Summary: The Accountant will provide excellent accounting services to Company Worldwide as part of the Global Business Services Center (GBSC). The candidate will be responsible for delivering timely and accurate accounting services to our Company Worldwide business unit(s) including contract review, plus being a key contributor in the financial month-end close process for net revenue and rebate and incentive payment validation, processing, and approval.
Responsibilities:
Review executed contracts and its validity created customers, deals and incentives in the Company Contra Revenue System (CRS)
Accomplish timely, accurate close of the CRS sub ledger and Oracle general ledger including creation and review of journal entries
Identify and prepare manual journal entries through the analysis of close results, trends and actual to budget/forecast
Prepare and review general ledger account reconciliations
Perform detailed review of rebate and incentive payment requests including contract review and validation of driver data to various internal systems
Provide overall support and customer service to business partners located throughout the Company Worldwide organization
Recommend, develop and implement process improvements to improve accounting operational efficiency, quality of output and optimize synergies
Monitor performance indicators to track progress against goals
Perform various ad-hoc reporting, analysis or projects, as needed
Partner with financial systems regarding CRS requirements, data, reporting, and functionality
Support SOX control compliance
Education/Certification:
Fresher - if candidate has CPA/CA (highly preferred) OR 1-2 years if Inter CA OR 3-5 years if MBA Finance
Knowledge/Experience/Skills:
Knowledge of US GAAP and current accounting concepts
Prior revenue, contra revenue, and/or contract management experience, preferred
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Strong customer service and business acumen
Progressive accounting experience preferably in a large, global environment
Ability to deliver accurate results in a fast-paced environment with attention to deadline constraints
Robust understanding of financial/ERP systems, preferably direct experience with Oracle
Prior experience in significant process improvements projects
Organize and prioritize multiple activities among a team with a high sense of urgency
Customer service oriented with the ability to communicate effectively and develop solid working relationships across multiple levels and organization boundaries
Must have Skills:
Accounting and reconciliation, Understanding legal language in contracts
Advanced Excel (understanding and use of formulas)
Interpretation from contracts
Preferred Skills:
Communication Since most of client teams are off shore
