Job Description Summary

Performs general accounting activities, including the preparation, maintenance and reconciliation of ledger accounts and financial statements such as balance sheets, profit-and-loss statements and capital expenditure schedules. Prepares, records, analyzes and reports accounting transactions and ensures the integrity of accounting records for completeness, accuracy and compliance with accepted accounting policies and principles. Provides financial support, including forecasting, budgeting and analyzing variations from budget. Analyzes and prepares statutory accounts, financial statements and reports. Conducts or assists in the documentation of accounting projects

This is an individual contributor role that requires the use of judgement in applying professional expertise and is expected to work independently with minimal supervision. Roles typically require a university degree or an extensive amount of practical knowledge gained through experience. Job requires an understanding and application of procedures and concepts of own discipline. The job requires attention to detail in making evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information. This job typically requires a degree or equivalent and a minimum of 2 or more years experience.

What you will do:

• Responsible for assigned month end closing activities, fixed assets processes, cash, financial reporting, and other accounting related tasks.
• Performs accurate and timely preparation of journal entries and relevant supporting documentation.
• Performs general accounting activities, including the preparation, maintenance and reconciliation of ledger accounts and financial statements such as balance sheets, profit-and-loss statements
• Responsible to execute assigned SOX controls and other activities related to internal and external audit requirements.
• Support on deliver performance metrics (KPI´s) to Supervisor.
• Work closely with markets and local accounting teams to resolve discrepancies, issues, and queries in a timely manner by escalating to Supervisor as required.
• Ensure compliance with policies, procedures, and internal controls to guarantee timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Support migration of R2R processes from countries in scope.
• Focus on continuous improvement, identifying opportunities to increase efficiency.
• Create and maintain documentation of processes and procedures.

Supports ad-hoc tasks and requests as needed.

What you need:

Education & special trainings:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or related field
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel (Intermediate level: PivotTables, VLOOKUP, macros, charts, formulas, etc.)
• English level B2

Qualifications & experience

• 2-3 years of relevant working experience preferably from Finance background in General Accounting activities: Journal entries processing, Account Reconciliations, Financial Reporting and Analysis, fixed assets, etc.
•  Experience of working in a shared service center across a global /large organization/ matrixed international company (preferably American or Multinational company) will be an added advantage
• Working knowledge of US GAAP and SOX is a plus

Other requirements:

• Ability to work collaboratively with peers, and cross-functionally within the company
• Ability to work independently and multi-tasking
• Flexible, proactive Ability to deal with ambiguity
• Strong analytical and technical accounting skills
• Detail oriented, versatile, highly motivated, deadline driven, and ability to communicate effectively
• Flexibility in scheduling due to business requirements (i.e., month-end close)