General Accounting Consultant # JN -072021-67666
New York, New York
Posted on: July 28, 2021
Industry: Accounting/Finance
Job Number: JN -072021-67666
Description:
Role Description:
- Participates in the monthly financial statement close for assigned shared services process
- Executes against Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as assigned
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensures work output and quality of the services meet stakeholder expectations and are in line with agreed KPIs and SLAs
- Prepares management reporting, variance analyses, and analytical tools
- Researches financial anomalies and makes corrections as necessary
- Escalates variances and issues for management attention
- Reviews, analyzes, reconciles, and interprets financial results in lower risk areas with customer and business managers
- Maintains a basic understanding of financial systems and data elements related to assigned accounting processes
- Performs internal controls as assigned.
- Monitors compliance of processes, transactions, and balances with accounting and finance policies
- Provides feedback and suggestions to management on where process efficiencies can be gained
Qualifications Include:
- 3 years relevant experience
- Sap experience a must
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to effectively communicate status, issues, and risks with leadership team
- Ms office and advanced excel skills
- Operational process subject matter expertise
- Customer service and cross-functional interpersonal skills
- Consistent attention to detail
- Working with or in a shared services environment preferred.