Accounting Senior Officer

Role & responsibilities

The Finance stream provides accounting services to business units/ subsidiaries, employees and external stakeholders. The team also monitors and follows up on certain outstanding accounting transactions to ensure the transactions remain relevant.

This role is to deliver services in a cost effective and efficient way with the aim to continuously streamline the finance processes.

• Provide timely and efficient accounting services to business units / subsidiaries, employees and external stakeholders ensuring compliance with agreed accounting methodology, corporate/local policies and industry best practice
• Undertake the full range of transactional finance responsibilities, in accordance with standard operational procedures, which include but not limited to the following:
• Bank reconciliations
• Customer invoice creation
• Manual journal creation
• Fixed assets accounting
• Maintain proper internal controls to ensure accuracy of financial records
• Ensure consistent accounting support to business units / subsidiaries, employees and external stakeholders within agreed parameters in order to maximize efficiency, effectiveness and confidence
• Administer accounting activities within agreed procedures, standards and timescales, as defined by the Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Work closely with closely with business units / subsidiaries, employees and external stakeholders to ensure alignment of objectives
• Apply Lean processes to ensure that company meets or exceeds customer requirements
• Participate in process optimization initiatives where needed
• When handling of sensitive data, maintain confidentiality and observe data protection and associated guidelines where appropriate

Preferred candidate profile

• 3+ years of experience in Finance related fields
• Experience within Global Business Services / Shared Services environment is advantageous
• Knowledge of SAP transactions such as: FBL3N/H, FAGLL03 / FAGLL03H, FB50, FB03, F-03, FB05 is mandatory
• Ability to work in a team
• Good skills in MS Office applications
• Ability to multi-task between daily operations and project initiatives in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to collect and evaluate data
• Capability to work independently with strong sense of responsibility
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills