Senior Accountant, Consolidation & Financial Reporting

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary / Overview

This position is primarily responsible for preparing Group Companies’ financial reporting, associated consolidations, and performing accounting technical research.

Essential Job Functions

• Financial Reporting / Analysis : Prepares the financial statements and related analysis ensuring all financial reports are delivered in a timely and accurate manner; prepares and presents financial statement and related reports / analysis, and variance analysis to management
• Consolidation & Eliminations : Prepares the monthly consolidation / elimination entries to ensure completeness and accuracy of all the consolidated financial statements (including balance sheet, income statement and cash flows). Ensures consolidated and standalone financial statements represent fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and operating results of the Group Companies in conformity with US GAAP and IFRS
• Quarterly & Annual Disclosures : Prepares quarterly and annual disclosure forms in the Group Reporting System (IBM Cognos Controller)
• Coordination with Subsidiaries : Coordination of wholly owned operations as well as incorporation of results from partially owned subsidiaries
• Monthly Close : Participates in monthly balancing of books and account reviews / reconciliations ; prepare certain monthly journal entries; prepares and presents monthly financial statements
• System Implementation & Integration : Coordinates and integrates the best systems / practices / processes ; leading the process of reviewing system needs, developing specifications, analyzing alternatives, recommending software process solutions, and implementing solutions.
• Supporting Custom Reporting Database Interface : Supports the interface and mapping database between accounting ERP records and the Group Reporting System (IBM Cognos Controller)
• Accounting & Business Research : Researches and resolves accounting and business issues; leading the implementation of new accounting pronouncements as necessary
• Accounting Policies : Ensures alignment of Company’s Accounting Policies and Procedures with Group’s policies.
• Internal Controls : Monitors effectiveness of internal controls and adherences to delegation of authority guidelines; participate in implementation of new or ongoing internal control initiatives and improvements
• Process Improvements : Reviews processes on a continuous basis to ensure best practices and effective processes in place. Promotes automation initiatives where benefits outweigh the costs
• Coordinate External Audit : Assist with coordination of annual independent external audit of financial statements under both IFRS and US GAAP.
• Derivatives : Analyses and prepares journal entries related to various derivative transactions.
• Other Value Added : assists with other activities, as requested by Management, such as credit assessment and review of upstream accounting matters.

Qualifications

Licenses, Certifications, and / or Registrations

Education, Experience, and / or Training