On - Head of Accounting & Tax, APAC - Shanghai

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In short

The world’s fastest-growing sportswear brand seeks a Shanghai-based Head of Accounting & Tax for APAC across all channels (Ecom, Retail, and Wholesale). In this role, you will be the financial backbone of our regional teams and interact/collaborate with our Group Accounting & Reporting team at our Headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. You will directly lead the Accounting & Tax teams in the APAC region, work closely with the central CoE and shared services teams, and report to the regional CFO. The expected continued fast growth of On and its regional footprint will require strong strategic, analytical, tactical, and leadership skills while providing ample personal and professional development opportunities. We are excited to offer this role to a process and numbers-driven team player that enthusiastically takes ownership of various challenges within our disruptive finance organization.

Your mission

– Directly lead the regional Accounts Receivables/Payables, General Ledger, and Tax team
– Ensure the proper financial accounting as well as the timely and compliant month, quarterly and year-end closing & reporting process for all our APAC entities in accordance with Group accounting policies (IFRS) and local GAAP
– Lead the AR team to oversee the collection and dunning procedures, customer’s finance-related requests, report to sales and management, credit limits, and risky debtors
– Lead the tax team to manage tax filings across all states and oversee external tax consultants
– Lead the regional GL and Treasury team to manage local bank relationships and work with global HQ on local financing, transfer pricing, custom requirements, etc. and handle local authorities accordingly
– Own, enhance and/or develop internal controls in accordance with Group requirements in a Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls environment, ensuring up-to-date process and controls documentation
– Lead and/or contribute to exciting projects and ad hoc tasks in a highly challenging growth environment
– Carry on the company culture as a role model
– Build a diversified and high performing team across different culture

Your story

– +12 years of relevant work experience in accounting and reporting, including leadership responsibility – work experience at a US public company is a plus
– Bachelor’s Degree in accounting, finance or business or equivalent experience – Master’s degree or having a CPA license is a plus
– Strong understanding of accounting and reporting processes
– Strong accounting and finance background with a good understanding of local legal requirements in Asian countries like Korea, and Japan is a plus)
– Strategic, analytical and problem-solving mindset and able to work independently and/or with cross-functional teams
– Strong leadership skills with experience in developing and leading high-performing teams
– Understands stakeholder needs and requirements in a fast-changing environment with ability to deal with deadlines and delivering based on priorities
– Entrepreneurial and results-driven mindset with strong hands-on execution and decision making skills

Meet the team

Join us as part of the forward-thinking and action-oriented APAC Finance team aiming to be our speedboat’s backbone and the advanced navigator. We constantly strive to challenge the status quo, to drive growth and to shape tomorrow’s best practices by thinking differently, acting cross-functionally, and making use of the latest technology. In order to deliver controlled and durable growth, the team brings an entrepreneurial and results-driven mindset combined with strong analytical and hands-on execution skills.