RTR - Senior Professional

What you'll be doing

We are seeking a motivated Record-to-Report (RTR) Senior Professional to support EMEA operations. The role is responsible for timely month-end close, accurate and compliant financial reporting, the effective application of accounting principles, and maintenance of Oracle Finance modules. Key activities include managing complex transactions, such as cash bank reconciliations, foreign exchange and provisions, fixed-asset impairments, and variance analysis, as well as leading small projects, supporting audits, providing ad hoc analysis and automations.

Roles Responsibilities

• Journal Processing: Review, prepare and post accurate journal entries in Oracle Financials while ensuring timely completion, proper support and compliance with accounting and SOX controls.
• Balance Sheet reconciliations: Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations, resolve aged items and discrepancies, and ensure timely completion in line with established guidelines.
• Month End Close Activities: Coordinate month-end close activities, perform financial variance analysis and drive timely issue resolution and continuous process improvement.
• Fixed Assets Management: Manage the complete fixed-asset lifecycle, including master data, transactions, depreciation, reconciliations, reporting and physical verification in accordance with policy.
• Analysis Reporting: Deliver accurate financial reports and insightful variance commentary while performing data-quality checks and coordinating requirements with business stakeholders.
• Intercompany/Related Parties: Record, reconcile and clear intercompany transactions, complete balance confirmations, and process approved transfer journals and resale-minus calculations.
• Real Estate Non-Real estate Lease Management: Maintain lease data, process lease-system journals, reconcile balances to the general ledger and support lease modifications and related accounting entries.
• Documentation Control: Maintain process and control documentation, execute key controls and provide accurate supporting evidence for internal and external audits.
• Oracle Financials Maintenance Support: Provide functional maintenance support for Oracle Financials modules by resolving user issues, coordinating system changes, performing testing and ensuring configurations comply with finance policies and controls.
• Others: Work independently on complex accounting matters, lead assigned initiatives and coach junior professionals while collaborating effectively with stakeholders.
• Preferred Skill - Robotic Process Automation (RPA): RPA knowledge is an added advantage, with the ideal candidate expected to identify manual and repetitive finance processes and assist in designing and implementing effective automation solutions.

Qualifications:

• Qualified CA, or CMA (ICWAI), or equivalent certification preferred.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in general accounting and reporting, and financial reporting.

• Good understanding of accounting principles, IFRS/ US GAAP standard.

• Good analytical and soft skills.

• Good Team Player and a continuous learner.

• Extracurricular activities.

• Candidate with Robotic Process Automation (RPA) skills will be preferred first.

Meet our Team

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We represent Hitachi Vantara to enterprise clients across industries, establishing business relationships to understand customer challenges so that we can deliver profitable business for Hitachi products, services and solutions. We collaborate as a team and cross-functionally to ensure the success of our customers; success that is celebrated and shared. Our solutions bring value to every line of business, and we need people like you to build those deep relationships and to passionately articulate our value proposition.

Our Company

Hitachi Vantara is part of the Global Hitachi family. We balance innovation with an open, friendly culture and the backing of a long-established parent company, known for its ethical reputation. We guide customers from what's now to what's next by unlocking the value of their data and applications to solve their digital challenges, achieving outcomes that benefit both business and society.

Our people are our biggest asset, they drive our innovation advantage, and we strive to offer a flexible and collaborative workplace where they can thrive. Diversity of thought is welcomed, and our employee base is represented by several active Employee Resource Group communities. We offer industry leading benefits packages (flexible working, generous pension and private healthcare) and promote a creative and inclusive culture. If driving real change gives you a sense of pride and you are passionate about powering social good, we'd love to hear from you.

Our Values

Research tells us that some applicants, especially those from underrepresented groups, can be put off from applying for roles if they need flexibility or feel they don't meet all of the set criteria. We strive to create an inclusive environment for all and are open to considering home working, compressed/flexible hours and part-time arrangements. Get in touch with us to explore how we might be able to accommodate your specific needs.

We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. With Japanese roots going back over 100 years, our culture is founded on the values of our parent company expressed as the Hitachi Spirit:

Wa - Harmony, Trust, Respect

Makoto - Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity

Kaitakusha-Seishin - Pioneering Spirit, Challenge