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Wolters Kluwer is a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services for the
health, tax & accounting, governance, risk & compliance, and legal & regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer is
headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands. The Company serves customers in over 180
countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 19,000 people worldwide.
Every day, our customers make critical decisions to help save lives, improve the way they do business,
build better judicial and regulatory systems. We help them get it right!
The Senior Accountant will assist the Accounting team by ensuring all journal entries and account
reconciliations are completed timely and accurately to ensure the integrity of financial data. This position is
critical to the overall control environment for the divisions supported by Wolters Kluwer Financial Shared
Services (FSS). FSS focuses on building accounting expertise in a tower structure: Record to Report,
Procure to Pay and Order to Cash and provides support to the businesses of Wolters Kluwer in a
standardized, harmonized, and high quality manner. If successful, the candidate will be able to expand
his/her expertise within a global organization. Additional requirements include, but are not limited to:
.Good communication and interpersonal skills to establish strong relationships with cross-
functional teams
.An ability to quickly adapt to changes in business requirements
.A desire to learn new skills and areas of responsibility
This position is part of the Finance Shared Services (FSS) organization. The FSS organization focuses on
building accounting expertise and provides support to the businesses of Wolters Kluwer in a standardized,
harmonized, and high quality manner.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
.Meet assigned deadlines and deliver on goals and objectives
.Actively participate in the month end close and reporting process in accordance with the Corporate Reporting
calendar
.Record and report transactions in a timely, complete and accurate manner
.Identify and resolve issues quickly and independently, if possible, or bring them to management's attention
with proposed solutions
.Perform assigned reconciliations of general ledger/AP/AR/Bank accounts on a monthly/quarterly/semi-annual
basis. This includes identifying reconciling items along with the research and clearing of such items in a timely
manner based on appropriate supporting documentation
.Maintain and update desk-top procedures for any changes in processes, tools and procedures
.Manage reconciliations in Blackline
.Manage Inter company transactions, reconciliations and reportings
.Keep updated checklists and ensure completion of tasks per such checklists
.Prepare supporting schedules and analyses as required by management
.Timely and effectively communicate with accounting, finance and operations teams by providing thorough and
thoughtful responses to inquiries and questions
.Supervise work of junior level Accountants
.Develop strong relationships with the business by offering solutions to resolve issues in an effective and cost
efficient manner
.Share knowledge within the team and provide support to other team members
.Complete ad hoc requests in a timely manner with the highest quality
.Recommend process improvements as deemed reasonable
OTHER DUTIES
Special projects as appropriate
JOB QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
.10-15 years of previous accounting/audit experience in public or private accounting
.Mcom or MBA in finance preferred
.Experience with SAP and/or other ERPs strongly preferred
.Experience with Blackline strongly preferred
Commented [HN1]: Let's keep this list truly focused on the
essentials and remove items that are table stakes like meeting
deadlines which should be expected. Please start the list with
Strong reporting and data querying capabilities
.Thorough knowledge of MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)
.Strong analytical skills
.Detail oriented approach to work ability to maintain confidentiality strong problem-solving skills
.Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while also functioning as an integral part of a
team.
.Ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
.Willingness to take initiative and to follow through on assignments
Other Knowledge, Skills, Abilities or Certifications:
N/A
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS
Minimal travel might be required.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
None
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by most people
Wolters Kluwer N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam: WKL ) is a Dutch information services company.The company is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands (Global) and Philadelphia, United States (corporate).Wolters Kluwer in its current form was founded in 1987 with a merger between Kluwer Publishers and Wolters Samsom.The company serves legal, business, tax, accounting, finance, audit, risk, compliance, and healthcare markets.It operates in over 150 countries.
Job ID: 144997611