EMEA Financial Accountant

Raise the appropriate accounting entries for rebate accruals & revenue returns provisions and ensure necessary adjustments raised by Accounts Receivable

Process any necessary manual adjustments to revenue in COGNOS to ensure alignment between COGNOS and EPM

Responsible for the completion of the department operating expenses for local market, including relevant accruals and prepayments

OpEx

Work with local market finance to ensure sales teams incentives and marketing activities accurately reflected in the reporting

Liaise with local market finance team to assess Trade Receivables position and ensure appropriate bad debt provisions are in place in accordance with Corporate policy.

Prepare monthly reporting and analysis of spend and lead meetings to review final monthly position with local market management

Liaising with marketing managers to establish appropriate marketing accruals, to reflect current months activities

Support where necessary, the GBS Accounts Payable team to ensure appropriate coding of costs within the G/L and / or cost-centres where questions arise and correcting entries at source where required.

Work with payroll accounting team to ensure accurate entries for month end reporting, providing support as appropriate

Gain working knowledge of all processes that feed into the monthly reporting.

Complete and load headcount reporting into EPM

Reporting

Lead month end review of financial results with local market Business Controllers to ensure accurately reflects current month activities

Prepare the Financial Reporting information for Corporate in line with deadlines, including relevant variance commentary

Responsibility for quarterly Corporate certifications

Provide standardized monthly financial pack to Business Controller

Prepare balance sheet reconciliations and support quarterly regional balance sheet reviews for the market

Own preparation of the monthly balance scorecard, liaising with appropriate finance functions for input

Responsible for leading SSC quarterly business review with the markets senior leadership team

General

Ensure Financial reporting in line with US GAAP, the internal control framework and Corporate Policies

Central GBS point of contact for market queries

Working with the Regional Tax & Treasury and local market finance team to assist with information required for Statutory Reporting, audits and local returns

Working closely with Internal/External Audit to support SOX, location reviews and IPE validation

Ensuring documentation of financial processes for audit is reviewed quarterly (including Flowcharts and ICMs)

Responsibility for providing validation documentation for Revenue and Pricing controls requirements

Responsible for the legal entity budget and forecast for market and submission to Corporate

Identify and drive continuous improvements for areas of responsibility

Support, as appropriate, projects supporting the market as well as adhoc GBS financial reporting projects

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities, Experience

Ideally 1-3 years’ accounting experience, preferably within a large multinational company or Shared Service environment.

Experience of integrated ERP systems (e.g. Oracle R12 (preferred), SAP).

Demonstrable ability to build internal relationships with a strong "customer service" focus.

Working knowledge and application of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and US GAAP.

Broad knowledge of all finance areas including financial systems and applications

Experience gained in a Global/US matrix managed business is highly desirable

Experience of a matrix style organization

Excellence in customer service and ability to build robust internal relationships using strong communication skills

A high level of computer literacy is required

Good analytic and problem-solving skills.

Good verbal and written communication skills.

Ability to participate in a multi-cultural, multi-linguist operating environment.

Intermediate knowledge of MS Office including but not limited to pivot tables and v-Lookup functionality in Excel.

Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

Self-motivated and positive attitude with a high degree of initiative

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