Accounting Specialist

Job Description

End to End Fixed Asset process taking into consideration all FA Controls for additions, acquisitions, transfers, disposals. Prepare CAPEX reporting, review, tracking and ensure Fixed Assets are created. Ensure Asset Master reconciles with the General Ledger. Accounting for periodic asset impairment. Ensure SOX controls/compliance for all FA Controls are maintained. Need to have exposure to month close & Financial reporting there by identify non-standards & drive standardization partnering with Transformation & Operations team Good conceptual skills and process excellence on R2R Ensure relevant GAAP, HON accounting policies and HGFC procedures are adhered to. Reduce exceptions through root cause analysis and implementation of solutions. Effective Participate in improvement reviews and projects. Enable transformation opportunities through data Enable visibility of non-compliances to drive compliance and aid in decision making Review & Refine key performance indicators Provide support to business in JVs relating to project cost transfers. Review and work on project settlement errors and ensure no project remains unsettled. Take lead in working with the business counterparts to address their queries, explaining the flow and support them in submitting their requests in the prescribed tool. Provide support for SAP deployment of legacy entities. Measure performance using reports against defined metrics and drive decision and results Exposure to controls compliance for Sarbanes-Oxley, Process re-engineering & Automation. Work closely with key stakeholders like Controllership, Ops team and business counterparts. Bachelors in Finance/Accounting 8+ years of overall finance experience. Finance or Accounts graduate. Must have worked in finance domain for at least 5+ years Minimum5+years of experience in Accounting/handling fixed assets, project creations, capitalizations,asset disposals/ asset maintenance tasks. Critical Hands on experience with SAP GL and FA and Data analytics tools Exposure to handling capital projects, fixed asset accounting Preferable experience in handling fixed assets GL, reconciliations.. Good knowledge of concepts, processes & best practice. Good knowledge of US and/or other GAAPs. Strong technical and analytical skills. Knowledge of R2R concepts, processes, best practices and value addition process initiatives and execution, Excellent communication and interpersonal skill are desirous. Preferable Exposure to managing full close processes for a multi-national group. Proactive, ability to use own initiative and take lead to devise creative solutions. Having an audit experience will be an added advantage.