Legal Entity Controller - Pakistan

Focus, Scope, & Impact:

Overall responsibility for Accounting, Tax and Reporting, (both US GAAP and Local GAAP Statutory accounts) for Pakistan. Partner with Corporate stakeholders and Operating Unit (OU) and Franchise Unit (FU) leadership on complex transactions and supply models.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Full accountability for US GAAP, IFRS and all local accounting regulations for Pakistan legal entity while safeguarding the resources of the company, by enforcing internal controls and company policies.
• Responsibility for tax compliance for Pakistan.
• Provide guidance on accounting treatment and summarize complex technical accounting requirements, in order to ensure full compliance with US and local GAAP.
• Drive effective business partnership with Corporate and OU/FU stakeholders enabling them to meet their business goals and identify process and service improvements.
• Liaise with Corporate and OU/FU stakeholders to ensure all financial transactions are recorded appropriately and in compliance with Corporate Governance requirements.
• Partners with the Global Record to Report Regional Sustainability Reporting Directors to manage the metrics process for their respective legal entities for mandatory statutory reporting in compliance with all sustainability directives and requirements from different regulatory bodies globally (i.e., SEC, CSRD, ISSB, MCD, TCFD, California, etc.). Sustainability requirements typically encompass the enterprise’s and for some jurisdictions its value chain’s material impacts, financial risks and opportunities, strategy, policies, actions, metrics, and targets related to environmental, social, and governance matters as defined by the regulatory standards.

Experience

• 6 to 10 years of experience in the Coca-Cola system or equivalent multinational environment;
• Solid knowledge on tax complexity of Pakistan
• Fluent in English (verbal and writing) and has excellent communication skills;
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP/IFRS/Local GAAP and Tax Planning and Compliance
• Solid experience with internal and external Audits
• Exhibits Growth Behaviors (Empowered, Curious, Inclusive and Agile)
• Able to effectively communicate, collaborate and influence across different teams to lead change efforts
• Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize and take a proactive approach in solving problems
• Strong analytical capability and ability interpret and present Financial Statements
• Capable of following through and focus on time-sensitive execution with limited supervision.
• Flexibility and adaptation to evolving roles & responsibilities
• Positive attitude, self-motivated and hard-working

Work Focus

• Understand the business very well, in order to develop resolutions to issues that take care of greater Company interest while obtaining alignment with all stakeholders, which on the other hand requires developed influencing skills.
• Have planning and routines setting, great collaboration skills, a high level of integrity in everything you do, and a good sense for prioritization and organizing your work will be additional key success factors for you to be able to ensure stakeholder and business unit requirements are met.
• Build key relationship across functions within the OU, bottlers and at senior levels in the organization.
• Ensure stakeholder/operating unit requirements are met through effective management routines/processes /planning, partnering, prioritization and organizing

Communication Focus

• This role partners and engages proactively with Senior Leadership, Corporate stakeholders, E&Y or other Tax Advisors, and Corporate and Operating Units (OU) clients, as well as strongly collaborates with IS Financial Services and other Platform Services peers, Regional Controllers, and LECs to ensure a coordinated approach in managing business deliverables and processes.
• Ensure escalation/communication of key issues/opportunities including tax risks, BS and CF risks and opportunities – including recommendations for resolution
• Influence OU Planning by informing them on any risks and opportunities that may impact the Profit & Loss of the OU, with a closed monitor of the balance sheet accounts and connection with each stakeholder responsible for them.