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Accounting Controls and Reporting Manager
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Accounting Controls and Reporting Manager
Accounting Controls and Reporting (ACR) Manager
Fortune Global 500 Organisation – Permanent Position
About the Role
Join a Fortune Global 500 leader as the Accounting Controls and Reporting (ACR) Manager. This position is ideally suited for individuals passionate about driving precision in financial processes and fostering high-performing teams. You’ll lead statutory reporting, audit processes, and month-end closures while promoting an environment of accountability, efficiency, and continuous improvement.
At UPS, we’re not just delivering packages—we’re driving progress. Together with over 500,000 employees worldwide, we are dedicated to building a future where innovation, diversity, and sustainability shape communities and economies. If you thrive on precision, collaboration, and refining systems to drive impact, this role is your opportunity to lead UPS forward.
Job Summary
The ACR Manager will oversee:
- End-to-end US GAAP and Local GAAP statutory reporting
- Audits, financial statement preparation, and regulatory filings
- Rate management, collection of local business teams, and compliance measures
- Month-end closing processes and associated quality control
- Team development, stakeholder alignment, and cross-functional collaboration
Your success will be measured by timely, accurate, high-quality outputs, a data-driven culture, and your ability to mobilise and inspire teams to meet ambitious operational goals.
Key Responsibilities
1. Strategic Financial Leadership
- Provide bold insight to global leadership councils, ensuring robust financial strategy execution and data integrity.
- Manage the work of the Statutory Accounting team, fostering a culture of uncompromising accuracy, deadlines, and continuous improvement.
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2. Audit & Compliance Oversight
- Oversee the end-to-end Local Statutory Audit process, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant filings.
- Collaborate closely with engage auditors to resolve accounting complexities and refine controls.
- Manage reconciliation of secondary ledgers and local accounting practices to align with global accounting frameworks.
3. Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
- Translate complex financial data into actionable insights for senior leaders and non-financial stakeholders.
- Conduct stakeholder workshops and partnerships with EY (UK), steering seamless quality delivery.
- Be the voice of the team in budgeting discussions, board meetings, and performance reviews.
4. Risk Management & Process Excellence
- Identify, assess, and mitigate risks, championing a proactive approach to consent methodologies.
- Lead efforts to streamline workflows and automate processes, reducing manual intervention errors.
- Drive collaboration across interdependent workstreams, troubleshooting to maintain operational tempo.
5. Financial Controls & Special Projects
- Offer technical accounting expertise to resolve specialized roll-outs projects (e.g., LWCA/SLA activation, GL mapping).
- Support amals/cyber projects as needed, ensuring security compliance and timely implementations.
- Increase billing accuracy by optimising SD integrations and accesses to ensure reporting accuracy.
Core Requirements
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or business from an accredited university.
- Certified Public Accountant (UK/USA) or equivalent qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
- Minimum of 5 years in financial or accounting leadership roles, including statutory reporting and audit.
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Skill Standards
Technical Competencies
✅ Advanced financial reporting experience (focusing on US GAAP). ✅ Proficiency with statutory accounting, auditing processes, and compliance ledger management. ✅ Strong mastery of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word for rigorous reporting and analysis. ✅ Bonus: Experience with consolidations, multi-currency transactions, and outsourced accounting functions.
Soft Skills & Cultural Fit
✅ Results-driven culture: A “can-do” attitude with tenacity to meet deadlines. ✅ Collaborative leader: Proven track record of team management, training, and positive culture shaping. ✅ Analytical rigorous: Precision mentality with “second opinion betterment” ethics. ✅ Flexible problem solver: Ability to act as the project manager when needed, resolving tough blockers.
Why this role?
- Unlock leadership potential: Cultivate your talent in a global Fortune 500 powerhouse with real agency.
- Impact matters: Your work directly improves outcomes for 220+ countries and 500,000+ colleagues who help make the world work.
- Diverse projects: A varied and challenging remit that expands professional repertoires from finance to risk, tech, and auditing.
UPS’s Commitment to You
- A culture of development: Invest in your upskilling through mentorship targeted e-Learning.
- Inclusive diversity & sustainability: Guided by evolving commitments to EEO, equal pay, and environmental accountability.
- Offers integration: From flexible working solutions to robust policymaking, we champion employee well-being.
Join us in moving our world forward. Apply today to be the next team game-changer.
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