Senior Accountant

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree.
4+ years of Finance, Accounting, or related work experience.

*Completed advanced degrees in a relevant field may be substituted for up to two years (Masters = one year, Doctorate = two years) of work experience.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Manage and perform US GAAP General Accounting activities.
• Prepare and record properly supported standard entries.
• Perform activities required for month-end closing (preparing and posting journal entries, GL analysis, TB review and variance analysis and other ad-hoc support as required by the business) according to the respective business deadlines.
• Lead and co-ordinate within/across teams in implementing process improvement initiatives as needed in order to drive excellence to the process
• Evaluates the risks involved in process or accounting changes and suggest recommendations for improvements
• Analyze and maintain the general ledger to ensure the accuracy of revenue and cost.
• Perform monthly and quarterly account reconciliation according to Qualcomm Policies
• Act as a subject matter expert. analyze and record activity for certain accounts across the portfolio as assigned.
• Perform critical self-review of activities to ensure integrity of accounting
• Provide ad hoc reports to HQ, local controllership team and other finance functions.
• Prepare quarterly balance sheet analysis, review, and remediation.
• Come forward with automation solutions to the existing processes that brings in efficiencies through cost and time saving in the process
• Provide recommendations on overall improvements in the general ledger system by researching and assessing standardized workflow procedures and policies.
• Support the local controllership team in external annual audits by providing timely and appropriate financial data and supporting documentation in line with the local GAAP requirements and accounting standards
• Ensure that all processes and policies are compliant with Internal Audit and Sarbanes-Oxley control requirements.
• Besides the main tasks and responsibilities listed above, responsible for completing any other tasks assigned by her/his supervisor or manager.

Additional Requirements:

• Chartered Accountant or CPA with 3-5 years of post-qualification experience (preferably in accounting environment)
• Accounting experience in a multi-GAAP environment and shared service center
• Exposure in working in ERP instance (preferably Oracle)
• Excellent written and verbal fluency in English
• Ability to learn/understand standards & processes quickly and adhere to them accurately.
• Has good fundamental organization & prioritization skills
• Flexible approach with a strong team spirit
• Effective interpersonal & communication skills and highly professional style
• Comfortable delivering against quantitative and qualitative performance metrics.
• Numerate with a good eye for detail.
• Proficient IT skills including Excel and Outlook
• Experience of working in large Multi-National Company will be an added advantage for the candidate.