Senior Manager, Accounting & Reporting Job Listing at Kraton Corporation in Almere, FL (Job ID 3DA0275E-2ECC-4)

Description

Make a +Difference at Kraton!

At Kraton, we make a Positive Difference, and we are looking for individuals who are also looking to make a difference in their jobs, for our customers and to the world.  We are looking to hire a key member of our finance team at our Almere. location. The purpose of the Senior Finance Manager role is to provide finance management support and business partnering to identify business segments to maximize organizational and FP&A performance.

Responsible for leading financial operations, reporting, and compliance across multiple European legal entities. This role is critical in ensuring the accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of financial records while driving process improvements and supporting strategic initiatives. This position will oversee regional accounting functions, statutory reporting, accounts payable, and internal controls.

The key responsibilities for this role include but are not limited to the following:
Financial Operations & Reporting

• Ownership regional month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with IFRS & local GAAP
• Accountability for the financial records of local legal entities, including accurate accounting, timely account reconciliations, and insightful financial analysis
• Lead the analysis and review of the local balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements 
• Own the end-to-end statutory reporting process, ensuring the accurate and timely preparation and filing of financial statements in accordance with local GAAP requirements for each European legal entity
• Oversee the Accounts Payable department, ensuring accurate processing, timely accruals and payments, and compliance with internal policies and external regulations
• Serve as a regional liaison for external auditors by coordinating audit requests, providing accurate and timely documentation, and supporting the resolution of audit inquiries to ensure a smooth and efficient audit process

Internal Controls & Compliance

• Assist in maintaining the internal control framework by ensuring its effective operation, continuous monitoring, and alignment with corporate compliance standards
• Contribute to the development and implementation of standardized global policies, procedures, and control mechanisms.
• Support internal and external audit activities, including the resolution of identified control deficiencies and implementation of corrective actions
• Technical Accounting & Special Projects
• Assistance with the due diligence of potential acquisitions, purchase accounting, and accounting for other acquisition/divestment-related activities 
• Responsible for drafting technical accounting memos supporting accounting conclusions related to the region and local legal entities

Transformation & Process Improvement

• Identify and recommend opportunities for process improvements in accounting operations
• Support the implementation of approved improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy in the region

Team Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of accountants and accounts payable professionals fostering a high-performance culture
• Foster cross-functional collaboration with Finance, Tax, Treasury, and Operations teams to support seamless financial operations

• 8 or more years' working experience in Accounting/Finance
• Strong knowledge of GAAP/IFRS, internal controls, and financial reporting
• Big 4 Accounting experience preferred
• Experience with SAP or another comparable ERP preferred
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong English communication skills – verbal and written. Second language preferred.
• Thorough understanding of financial statements and statutory filing requirement.
• Strong technical accounting background, team leadership and operational excellence skills. 
• Able to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams, external auditors, and suppliers to ensure seamless financial operations and compliance with IFRS and internal policy.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or equivalent.
• MBA or CPA/CA preferred.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification.  Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Kraton's internal talent acquisition team manages our recruiting efforts and from time to time works with pre-selected/pre-approved external staffing agencies. We do NOT accept unsolicited resumes or candidate referrals from recruiters and/or agencies who are not pre-selected/pre-approved.

Kraton is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.