Responsible for general ledger accounting, journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, intercompany balances, fixed assets, financial reporting, variance analysis, and month-end close. Maintains dashboards and analytical models, supports audits and SOX controls, ensures compliance with IFRS or GAAP, and recommends process improvements. Requires SAP and BlackLine knowledge, advanced Excel skills, and experience in general ledger accounting and shared services environments.
Hybrid - Upon agreement between you and your supervisor, you are entitled to a flexible arrangement where you will be able to split your time between working from the office and working remotely.
The Senior Accountant, Accounting to Reporting is responsible for providing timely and accurate recording of transaction in the general ledger in compliance with customer requirements as stipulated in the Service Level Agreement (SLA), global accounting policy with limited supervision of the Supervisor/Manager. This includes balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, allocations, intercompany balance confirmation, fixed assets transactional processing, reporting, and conducting month end close procedures.
Responsibilities:
- Resource who is responsible for preparing, analyzing, and delivering accurate financial reports
- Partner with the GL team to ensure accurate cutoff, journal entries, and accrual postings.
- Build and maintain reports, dashboards, and models for analysis and stakeholder reporting. Build and maintain reports, dashboards, and models for analysis and stakeholder reporting.
- Extract and validate financial data from sources, Prepare reconciliations, and documentation required by internal/external auditors.
- Variance Analysis- Compare month over month actuals providing insights and explain deviations on a division level.
- Dashboards & KPIs - Maintain or assist in reporting dashboards for business stakeholders
- Process Improvement - Recommend enhancements to reporting accuracy, and improvement of templates
- Accounting Standards - IFRS, US GAAP, or local GAAP depending on your organization.
- Month-End Close Processes -Deep dive into journal entries, accruals, reconciliations.
- SAP / Blackline / ERP Systems - Advanced functional knowledge (e.g., SAP FI, BlackLine).
- Internal Controls & SOX - Risk assessment, control frameworks, and audit readiness.
- Financial Reporting - Preparation and review of P&L, balance sheet.
- Data Analysis & Excel Mastery - Power Query, pivot tables, VBA, macros.
- Technical Accounting Updates - Staying current with changes in IFRS/GAAP via webinars or courses
Qualifications
- Graduate of Bachelor's degree preferred in Accounting or Finance
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license preferred
- Typically 6-8 years of finance professional experience especially in the field of accounting processes.
- Previous experience in a General Ledger function is essential.
- Knowledge in SAP System and experience in Shared Services Center/BPO
- Experience in process migration, is a plus.
- Is able to work under time pressure
- Strong work ethic comprising openness, trust, and integrity
- Effective communication skills, both written and spoken English
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