What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda
Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it's a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company that serves as a source of "power" that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize "the joy and freedom of mobility" by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a "zero environmental footprint."
We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.
If your goals and values align with Honda's, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!
Job Purpose
The size/scope of American Honda's accounting and financial compliance activities continues to expand due to internal mergers, along with emerging business transactions and strategic partnerships - while audit/compliance risk remains high. This role (directly reporting to the NACC Assistant Manager) will support various groups/units within the Finance Department through additional reviews, validations and pre-checks over high-risk financial areas to ensure material accuracy of financial statements and maintain the effectiveness of financial reporting controls.
This position will also support from a finance/compliance viewpoint (i.e. oversee and/or lead in most instances) projects related to new lines of business, which Honda continues to engage in.
Key Accountabilities
- Perform additional reviews, validations and pre-checks over high-risk financial areas - including but not limited to the following: (a) complex accounting entries generated by the Product or Corporate segments; (b) critical account analyses and management reports; (c) new control activities to address emerging business transactions or new lines of business
- Perform month-end closing activities for certain NA subsidiaries; review submissions of FS of assigned NA entities; perform analytical analysis over operational results; trouble-shoot reporting challenges (technical & system) for NA entities; improve efficiencies in existing NACC processes
- Support (and in most instances, lead/oversee - i.e. finance project management) business projects with impact to accounting and financial reporting as well as consolidated reporting. Related to this, prepare reports/presentation materials to explain the project status, highlighting the effects on accounting activities, as well as key deliverables expected of Finance
- Collaborate and liaise with various units/groups within the Department, as well as broader Finance Business Unit, for financial reporting or compliance issue resolution.
- Involvement (incl. leaderhip/project lead role in some instances) in projects/non-recurring tasks for various issues that impact AHM's and NA Honda's broader finance and accounting standardization activities, including future efforts towards automation, digital audit and other financial reporting process efficiencies.
Qualifications, Experience, and Skills
- BA/BS Degree with Major in Accounting preferred, or equivalent work-related experience
- CPA - highly preferred
- Minimum 8 years accounting/financial reporting compliance experience - public accounting and private industry experience combined, of which 4+ years spent in public accounting
- Involvement in business and/or finance implementation projects (leadership role - preferred)
- Strong knowledge of automotive industry accounting (or consumer markets industry) - preferred
- Ability to research, interpret, document, communicate and apply accounting guidance under IFRS and US GAAP
- Technical accounting experience - preferred
- Managerial experience/Project management experience
- Experience in multi-unit/parent-subsidiary organizational structure - preferred
- Experience in a SOX reporting environment
- Effective written, verbal and presentation skills
- Overall advance computer skills (excel, Outlook, PPT)
- Experience in process automation / financial system automation to drive efficiencies
What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?
Total Rewards:
* Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)
* Paid Overtime
* Regional Bonus (when applicable)
* Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
* Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown
* Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
* 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution
* Relocation assistance (if eligible)
Career Growth:
* Advancement Opportunities
* Career Mobility
* Education Reimbursement for Continued Learning
* Training and Development Programs
Additional Offerings:
* Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
* Lifestyle Account
* Childcare Reimbursement Account
* Elder Care Support
* Wellbeing Program
* Community Service and Engagement Programs
* Product Programs
* Free Drinks Onsite
Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.
Honda North America
$81,800.00 - $122,700.00
paid time off, tuition assistance, tuition reimbursement, 401(k), relocation assistance
Dec 18, 2024