Controlling Senior Associate

Overall position purpose

The General Ledger Associate will be responsible for supporting the end-to-end general accounting activities.  Also, you will work and coordinate with the onshore local finance leads.

The overall purpose of the role is:

• Ensure transactions are processed accurately as per procedures defined in documentation
• Have basic knowledge of finance to understand how the F&A process works (journals, profit & loss, final accounts)
• Perform simple reconciliations, process journal entries, update fixed assets details, as per country’s finance team’s requirement and resolve customer queries.
• Carry out reconciliation and analysis of the balance sheet control accounts and work towards resolution of open items and reconcile few P/L accounts required for the tax schedule.
• Identify potential areas for process improvements and highlight the same to Supervisors
• Provide relevant process reports / statutory reports daily basis.
• Meet defined SLAs

Qualifications, knowledge & experience

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a similar General accounting (journals, profit & loss, final accounts) or finance role within a large organisation
• Experience in a professional services environment preferred but not required
• Proven analytical skills and attention to details
• Ability to build strong relationships across the business at all levels.
• Ability to work at pace with changing priorities

• Language Skills: Can understand text that consist mainly of high frequency; make use of dictionaries and other language resources to understand job related document.
• PC skills:  Have advanced knowledge in Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Technology Skill: Understand basic knowledge in accounting

• Core Competencies: Adapt approaches to others based on differences in individual style and backgrounds; Deliver work consistently by applying designated methodology, processes and standards and technology tools.
• Excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication skills: the ability to negotiate and influence decision-making, and communicate effectively with senior management on progress, issues and resolutions