Job Description

Overall Responsibilities: Help manage the accounting and operational activities. Ensure all accounting entries and reconciliations are prepared accurately, completely and by specified deadlines. Help optimize the quality of the accounting entries while ensuring there is a strong environment of financial control. Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure all accounting entries and reconciliations are completed for month end close, or other defined deadlines
• Constant review of the accuracy of data being delivered, eliminating the risk of any financial impact which was unforeseen
• Ensure all balance sheet reconciliations within the Tower are complete, accurate and any reconciling items are resolved & corrected on a timely basis
• Prepare all balance sheet accounts and reconciliations as part of a monthly review
• Provide full support to the stakeholders, including other Accounting Towers, Group HQ Finance, Tax, Treasury and the GSC Financial Reporting Team, ensuring deliveries are of the required quality & meet expectations
• Identify process improvements, for approval by the Global Process Owner. Deliver agreed process efficiency/effectiveness improvements within the GSC finance function and contribute to improvement in other processes both within and beyond the GSC
• Ensure process documentation is complete and up to date
• Collaborate with other GSC teams, providing support to auditors and legal authorities with the execution of required activities
• Ensure future migrations and acquisitions are integrated on a timely basis, ensuring processes are absorbed into the standardized model, with complete and accurate accounting from the start

• Experience in financial accounting in a blue chip multinational PLC environment
• Experience in managing professional teams in a multinational, shared services environment
• Experience in building strong relationships with peers and Finance Leaders
• At least 5 years’ experience in Finance and Accounting, managing transactional processes within a multinational company or shared service environment
• At least 4 years in a management or supervisory role

• Certified Public Accountant or equivalent
• Dynamic, hands-on, proactive self-starter. Resilience is a must
• Strong team leader with the ability to coach and develop people
• Ability to identify the impact of each activity and adjust priorities accordingly
• Intelligent, numerate and able to quickly grasp complex issues
• Excellent problem solving and organizational skills
• Excellent analytical skills
• Results driven
• Ability to adapt to change, demonstrating flexibility and ownership of the change
• Proven ability to deliver to tight deadlines
• Ability to interact and collaborate with all levels and teams in the organization
• A team player, with high energy levels
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Highly proficient in using various Accounting applications
• Customer service approach, focused on serving all key stakeholders