General Accounting Consultant # 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.