This role is responsible for managing and coordinating key accounting processes including the corporate consolidation, monthly book close, related reporting and other key processes. This will include working with Shared Services Controller’s and BU and Corporate Finance teams. The finance organization is looking for individual who understand the Balance sheet, financial close process and has a strong control focus. The Lead Analyst will be responsible for managing and maintaining the chart of accounts, producing key schedules for external reporting and other corporate finance organizations. The position requires accounting and consolidations experience, critical thinking and strong written and oral communication skills. Proficiency in Excel and Oracle general ledger application experienced strongly desired. The role also requires the individual be well versed in GAAP accounting and SOX requirements/testing. This role will also be involved in numerous key transformational projects focused on centralizing, standardizing and automating accounting activities into a “center of excellence” model.
Responsibilities:
- Manage key aspects of the book close, including the consolidations process
- Responsibility for maintaining and updating the chart of accounts
- Responsible for developing/updating the processes (ongoing process improvement) and related SOX controls
- Develop and maintain strong governance over key accounting processes, with fully documented standard operating procedures and SOX controls and effective oversight
- Responsible for “Bluebook” (balance sheet) reporting, and related explains
- Provide foreign currency rates for Oracle and produce monthly reports and analysis on foreign currency
- Supervise the preparation of BEA reporting with Hyderabad, India associates
- Partner with business unit finance and other corporate finance organizations to support standard and adhoc reporting
- Manage change in a finance organization that is transforming itself to best in class (FFO)
- Pro-actively identify and resolve control deficiencies
- Respond to ad-hoc requests for information and analysis
- 3+ yrs exp in Audit, general accounting, SOX controls, consolidations, GAAP
- Has a CPA license or tracking to a license
- Proficiency in Essbase /TM1 or other reporting tools
- Demonstrated exp in performing complex analysis, using excel & access
- Exp working with internal / external auditors
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