Accounting Analyst - GL

Overview

The organization is seeking an Accounting Analyst to join the finance strategic projects team within its controllership organization.

This role is part of the GL Project Resource function and supports general accounting projects for business teams. The focus is delivering finance objectives while partnering with business and functional stakeholders to ensure project requirements are completed according to project timelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, create, and build general ledger solutions for use by global controllership teams.
• Support global teams in developing new solutions and driving automation.
• Assist with SAP implementations for GL.
• Support data take-on for all ERP and transformation projects.
• Design and implement misc. billing processes.
• Build and leverage partnerships with other workstreams/functions and the business.
• Communicate effectively, identify gaps in processes and designs, and contribute to improvements.
• Create, maintain, and provide ongoing status updates for milestones and deliverables.
• Create, maintain, and provide ongoing reporting of project dependencies, issues, and risks, including cross impacts, resolutions, and mitigations.
• Train business teams to ensure smooth transition and strong communication to user groups regarding changes or impacts to their work processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• 5–8 years’ experience in controllership.
• Excel/Access/Office/SAP a must.
• Continuous improvement experience.
• Team leading experience.
• Local GAAP accounting knowledge.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong SAP technical skills.
• Experience in SD/Billing processes required.
• Past history of posting GL transactions and process improvement.
• Experience in SAP implementations.
• Extensive finance master data understanding (Cost Center/Customer/Vendor/GL…).
• Demonstrated coordination skills between global teams/centers/local accounting networks.
• History of month/year end closing activities and finalization of financial statements.
• Deep foreign currency accounting knowledge.
• Proven skill in using upload tools/interfaces/batch jobs.
• Strong collaboration and business partnering skills.
• Leadership ability and willingness to drive change.
• Interpersonal effectiveness in team environments with good written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple items simultaneously.
• Flexibility to change course unexpectedly.
• Demonstrated track record of achieving results on time.

Compensation & Benefits

• Not specified in the provided job description.

Location

• This is a global opportunity, with flexibility regarding location, including the possibility of being based in LATAM.

Equal Opportunity Statement

• The organization is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, military or veteran status, pregnancy-related conditions, disability, or any other protected status under applicable laws.