EMEA Lead Statutory Accountant
Employer · Eaton Corporation
Financial analystFlexibleFull-timeBudapest
Our EMEA Business Service Center (BSC) in Budapest is Eaton's largest office in the region. As EMEA Lead Statutory Accountant, you will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of statutory reporting, compliance, and external audit activities for assigned legal entities within the EMEA Statutory Reporting organization. Operating with a high degree of autonomy, you will lead statutory financial statement preparation, manage statutory audit execution, coordinate regulatory filing requirements, and serve as a trusted partner to internal and external stakeholders throughout the statutory reporting cycle.
Tasks
- Own the end-to-end preparation and delivery of statutory financial statements and compliance activities for assigned legal entities.
- Prepare and review statutory financial statements, disclosures, and complex US GAAP to local GAAP adjustments.
- Lead external audit activities, including planning, coordination, issue resolution, and completion of audit deliverables.
- Serve as the primary contact for external auditors and drive resolution of audit requests and findings.
- Analyze and review financial information to ensure consistency across the financial statements and related disclosures.
- Coordinate statutory reporting activities across Finance, Tax, Treasury, Legal, and other stakeholders.
- Manage statutory filings and related regulatory reporting requirements.
- Proactively identify, assess, and resolve statutory reporting, audit, and compliance risks and issues.
- Delegate activities to junior team members, review completed work, and provide coaching and development support.
- Lead process improvement, standardization, automation, and digitalization initiatives.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders, influence outcomes, and appropriately escalate significant issues.
- Ensure compliance with internal controls, company policies, and local statutory requirements.
Conditions & benefits
Wide range of Employee BenefitsHybrid work model, Annual bonus, Cafeteria, Private Medical Insurance, Life Insurance
Requirements
- Minimum Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline, professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CPA, CIMA, or equivalent) is an advantage.
- 5-8+ years of experience in accounting, statutory reporting, financial reporting, or external audit within a multinational environment.
- Strong experience in statutory financial statement preparation, statutory reporting, and external audit management.
- Experience preparing and reviewing US GAAP to local GAAP adjustments.
- Experience managing multiple stakeholders across Finance, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Controllership, and external audit functions.
- Advanced proficiency in ERP systems, financial reporting applications, and statutory reporting tools.
- Excellent working knowledge of English, other EU language knowledge is an advantage.
- Advanced skills on MS Office suite especially in Excel, knowledge in PowerBI and AI tools is an advantage.
- Experience in continuous improvement initiatives is welcomed (Six Sigma Green or Black Belt certificate is highly desirable).