General Ledger Analyst (Hybrid)

JOB DIMENSIONS:

Management: Assigned to a team that is dedicated to perform activities for a particular client.

Geographical Scope: Affiliate/s with in assigned regional and branch scope

Functional Scope: Analyst is primarily responsible for processing finance and accounting transactional activities in SAP FICO on a timely basis as well as to ensure completeness and accuracy of all entries in the deployed IT enabled tools of SAP. Analyst shall perform specific accounting activities and are expected to be assigned to any of the activities in the finance processes

ACTIVITIES

Analyst is expected to perform the following activities :

Recording:

• Ensures accurate and timely month-end, quarter-end and year-end accounting closing for activities under the scope of SSC;
• Prepares month-end accruals and other entries based on analysis and closing checklist of the assigned accounts/profit center;
• Perform posting of journal entries in SAP upon checking and verification of request form and supporting documents received from Affiliate.
• Perform creation / update of recurring documents in SAP upon checking and verification of request forms and supporting documents received from Affiliate. This includes reset / reverse / deleting recurring journal entries if there is mistake.

Reconciliation:

• Perform balance sheet reconciliation monthly and provide results for the assigned scope. This includes interaction with the affiliates Operations Accounting Group, and if necessary with the Local Business Groups.
• Monitor and reconcile open item managed accounts

Reporting:

• Prepares monthly financial statements including the Statement of Earnings, Balance Sheet, Statement of Members Equity, Statement of Cashflows and Notes to the Financial Statements. This will include amendment or review of draft reporting package, and sending of report to the Affiliate Finance for further review.
• Prepares management reports on a regular basis according to defined requirements. These include interaction and review with the affiliate, and if necessary with local business, to finalize the reports.
• Prepares various audit schedules on a quarterly basis on behalf of the affiliate based on their external auditors requirements. This includes interaction and review with the affiliate to make sure its accuracy and completeness prior submission of the affiliate to the auditors.
• Ensures controls are maintained within the Accounting operating environment in compliance with SLA

CONTEXT AND ENVIRONMENT

• Dynamic and fast paced environment with a lot of client facing interactions.
• Provides various reportorial requirements
• Constant interface and communication with a wide set of internal and external stakeholders both local and global, including but not limited to Affiliates, Business Excellence team, etc.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Responsible for the timely processing of centralized finance & accounting transactions on behalf of assigned Affiliates country/ies.
• Adherence to the Compliance standard policies and processes.

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Has at least 3 to 5 years of work experience in a Finance and Accounting role, prior experience in a Shared Service
• environment or experience in Oil, Gas and Energy industries is an advantage
• Bachelor Degree in Accounting; CPA is an advantage.
• Experience as external auditor is an advantage;
• Skilled in financial reporting preparation required;
• Skilled in preparing audit schedules and requirements, and experienced in dealing with auditors preferred;
• Ability to understand IFRS and US GAAP is highly desirable;
• Skills: With technical proficiency and exposure in SAP and knowledgeable in MS Office Excel, Word, PPT. Demonstrable deep knowledge in assigned functional scope,
• Competencies: very strong organizational and communication skills, ability to convince various stakeholders, detail oriented and results oriented with an analytical mindset with strong problem solving and interpersonal skills