Statutory Reporting Assistant Manager

Statutory Reporting Assistant Manager - Stat COE

This job involves leading the centralization and optimization of statutory audit processes within JLL's Centre of Excellence. You will drive standardization across multiple legal entities, ensuring compliance with global accounting standards and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Audit Process: Support the preparation and review of statutory financial statements across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring adherence to local GAAP, IFRS, and regulatory frameworks. Lead cross-functional collaboration with Finance teams and Grant Thornton (statutory auditors) to streamline audit workflows and deliverables. Establish and maintain audit project timelines, coordinating with stakeholders to ensure timely completion of statutory filings across all supported legal entities.
• Change Management & Standardization: Champion the centralization initiative as a designated change owner, migrating decentralized audit activities into the Stat COE framework. Develop and implement standardized audit procedures, templates, and documentation protocols to enhance consistency and efficiency.
• Technical Excellence & Compliance: Serve as a subject matter expert on accounting standards interpretation and application across diverse business segments and geographic markets. Proactively identify, investigate, and resolve complex accounting and audit issues, collaborating with technical accounting teams as needed. Maintain expertise in the OneSource platform, providing system administration, troubleshooting, and user support.
• Process Innovation & Continuous Improvement: Lead process improvement initiatives using data analytics and workflow optimization techniques to reduce cycle times and enhance accuracy. Implement automation opportunities within audit preparation and review processes. Establish key performance indicators and reporting mechanisms to monitor COE effectiveness and identify enhancement opportunities.
• Stakeholder Management & Communication: Facilitate regular communication between internal teams and external auditors, ensuring transparent and efficient information exchange. Prepare executive-level reporting on audit status, key findings, and process improvements for senior finance leadership. Support special projects and initiatives as directed by Stat COE leadership.
• Performance Objectives: Ensure timely completion of statutory audits across all supported legal entities. Achieve timely escalation and resolution of statutory audit issues to global and country Controllership teams. Drive measurable continuous process improvements relating to the execution of statutory audit processes.

Sounds like you? To apply you need:

• Education & Certification: Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance. Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant (CA), or equivalent professional accountancy qualification required.
• Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience in a statutory audit support role within a multinational corporation (MNC). Big 4 public accounting firm audit experience required. Proven track record working with multi-country finance teams and managing remote stakeholder relationships.
• Technical Skills: Strong technical knowledge of IFRS, US GAAP, and other international accounting standards. Experience with large-scale ERP systems; PeopleSoft experience preferred. Advanced Excel skills and audit software platform expertise (OneSource is a plus). Proficiency with data analytics tools including Alteryx and Power BI highly valued.
• Core Competencies: Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data and identify trends. Outstanding interpersonal and communication abilities across all organizational levels. Proven multitasking capabilities in dynamic, fast-paced environments. Strong team collaboration skills while maintaining the ability to work independently. Adaptability to new technologies and process improvements.

Career Development:

This role offers significant career development opportunities within JLL's global finance organization, combining technical expertise with strategic process transformation and team leadership in a collaborative, international environment.

Key skills/competency:

• Statutory Audit
• IFRS
• US GAAP
• Process Improvement
• Change Management
• Financial Statements
• Stakeholder Management
• Data Analytics
• ERP Systems
• Alteryx