Job Description

You are responsible for the financial governance of the legal entities. It plays a key role in ensuring the reliability of business reporting, its compliance with accounting standards and the safeguarding of the business assets through the implementation and monitoring of a robust system of controls, the development and scrutiny of accounting processes deployed across the business and the identification and assessment of risks.

Key Responsibilities

• Complete month end and year end activities in line with communicated timetables
• Prepare reconciliation of various balance sheet accounts in accordance with our controls and pro-active investigation of reconciling items
• Assist in the review of the balance sheet to ensure balances are substantiated in line with accounting standards and policies
• Support payroll-related month-end process for domestic and Expatriate payrolls including preparing accruals and its supporting schedule
• Assist in the review of payroll gross-to-net reports including the reconciliation of funding request from external payroll providers and resolving any discrepancies prior to funds settlement
• Prepare, review and post journal entries to ensure the accuracy and completeness of general ledger on an ongoing basis
• Assist in the preparation of billings for services provided to Joint Ventures entities and ensure that these are being carried out in accordance with service contract agreements
• Participate in the development and enhancement of a robust process in reviewing Balance Sheet and P&L for assigned business areas
• Assist with ad hoc tasks/projects as instructed by the Financial Controller

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Part-Qualified in ACCA/ACA/CIMA
• Previous experience and knowledge of payroll and taxes is an advantage
• Good interpersonal skills and confidence in communication with people at all levels across all business functions
• Ability to work to demanding deadlines
• A Self-starter with the ability to identify key issues and present them to the relevant audience appropriately
• Enthusiasm, resilience, drive and commitment, with the ability to work effectively in a constantly changing environment
• Strong commercial acumen, the foresight to ask the right questions and the skills to work effectively with other areas of the finance function
• Attention to detail, ability to notice both minute and pertinent details of transactions, situations and documents; thorough and conscientious when performing work
• Intermediate/Advanced Excel knowledge
• Experience of Oracle an advantage