Specialist Accounting - Record to Report

Job Purpose and Impact

This position partners to establish and maintain accounting policies and fiscal controls to safeguard the organization's assets. With limited supervision, this job prepares moderately complex financial reports, statements and analysis to provide insights for business decision making and identifies performance improvement opportunities to support business growth. This job also supports continuous improvement in management reporting, report standardization and rationalization.

Key Accountabilities

• RECORD TO REPORT ACTIVITIES: Performs moderately complex activities, including processing journal entries and intercompany transactions, completing monthly and quarterly general ledger close activities, performing fixed asset accounting, balance sheet reconciliations and reporting activities, tax accounting, cost and profit center allocation, bank accounting and bank reconciliations.
• FOREX RISK MANAGEMENT: Calculates and monitors foreign exchange exposures for selected units, communicates information regarding foreign exchange risks with key collaborators, and partners to establish risk management procedures and processes to ensure adherence to policies.
• POLICY COMPLIANCE & CONSISTENCY: Updates and maintains the standard operating procedures and processes on a timely basis and monitors operational compliance with financial transaction recording standards, including company accounting policies, statutory reporting regulations and tax regulations.
• BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP: Maintains positive relationship with customers, clients and other business partners, responding directly to business contacts or customers to deliver accurate processes.
• PROCESS EXECUTION IMPROVEMENT: Applies general knowledge of operational practices, procedures and internal controls to identify improvement opportunities in execution to drive operational excellence and data integrity to enable analysis and insight.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• B.Com Graduate with 5-7 years of experience or CA/CMA with 2-3 years of experience.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP accounting principles.
• Fluent in English with clear, consistent and purposeful communication.
• Experience with tools such as SAP, COPA, BI/BOE, Power BI, and KNIME will be considered an added advantage.