Consolidation Manager Setúbal

Consolidation Manager
Setúbal
Setúbal, Setubal, Portugal

Are you a finance professional with a passion for process optimization, international standards, and meaningful

- functional collaboration? Join Ascendum Group as a Consolidation Manager, where your expertise will directly contribute to the robustness and evolution of our financial consolidation landscape.

We’re seeking a highly experienced, technically skilled, and

- centric Consolidation Manager to lead and enhance Ascendum’s group consolidation process. As the

- on lead, you’ll coordinate all internal and external stakeholders, ensuring precision, compliance, and continuous improvement in line with our values of humanism, autonomy, and innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the
  
  - wide consolidation process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness, including intercompany reconciliation and elimination of transactions.
• Guarantee compliance with IFRS, US GAAP, and other local GAAPs across Ascendum’s global footprint.
• Drive process improvement initiatives and lead the implementation of modern consolidation tools.
• Collaborate with Corporate Finance & Controlling, IT, and local financial teams on month and
  - end closing, budgeting, and forecasting cycles.
• Act as the point of contact for external and internal audits, including technical accounting matters.
• Manage ad hoc financial and accounting projects with full responsibility for project lifecycle: planning, stakeholder engagement, and execution.
• Coordinate the annual goodwill impairment process in partnership with global finance teams.

What We’re Looking For

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Management, or Economics.
• 15+ years’ experience, ideally in multinational companies and/or Big 4 firms.
• Deep expertise in consolidation systems, processes, and international accounting standards (IFRS & US GAAP).
• Hands-on experience in SAP, Power BI or Tableau is a plus.
• Strong project management skills, and ability to lead in matrix structures.
• Fluent in English, with strong interpersonal and influencing skills across cultures and functions.
• Experience with ESG is considered a plus.

Why Join Ascendum?

Ascendum Group, with over 65 years of heritage and presence in 14 countries, is committed to empowering people, fostering agile and

- functional teams, and achieving operational excellence. As we continue to transform and scale globally, this is a unique opportunity to shape the future of our financial structure.