Senior Manager Controllership

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We are seeking a talented individual to join our Controllership team at Marsh McLennan. This role will be based in Manila, Phillipines. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

This role offers a unique chance to collaborate with diverse teams, navigate complex regulations, and learn international best practices. As a key leadership position working with the financial controller, it involves leading and managing a team to ensure high-quality technical and operational outcomes. The role is highly visible and accountable for the accuracy of financials, accounting decisions, internal control compliance, and the timely quality of routine submissions, including statutory filings and audits.

What can you expect?

• This will be an exceptional opportunity to work with diverse teams, navigate complex regulatory environments, and gain exposure to international best practices.
• Working alongside the country's financial controller, this is a key leadership role with focus on leading, managing and coordinating a team of professionals to ensure excellence in outcomes of both technical and operational delivery.
• This is a highly visible, accountable and ultimately responsible for quality and accuracy of the financials, all related accounting decisions, integrity of internal control compliance, timeliness and quality of all routine submissions including statutory filings and internal & external audits.
  
  

What is in it for you?

• Embark on a journey of career growth and acceleration with an award-winning Fortune 500 company that provides you with a collaborative, strong support network.
• You will also get access to colleague resource groups across the globe that provides mentorship and development opportunities to help you build a sense of connection and community throughout your career.
  
  

We Will Count On You To

Leading People and Demonstrating Executive Presence

• Responsible and accountable for all financial accounting activities in the country including general accounting, financial reporting and financial systems interface.
• Responsible for the stakeholder support model and to ensure high service quality and satisfaction, and is able to navigate and manage the size and complexity of the various operating companies and the regional office.
• Articulates and sets a clear vision for their country that generates a strong sense of 'one-team' in support of delivering Controllership Global and Regional Goals and Objectives.
• Provides strong, highly engaged and proactive management of country controllership team.
  
  

Stakeholders' Management

• Articulates a clear stakeholder support model designed to maintain Controllership credibility by delivering high quality support while maintaining Controller independence.
• Sets clear targets that take account of differing priorities of stakeholders and holds Country Controllership Team accountable for the quality of support and overall stakeholder satisfaction.
• Builds strong understanding of the business of corporate stakeholders including an understanding of their Business operations, their priorities, risks and challenges.
  
  

Operations

• Delivers country level day-to-day operations that ensures on time and high quality delivery of wide-ranging areas of activity.
• Accountable for the basics including the control environment, the trial balance, all accounting decisions and the quality of commentary, analysis and reporting; as well as the robustness of and compliance with the control environment.
• Delivers high quality interactions with SOX function, Internal Audit and External Audit through high quality first-time-round deliverables while responding and resolving queries in a timely manner.
• Proactively identifies, owns and resolves risks and issues and informs or escalates to management when appropriate.
• We are seeking for a highly motivated individual who have excellent interpersonal skills; strong oral and written communication skills.
  
  

What You Need To Have

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, economics or the equivalent is required. Professionally qualified accountants are preferred.
• 8+ years' experience in all phases of the controllership process with 3+ years supervisory experience
• Strong experience in overseeing financial information for the country functions and infrastructure including firm wide initiatives.
• Ability to lead and drive changes within a transforming and matrixed organization; streamlines and standardizes financial activities and procedures to improve efficiency
  
  

What makes you stand out?

• Experience working in a multinational organization that has strong financial compliance, detailed operation processes and managing teams in a complex business environment.
• Experience and a deep understanding of the industry in which Marsh McLennan operates, as well as the broader business landscape, are highly valued.
• Demonstrating strong problem-solving abilities, critical thinking, and the capacity to make data-driven decisions can make a candidate stand out
• The ability to navigate and thrive in a dynamic and evolving business environment.
  
  

Why Join Our Team

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.
  
  

Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $23 billion and more than 85,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marshmclennan.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person.