professional service providers currently EY for production and filing of statutory reporting items according to required timelines
- Responsibility for local aspects of VAT accounting and reporting
- Responsible for Polish regulatory reporting in coordination with external advisors
- Work closely with UK based HUB finance team and other European cluster Controllers to deliver against all Controllership objectives
- Possible future expansion of role to include similar responsibilities for other Visa owned subsidiaries in Poland
This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
- Fluent Polish speaker with excellent English skills in writing and speaking
- Progressive experience in audit, financial reporting or accounting operations, working in a large and fast-paced multi-national commercial environment
- Strong knowledge and experience in Polish GAAP, along with experience in review of Polish statutory financial reports
- Ability to work well under pressure strong problem solving skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Excellent inter-personal skills and a proven ability to build and maintain stakeholder relationships at all levels
- Ability to think strategically and support business objectives while effectively balancing risk reward tradeoffs
- Strong communication, interpersonal and influencing skills and ability to work effectively in a matrix management structure in a complex and diverse, international and multicultural environment
- Self-directed and motivated to continuously improve processes to exceed customer expectations and help promote a best in class organization
- Proven process leadership skills, with the ability and willingness to instigate and support change initiatives
- Experience of systems implementation and process migration
- Customer focused, driven and can lead by example
- Knowledge of Microsoft office applications and Oracle Financials
Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
