Company Description
NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View(TM).
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Month-End Close: Conduct month-end close activities, including preparing and posting journals, allocations, and account reconciliations.
- Balance Sheet Reconciliations: Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations, investigate and resolve discrepancies as needed.
- Fixed Assets Accounting: Manage accounting and reconciliations for fixed assets, including leases and intangibles.
- Banking Journals: Post bank-related journals, prepare reconciliations, and generate various financial reports.
- Review P2P & O2C: Review procure-to-pay (P2P) and order-to-cash (O2C) accounting, reconciliations, journals, and quality metrics.
- Financial Statements Preparation: Prepare financial statements in accordance with IFRS/US GAAP and ensure timely submission of country-level reporting packs.
- Intercompany Transactions: Ensure all intercompany transactions are accurately processed and eliminated, prepare intercompany aging reports, and manage cost allocations.
- Consolidated Financials: Submit consolidated financials after performing all eliminations and checks in collaboration with the corporate team.
- Audit Support: Support external and internal audits by providing documentation, archive retrieval, and journal walkthroughs.
- Process Documentation: Maintain and update internal process documentation and ensure consistency with global financial controlling standards.
- Collaboration: Work closely with internal teams including P2P, O2C, FP&A, treasury, and banking to streamline processes and systems.
- Internal Controls: Ensure compliance with internal controls and standard operating procedures, providing support to internal audits as needed.
Qualifications
- A semi qualified accountant with 4 to 6 years’ experience or a qualified accountant with 1 to 3 years' experience
- 2 - 4 years of experience in accounting of a multinational company / Consulting Firm
- Technical Skills: Proficiency in accounting software and ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle). Strong knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP.
- Analytical Skills: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail.
- Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective collaboration with global teams.
- Time Management: Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Team Collaboration: Proven ability to work collaboratively with various finance teams and stakeholders.
- Compliance Knowledge: Thorough understanding of internal controls, audit processes, and regulatory compliance.
- Process Improvement: Demonstrated ability to identify and implement process improvements and efficiencies.
Additional Information
Our Benefits
- Flexible working environment
- Volunteer time off
- LinkedIn Learning
- Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)
About NIQ
NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.
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Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
NIQ is committed to reflecting the diversity of the clients, communities, and markets we measure within our own workforce. We exist to count everyone and are on a mission to systematically embed inclusion and diversity into all aspects of our workforce, measurement, and products. We enthusiastically invite candidates who share that mission to join us. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class. Our global non-discrimination policy covers these protected classes in every market in which we do business worldwide. Learn more about how we are driving diversity and inclusion in everything we do by visiting the NIQ News Center: https://nielseniq.com/global/en/news-center/diversity-inclusion
