Group Accounting Associate (GAA)

Company Description

About the Role

Main Responsibilities includes but not limited to:

• Perform bookkeeping for the UK, India, and US entities and credit control for UK and US.
• R2R - Record-to-Report (GL) - Pass/Create journal postings (for payroll/tax, deferrals/accruals), bank/credit card reconciliations, prepayments, fixed assets, etc.
• O2C - Order-to-Cash (AR) - Match invoice/billing documents, ensuring accurate cash collection application and enahance AR Ageing.
• P2P - Purchase-to-Pay (AP) - Post/Process vendor/supplier invoices and employee expenses, ensure P&L coding are used correctly and that payments are processed timely.
• Assist in monthly close process activities and perform Balance Sheet account reconciliations.
• Support treasury function (TWCF/TMCF cashflow reporting and forecasting)
• Assist in accounts flux analysis (inc. budget vs actual variances)
• Support the annual audit requests.
• Assist in group finance functions.
• Calculate sales commissions and bonuses.
• UK/US payroll assistance (with direct contact with payroll providers).
• HR and admin support for the UK, India, and US.
• Local compliance and statutory reporting assistance.
• Support ad hoc tasks requested by Group Finance Manager and Group Credit Controller
  

Key relationships: Internal and external

• Group Finance Manager and Group Financial Controller
• Senior Management team
• Global finance team
• Global HR and IT team
• Global Sales, Marketing and Operations team
• Departmental Leaders (Budget Owners)
• External suppliers and customers TITLE
  

Candidate profile: Technical and Experience requirements

• Finance/Accounting/Business degree.
• Must be a self-starter, with an exemplary can-do, problem-solving attitude.
• Proven experience and track record in similar roles with over 1-3 years hands-on experience, preferably within a company in the service industry.
• A team player with excellent communication skills.
• Exposure and good understanding of finance operations processes (AR, GL, and AP)
• Competent English language (written and spoken).
• G-suite (now Google Workspace) familiarity specially GoogleSheets is a plus.
• Demonstrable experience in the accounting softwares - SAP, NetSuite, etc. (Xero would be considered an advantage)
  

Would be great to have:

• US and UK company exposures.
• Exposure to working with an international team and some foreign language skills.
• Experience in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) or Enterprise IT services.