Senior Associate

• The Jobholder is responsible for the timely and accurate reporting in financial and management accounting systems, production of the monthly expenses accounting and management reporting including preparation of standard and ad hoc reports, supporting the annual expense budget periodic forecasts exercise, calculation of intercompany charges/billing, responding to audit queries and coordinating with various teams to ensure proper completion of monthly deliverable.
• All local reporting is performed in accordance with relevant and applicable instructions, requirements within the deadlines set forth, with complete audit trail to follow.

• Perform month-end financial closing for their entities
• Perform reconciliation between Accounting system and Financial ledger to substantiate balances and breaks solving
• On a timely basis, provide complete and accurate financial data to the Reporting Team for report production
• Provide assistance in responding to questions / requests for information to auditors, regulators
• Escalating problems / issues to the team manager
• Providing quality service to other groups
• Support the production of the annual expense budget and periodic forecasts from a transversal perspective
• Be hands on with Excel.
• Support and manage activities around allocation of costs and overheads to various Business Lines in a timely manner.
• Provide various ad hoc requests and analysis as would be required from time to time by onshore stakeholders.

• Assist in identifying process improvements in production, control procedures, and workflow organization to increase the teams efficiency and effectiveness
• Participate in the upgrades / version releases of respective reporting tools, as well as system amendments / enhancements required to facilitate new / modified reporting requirements. In connection with this effort, assist in user acceptance testing and trouble-shooting after deployment.
• Help document operational process improvements in production, control procedures, and workflow organization to support teams efficiency and effectiveness initiatives. Also, assist in integrating and streamlining the reporting under the teams responsibility.
• Provide cross-training to colleagues and perform specific duties as assigned (e.g. coverage for colleagues)

• At least 0 to 2 years of experience in accounting and management reporting
• Excellent PC skills; ability to learn new systems quickly
• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel (formulas, pivot tables, charts, and graphs)
• Working knowledge and understanding MS Access and VB Macros desirable
• Good analytical skills and understanding of cost allocation methodologies

• MBA Finance / CA

Skills Referential

Behavioral Skills:

• Communication skills - oral written
• Ability to collaborate / Teamwork
• Ability to deliver / Results driven
• Creativity Innovation / Problem solving

Transversal Skills:

• Ability to understand, explain and support change
• Analytical Ability
• Ability to develop and adapt a process
• Ability to implement relevant and timely controls

Education Level:

• CA or equivalent