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Responsible for providing reliable, timely, and accurate financial data by reviewing, analyzing, and reconciling accounts. This role also involves performing efficient and accurate month-end closes, ensuring proper financial reporting and analysis, which directly influences Global Payments’ overall performance.
Essential Duties
Production and Financial Reporting:
- Ensure all financial information complies with GAAP, federal and state regulations, and company policies.
- Prepare and enter daily and month-end journal entries.
- Perform general ledger account reconciliations accurately and timely, including detailed research and analysis of account discrepancies.
- Participate in the monthly close process.
- Assist in quarter and year-end internal and external financial audits as required.
- Serve as a liaison with other departments regarding accounting information and related tasks.
- Collaborate with operational teams to understand processes behind assigned accounts.
- Analyze departmental processes and recommend improvements.
- Participate in special projects as needed.
- Display strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Work efficiently under pressure, prioritizing multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Act as the main point of contact for Junior Accountants, providing guidance on issues and escalating matters as appropriate.
- Support internal and external audit reporting, including completing documentation and participating in discussions with auditors.
Project, Technology, and Efficiencies:
- Evaluate reconciliations and recommend process improvements or production template enhancements.
- Contribute to the worldwide standardization and maintenance of general onboarding documents, production logs, and variance/issue logs.
- Participate in process automation and system enhancements (e.g., Frontier) as assigned by management.
- Serve as an active team member on corporate special projects and developments.
- Support system integration testing (SIT), system acceptance testing (SAT), and user acceptance testing (UAT). Participate in post-mortem discussions with the Settlement Management team.
- Engage in at least one intra-department initiative (project, committee, etc.).
- Complete assigned project implementations within 90 days and meet stated timelines, tracking dependencies that may impact deadlines.
- Create and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) within 30 days.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Accountancy
- Working knowledge of GAAP
- 2+ years of accounting experience (audit and/or reconciliation)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong numeracy and analytical skills
- Good problem-solving and time management abilities
- Highly organized and detail-oriented
- Ability to maintain sensitive and confidential information
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work both independently and within a team
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment
- Positive attitude
Preferred Qualifications
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or equivalent
- Knowledge of Oracle Financial software
- Experience in the credit card processing or bank card industry
- Big 4 / Audit experience
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