Specialist, General Ledger

Impact on the Business & Team work

• Working with team and customer to ensure delivery as per agreed timelines.
• Responsible and accountable for review and approve the reconciliation
• Provide critical oversight that reconciliations are being performed correctly and Celanese account reconciliation policy is being adhered to
• Require timely intervention into account problems and issues so proper resolution can be obtained to ensure financial statement misstatements are avoided
• Ultimate accountability for timeliness, correctness, and completeness of account reconciliations.
• Ensure journal postings are done after prior approvals as required by SOX and Celanese JEV policy
• Review journal postings done by GL team on a sample basis to check whether the postings are complied with Celanese JEV policy.

• Ensure support is provided as per requirement from onshore counterparts related to GL accounting and reconciliations.
• Attend all business calls and meetings and drive issue resolution as required.
• Respond to queries from senior group level management as appropriate
• Provides management and financial statement users with relevant, comparable, and accurate data on which to base decisions.
• Analyzes data and translates into meaningful information.
• Serve as a resource for Business Controllers, Business Analysts, Plant Accountants, Corporate Accounting, Tax, and Treasury with GL related issues, questions and inquiries

• Work along with teams to ensure SLA’s adhered or exceeded in line with onshore requirements
• Participate along with team members to have process updates aligned within team members.
• Works with GL reconcilers to train them on systems, software, policies and procedures

• Ensure proactive controls in place to highlight issues before they are picked up by business.
• Adheres to Celanese Internal control policies and procedures, including established SOX compliance processes.
• Develop an in-depth knowledge of business processes in order to support GL accounting and reconciliations.

• Ensure 100% SLA delivery.
• Ensure the basic process documentation is completed for all the activities.
• Have 100% backups created, to operate during any contingent events.
• Job Scope includes:

The GL Reconciliations reviewer is responsible and accountable for review and approve the reconciliation and provide timely guidance on reconciliation & journal postings issues to GL team.

This position is responsible for the financial integrity and reliability of account balance in SAP.

The candidate will work on a team with similar GL reconcilers.

The candidate will interact with Local Finance, Business Controllers, Business Analysts, and other support networks.

This position will require an end-user exposure of SAP FI module.

In addition, the person in this role will perform the activity tracking & monitoring responsibilities, and provide direction to GL team.

• Mandatory: Skill Sets/Experience: MBA , CMA/ CA Inter with 6-8 years of Experience or CMA/ CA fully qualified with minimum 4 – 6 years of experience Ability to develop effective working relationships with business partners/customers An excellent attention to detail. Very good working knowledge of Microsoft Office is essential. Is expected to have strong understanding of accounting principles and demonstrated competence in their application. Ability in Accounting , Closing and/or Business Reporting Desired to have: SAP Knowledge Handle new challenges and open to change. Good technical skills and accounting skills. Ability to work independently in complex, challenging, stressful environment
• MBA , CMA/ CA Inter with 6-8 years of Experience or CMA/ CA fully qualified with minimum 4 – 6 years of experience
• Ability to develop effective working relationships with business partners/customers
• An excellent attention to detail.
• Very good working knowledge of Microsoft Office is essential.
• Is expected to have strong understanding of accounting principles and demonstrated competence in their application.
• Ability in Accounting , Closing and/or Business Reporting
• SAP Knowledge
• Handle new challenges and open to change.
• Good technical skills and accounting skills.
• Ability to work independently in complex, challenging, stressful environment