General Accounting Manager

As General Accounting Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring the integrity and accuracy of financial closing & reporting in compliance with Goodyear accounting policies, US and Local GAAP and maintaining effective internal controls. It's the key focal point from controlling side to provide instruction/support to business teams to ensure proper accounting & compliance. You will also be the key leading position with primary responsibility of coordinating all audits & tax matters as well as leading key simplification & transformation projects.

You would be the potential successor of Country Controller.

What You'll Do

• You will maintain financial reporting system in line with Goodyear accounting policies, US GAAP, and local requirements.
• You will review and approve the MJEs and ensure proper accounting treatment & booking completeness.
• You will monitor the overall closing cycle of various accounting models, pre-check the closing result to identify system issue or human errors, provide guidance for team to explore solutions, ensure all ledger closed in a timely, efficient and accurate manner
• You will prepare & review of various month-end, quarter-end, annual and ad hoc reports such as balance sheet analysis, working capital analysis, unusual items, account reconciliations, etc
• You will coordinate & provide support to internal & external auditors; In charge of annual statutory financial sign-off & submission
• You will lead technical accounting discussion and alignment, ensure proper accounting treatment in complex situations and continuous improvement of local technical capabilities
• You will report government related statistic reports in a timely & accurately manner, coordinate different functions to collecting required information
• You will provide accounting guidance & control advice to business leaders in various business initiatives, process changes & projects and drive cross-team collaboration for issue resolution and ensure overall compliance & efficiency
• You will ensure process control & efficiency in compliance with GY SOX framework and closely work with Internal Audit & Internal Control team on issue identification, root cause analysis & control improvements
• You will ensure accurate & timely tax filing in accordance with local tax laws & regulations
• You will prepare ETR (Effective Tax Rate) & Transfer Pricing analysis, final reporting, defer tax analysis & calculation for US tax accounting
• You will prepare defer tax analysis & calculation for US tax accounting
• You will ensure timely and accurate responses to various audits & queries raised by local tax authority; Handle tax audit, objection, and appeal if any disputes. Maintain professional relationship with Tax Consultant & Government Tax Officer.
• You will coodinate with Akron corporate tax team on various of audits, queries & investigations for US tax matters

What We're Looking For

• You have a bachelor's degree in accounting, most preferred with Professional accounting qualification (ACCA/MIA/ICAEW or equivalent
• You have minimum seven (7) years of working experience in general accounting
• You have minimum three (3) years in a managerial position (in addition to the above 7 years of experience)
• Your experience in working with large/MNC organizations will be a bonus

What Will Set You Apart

• You have an understanding of local and US GAAP accounting standards and US taxation
• You are familiar with SOX framework & ability to analyze process gap & implement proper controls
• You are familiar with business ERP & accounting systems (SAP preferred)
• You have capability to work with offshore team members

Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It employs about 68,000 people and manufactures its products in 51 facilities in 19 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to .

Goodyear is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law.