Title:  Senior Accountant

Job Summary

The Senior Accountant, Global Finance Services primarily has responsibility for the general ledger and financial reporting tasks in our European region. The individual in this role is required to have in-depth accounting knowledge US GAAP accounting, some knowledge of Local GAAP/IFRS Accounting Standards, and experience in SAP along with an understanding of Sarbanes Oxely framework along with  the ability to solve complex accounting issues. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze current balance street reconciliations and clear any unreconciled items in line with policy
• Preparation and review of monthly financial reports, ensuring they are completed in a timely, accurate and efficient manner and in accordance with US GAAP
• Preparation, analysis and review of journal postings
• Calculation, posting and review of monthly accruals and prepayments ensuring that all items are accurately captured
• Preparation of multi-currency bank reconciliations
• Preparation of variance analysis
• Statutory reporting in line with Local GAAP standards
• Processing of transactional taxes, eg VAT
• Support annual corporation tax compliance
• Liaising with country teams to ensure external reporting compliance with local regulations 
• Control environment
  • Ensure that company financial records are maintained in compliance with companies policies, US GAAP and SEC reporting requirements.
  • Accountable for ensuring that company policies and procedures ( internal controls) are implemented to provide reasonable assurance that the company assets are protected
  • Support the Sarbanes Oxley activities relative to internal controls documentation and testing and segregation of duties
  • Liaise with internal and external auditors
• Process, technology and service
  • Support deployment of SAP S/4 HANA and other systems eg Blackline to garner greater efficiency within the controllership function
  • Support implementation of AI to drive further efficiency and effectiveness in our delivery of accounting services.
• Other duties as assigned

Education

• Bachelor's Degree or equivelent experience in Finance or Accounting

Work Experience

• Minimum 3 years Candidate requires private industry experience in multinational manufacturing companies; experience in US multinational/Shared Services

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong understanding of US GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley 404
• Experience with SAP required and HFM preferred
• Strong knowledge of and ability to learn and apply technical accounting concepts in accordance with US GAAP/Local GAAP and internal controls over financial reporting
• Strong analytical skills and ability to summarize conclusions and make recommendations to management
• Unquestioned integrity, moral character, ethics and values - one whom an organization can trust without reservation
• Ability to effectively prioritize and escalate issues

License and Certifications

• Qualified Accountant i.e. ACCA; ACA; CPA; CIMA

Additional Requirements

• Position operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. May need to stand or sit for extended periods of time
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger and reach with hands and arms
• Use written and oral communication skills
• Read and interpret data, information and documents
• Must maintain the ability to work well with others in a variety of situations
• Must be able to multi-task, work under time constraints, tight deadlines, problem solve, and prioritize
• Ability to make work independently and sound decision making
• Observe and interpret situations, analyze and solve problems
• Able to be aware of all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description #LI-HYBRID #LI-JJ1

Travel Requirements

Physical Requirements

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