Accountant – Statutory Accounting COE

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Your Role: Accountant – Statutory Accounting COE

As an Accountant, you will be responsible for preparing accurate and consistent statutory financial statements for assigned company codes.

Within this role, you will contribute to identifying required statutory adjustments and participate in the external audit process.

This position requires accounting expertise based on IFRS or Local GAAP regulations, depending on the country under responsibility.

Your Responsibilities:


* Key Responsibilities
+ Act as an SME/Super User of a global tool for Financial Statements reporting (new templates setup, first line of support to address any issues, etc.)
+ Ongoing maintenance of Statutory Financial Statements templates in the global tool
+ Prepare and post month-end closing statutory adjustments for in-scope countries
+ Manage reconciliation bridge from US GAAP to IFRS/Local GAAP for in-scope countries
+ Work closely with Local Finance team to understand the business’ day-to-day activities and ensure these are properly reflected in the local ledger
+ Prepare yearly Financial Statements for assigned countries in compliance with IFRS or Local GAAP standards (depending on the country under responsibility) and participate in the external audit process
+ Prepare Balance Sheet fluctuations commentaries as needed (monthly internal reporting process)
+ Prepare other in-scope country-specific local reporting as required
+ Prepare robust process documentation, including a regular & timely updates


* Expertise and Business Partnership
+ Support complex accounting issues in accordance with IFRS or relevant Local GAAP (depending on the country under responsibility)
+ Develop good understanding of One Source tool capabilities, actively work towards resolving any technical issues
+ Build effective collaboration with all relevant stakeholders (e.g.

Local Affiliate, EBS teams, auditors)


* Project Phase
+ Participate in One Source statutory reporting module implementation.

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