Senior Accountant

Description

Responsibilities

• Execute monthly accounting close activities and deliverables (i.e. journal entries, account reconciliations, analytics and reporting) of any controllership process
• Understand and prepare accounting entries for various financial activities, which may include consolidation , Intercompany and General accounting
• Run consolidation in the consolidation tool/ERP, including intercompany eliminations, minority interest, FX translation, and topside/management adjustments.
• Review and challenge reporting packs from entities (trial balances, schedules, commentary) for accuracy, completeness, and consistency with group policies.
• Maintain the group chart of accounts, mapping, and consolidation rules; ensure new entities and accounts are set up correctly.
• Reconcile and resolve intercompany balances and mismatches in partnership with local finance teams.
• Support external and internal audits for consolidated reporting (provide schedules, answer queries, document judgments).
• Prepare monthly / quarterly financial statement flux variance analysis for management reporting
• Work cross-functionally with and support our business partners by providing financial insights and relevant reporting
• Prepare SOX documentation including the EAE documentation as part of SOX control execution/compliance
• Assist in coordinating quarterly reviews, annual audits and SOX testing with internal and external auditors
• Work cross-functionally with the Regional and International accounting teams to ensure alignment and to drive process improvements
• Ability to quickly understand new processes identified and ready to work on such processes.
• Ability to work independently with the process owners to ensure that all tasks are completed on time and any changes communicated
• Create and maintain process documentation
• Deliver on ad-hoc projects / deliverables as necessary
  

Skills/Experience

• 8+ years of relevant experience in Accounting, analyzing information, attention to details, deadline oriented, thoroughness in the deliverables, spirit to work as a team and confidentiality
• 3+ years of relevant process experience (for the selected role) with ability to interpret and apply relevant US GAAP.
• Experience in SOX control documentation / execution
• Detail oriented, ability to multi-task and work independently
• Understanding of ERP systems and willingness to learn quickly. Knowledge of other tools such as Workday Financials, Blackline, eGRC360, Tableau, Hyperion, Microsoft Excel, Slack, etc. is desirable
• Strong organizational and verbal / written communication skills
• Passion in process improvement and automation
• Willing to work in a challenging environment
• Strong ability to respond quickly to various requests
• Must be a self-starter - ability to self-motivate, adapt to change and work in a fast-paced environment