Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Working hours: Full-time

Contract type: Permanent

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced EU Closing Supervisor to lead and coordinate the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities across multiple European entities. This role is responsible for ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant financial close execution while providing leadership and guidance to the Record to Report team.

The EU Closing Supervisor acts as a key partner to Finance, Controlling, Tax, Treasury, and external auditors, driving operational excellence, standardization, and continuous improvement within the closing and reporting processes.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities for assigned European entities

Ensure all accounting activities are completed accurately and within agreed deadlines

Review and approve journal entries, accruals, provisions, and adjustments

Oversee balance sheet reconciliations and ensure timely resolution of reconciling items





Monitor close progress and proactively address risks that could impact reporting timelines

Support the preparation of statutory and management reporting requirements

Ensure compliance with IFRS, local GAAP requirements, and corporate accounting policies

Supervise, coach, and develop a team of accountants responsible for closing activities

Allocate workload and resources to ensure delivery of team objectives

Conduct performance reviews, development discussions, and ongoing feedback sessions

Support onboarding and training of new team members

Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement

Controls, Compliance & Audit

Ensure execution of key financial controls and compliance with SOX/internal control requirements where applicable

Maintain strong governance over close processes and documentation standards

Coordinate internal and external audit requests

Ensure audit readiness and timely resolution of fi

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