Lenovo

Position Description:

The Accounting Operations Manager is responsible for overseeing and optimizing the accounting processes within Lenovo. You will report to North America Chief Accounting leader.  This role involves ensuring compliance with accounting standards, improving efficiency in financial operations, and delivering accurate financial reporting. You need act as a liaison between various departments and ensures that accounting practices align with organizational goals and regulations while implementing best practices that drive efficiency and compliance and change management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Financial Reporting Governance & Oversight:

• Oversee the performance of the COS (Center of Scale) team in executing RTR (Record to Report) processes, including fixed asset, bank/cash, expense, payroll, revenue & cost, inventory, warranty, manufacturing accounting, intercompany, closing activities, manual journal entries, and balance sheet reconciliation.

Accounting Operations :

• Provide direct support for North America accounting operations, including troubleshooting process issues, coordinating with local and global teams, and ensuring timely and accurate month-end and year-end close activities.
• Support monthly close activities, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.
• Review and approve manual journal entries prepared by the outsourced shared services team, and post entries when required.

Policy & Compliance:

• Ensure alignment with IFRS/US GAAP, corporate accounting policies, and local statutory requirements.
• Maintain oversight of internal controls to minimize compliance gaps.

Plant Accounting

• Oversight operations to support manufacturing accounting processes

Audit Support:

• Partner with outsourced shared services teams to ensure deliverables are audit-ready.
• Audit readiness posture, provide external auditors timely responses.

Continuous Improvement & Projects

• Lead or participate in finance-related projects together with WW Accounting and IT, including system implementations, process reengineering/standardization, and automation initiatives within the NA Geo.  Support change management activities related to project rollouts

Basic Requirements:

• +10 years of experience in one or a combination of the following: finance, accounting operations, FP&A and reporting.

• Ability to work as part of a cross-cultural team including flexibility to support multiple time zones
• Previous experience in multi-national companies with complex trade and intercompany transactions and working with technology that enables finance function
• Strong knowledge in ERP, must have SAP ECC and SAP S/4 Hana.
• Proficiency in change management skill to successfully navigating transitions that affect financial processes
• Problem solving skills, pro-active, creativity and can-do attitude
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, adjusting processes and strategies in response to changing business needs
• Leadership skills and ability to multitask within a fast paced & dynamic workplace
• Strong communication skills including extensive experience dealing with various stakeholders
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Exposure to outsourced shared services teams or shared service centers preferred.
• Strong customer focus and the ability to build relationships internally and externally
• A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline is essential
• A Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) or a CPA / CA designation is highly preferred