F&A GSS - Senior Specialist
Duracell is seeking an accountant to join its GBS Asia Accounting team to execute the month-end close of all financial statements, reporting and internal controls. This role will be responsible to lead, improve and execute: the financial statement month end closing cycle in SAP (such as journal entries, accruals, accounts reconciliation, etc); perform required analysis and reporting of the financial statements (income statement and balance sheet); ensure intercompany balances are reconciled; ensure strong compliance of the financial statements with US GAAP and corporate policy.
The purpose of the accountant is to employ his/her skills to execute and improve the process in his responsibility while ensuring strong compliance with US GAPP. It requires a high level of technical knowledge in accounting and SAP; will also require strong operational discipline, communication and collaboration skills.
Lead and execute the end to end month end closing cycle for the income statement and balance sheet:
Work with multifunctional team to ensure accuracy of the financial statements;
Analyze and balance all accounts in preparation of closing;
Ensure all automatic postings are correct, providing research and analysis to solve and fix accounting discrepancies prior the closing;
Prepare and park journal entries;
Balance the Inter-companies;
Perform FX revaluation;
Perform accounts reconciliation;
Balance sheet review & analysis
Ensure strong compliance of all financial statements with US GAAP and company policy
Support Segment Accounting teams
Download and analyze Trial Balance from SAP;
Assist auditors in internal and external audits by providing the proper support documentation in a timely manner
Prepare Corp Tax submission, tax filing, WHT calculation.
Assist with the preparation and/or review and testing of projects related to optimization and automatization;
Identify and recommend process improvements to increase efficiency and provide solutions for enhancement;
Execute the inventory count.
Costing tasks: standard cost, PIR, Transfer Price maintenance; Annual cost rate review; PPV analysis
Customer pricing upload.
Provide GL account code for AP/AR posting;
Ad hoc communication and analysis;
Cash Flow planning;
Segment Trainings (Accounting, internal control and compliance).
Minimum 3-5 years of relevant accounting experience
End to end experience with month end closing cycle activities;
Audit and/or internal controls experience will be a plus;
Knowledge of HK taxation system will be a plus;
Advanced Microsoft Office skills, mostly advanced knowledge of Excel, including pivot tables, functions and formulas;
Experience of SAP or other ERP systems;
Blackline automation experience is a plus;
Good spoken and written English
Strong knowledge and understanding of US GAAP accounting for all mayor financial statements;
Knowledge of SAP in: Records to reports and General ledger;
Ability to analyze and model data;
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities;
Detail and time-oriented individual who takes ownership of projects;
Ability to work as a team player in a dynamic, continuously changing, fast-paced environment;
Excellent written and oral communication skills;
Ability to work effectively prioritizing competing demands in a fast-paced environment.