Senior Specialist - Financial Accounting

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About the Role

We are looking for a person who has sound knowledge of General Ledger and month-end closing and Reporting activities.

Role Responsibilities

• Validate the balance in each general ledger account. Update the SAP assignment field every week for analysis purposes
• Ensure that all financial transactions have been properly accounted for and in the correct general ledger account.
• All analyses should have detailed information of the type of cost, expected to be released from the balance sheet and the follow-up dates from the team member.
• Perform Account analyses and submitted to the GL team, Experience in dealing with deadlines.
• Preparing and posting different types of journal entries (Accruals and provisions) into the SAP system and email confirmation with document number to the sender.
• Upload support into SAP for non-reversing journal entries.

Essentials:

• Accounting degree with a minimum of 6-7 years of experience as an accountant or in a specific process.
• A good knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and you can apply them correctly.
• Proficiency in Excel
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Effective communication skills
• Detail-oriented
• ERP system experience is required; SAP is strongly preferred but not required
• Experience in Finance Shared Services for a Global Company a strong plus

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