Accountant - Career
Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables. As a globally inclusive company, Eastman employs approximately 14,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2024 revenue of approximately $9.4 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. For more information, visit www.eastman.com.
Role Description
The EMEA and APR controlling departments are a key component of Eastman’s finance organization supporting over 5 billion dollars of revenue, manufacturing plants and a number of sales offices. The EMEA and APR controlling departments are based in The Netherlands and Belgium (EMEA) and in Singapore, China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Taiwan and Malaysia (APR) and is supported by our Finance Department in India (Hyderabad). The controlling departments in EMEA and APR are responsible for the general ledger accounting of Eastman businesses in EMEA and APR
Job Responsibilities:
• Coordinate the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing process for complex legal entities, incl quality reviews
• Prepare statutory reporting (preferable to have knowledge on German GAAP) • Prepare corporate income tax calculations and entries.
• Manage the group, statutory and tax audits of the entities in scope, including liaising with external auditors.
• Liaise with the other finance departments, namely Business Finance, Credit control, corporate accounting, Tax compliance teams
• Act as contact person with local service providers and resolve issues as required.
• Acts as subject matter expert.
• Any other ad hoc tasks
Basic Qualifications
• CPA or CA degree
• 5+ years of relevant accounting or auditing experience in a multinational company
• in English both written and spoken • Has a "can-do" attitude, pro-active, flexible mind-set
• High level of accounting knowledge
• Strong understanding of the principles and practices of group GAAP to local GAAP conversion
• Working knowledge of key systems (SAP, Excel, Powerpoint, Power BI etc.) is essential
• Able to work in a dynamic environment and meet tight deadlines • Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Possess analytical and problem-solving skills
• Able to make sound and independent judgements
Eastman Chemical Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected classes as designated by law.
Eastman is committed to creating a highly engaged workforce, where everyone can contribute to their fullest potential each day.
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