Lead Financial Administrator

The Opportunity:

Ensuring best in class accounting support is delivered consistently for the Record to Report area involving processing, reporting and presentation of accurate financial data in a timely manner to management and stakeholders. To drive, co-ordinate on audit with various stakeholders and teams for effective and smooth audit process. To focus on innovations to gain efficiency in the accounting area.

You are great at:

• Processing and Approving Journals and reconciliations
• Ensuring timeliness, accuracy and quality of work performed regularly including report extraction; query management;
• Handling complex size entities in production and audits
• To document the process in standard SOP
• Handling and supporting Audits
• Perform Volume Analysis, Support production planning and backup planning
• Support management reporting and Operations Review
• Balance sheet review and variance analysis for small scale entities
• Ability to deliver multiple priorities and do effective time management.
• Good understanding of System/Integration, problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to understand, interpret and present financial data
• Evidence of building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders acting as a trusted business advisor
• Identifying potential escalation and acting on that in a timely manner
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) / US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (USGAAP) Accounting.

What it takes:

• First level university degree with a focus in commerce advanced degree and/or accounting certification.
• Typically, 5+ years of experience in a Finance function or exhibiting an exceptionally strong background in some other relevant and applicable area of R2R accounting
• Good accounting knowledge to understand and post Journal Entries-prepare and review account reconciliation.
• Good excel, PowerPoint and communication skills
• Flexibility to support different time-zones and geographies.
• Fluency in English language (verbal and written)
• Strong problem-solving skills.