About this role
Job Description
Perform general ledger accounting activities and support the monthly and year-end financial close processes to ensure accurate and compliant financial reporting. Prepare and record journal entries, perform account reconciliations, analyze financial data, and maintain the integrity of balance sheet accounts. Support intercompany accounting, cash reconciliations, accruals, prepaid expense management, and financial consolidation activities. Additionally, serve as a backup for fixed assets and inventory accounting functions, ensure compliance with internal accounting policies and J-SOX requirements, and assist with internal and external audit processes. Job duties:
- Analyze system postings and make adjusting journal entries to ensure accounts are accurately stated.
- Record other routine manual journal entries on a periodic basis.
- Analyze accounts and perform other duties to support periodic monthly process of closing the books.
- Prepare balance sheet account reconciliations for approval by manager.
- Monitor, confirm, and reconcile intercompany receivables and payables with affiliate companies.
- Perform monthly bank reconciliations by reconciling cash balances per book to bank statements for all company cash accounts and investigating and resolving reconciling items.
- Ensure proper recognition of expense for prepaid expenses through amortization schedules. Prepare reconciliations of prepaid assets accounts.
- Reconcile Accounts Payable, including monitoring aging and clearance of open Accounts Payable items where goods received must match with invoices received.
- Record accruals for services or other expenses not yet invoiced and reconcile accrued liabilities accounts.
- Provide support in reporting financial statement amounts into consolidation of system of U.S. parent company.
- Provide support to colleagues as backup for fixed assets and inventory accounting.
- Ensure adherence to internal accounting policies and J-SOX requirements, and support audit processes.
- Comply with applicable Laws and Regulations, adhere to Quality Management System processes and requirements as well as demonstrate Ethics and Integrity in all matters and at all levels throughout the organization.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance or related field of study.
- Strong knowledge of international accounting standards (or US GAAP) with a minimum of two (2) years of experience in accounting or related financial processes.
- High accuracy and attention to detail in financial processes and reporting.
- Minimum B2 level English proficiency.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, etc.), Power BI, and familiarity with ERP systems like SAP.
Desired Qualifications
- Active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Private Accountant (CPI) designation.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and manage priorities effectively with minimal supervision.