Welcoming questions
- Can you tell us about yourself and the accounting teams you have led?
- What do you enjoy about managing the close rather than doing the entries yourself?
Role-specific / technical competencies
- Walk us through your month-end close calendar. What closes on which day, and why?
- How do you review your team's reconciliations without redoing their work?
- Describe an internal control you introduced and the problem it solved.
- How do you prepare for and manage an external audit?
- Which ERP systems have you used, and what have you automated within the close?
Behavioural & culture fit
- Tell us about a time you found a material error close to a reporting deadline. What did you do?
- Describe how you developed a junior accountant into a stronger performer.
- How do you keep the team steady during peak periods like year-end?
Problem-solving / case
- The close currently takes 12 business days. Leadership wants 5. Where do you start?
- A recurring reconciliation difference keeps being written off by your team. How do you handle it?
- Your best senior accountant resigns two weeks before year-end close. What is your plan?
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