Accountant

  • Contract

Company Description

Digitas is a highly-caffeinated playground where brilliant minds come together to make bold, award-winning marketing. We use data-driven insights to guide our work, but we also believe in a healthy dose of spirited storytelling as we strive to transform the marketing landscape.

We are The Connected Marketing Agency. A strategic partner that guides brands to make meaningful connections with extraordinary outcomes.

Our purpose is to deliver Truth, Connection and Wonder. Truth. Being data-driven, informed by real human behaviour. We create authentic experiences inspired by insights. We believe in transparency in our business practises. Connection. We connect the ecosystem between brands and consumers through all marketing touchpoints…digital, physical, emerging. We connect with partners, sister agencies and clients for unconventional solutions. Wonder. By approaching challenges with excitement, imagination and a sense of what’s possible. Our ideas excite, open eyes, provoke, move people in transformational ways.

We are designed, through approach, workplace, and model to bring together experts in brands, data, technology, media, content, creative and CRM across the world. Our 6,000 diverse talents include technology, data and media experts as well as creative, customer and commercial specialists. Our unicorns are dedicated to helping our clients navigate their own marketing transformation delivering work that resonates with audiences around the world.

The way we do this is by connecting datasets that reveal people’s choices, preferences and attitudes through millions of signals in what they do each day. We pride ourselves on having one of the most innovative strategy teams in the business. Our goal to design the right end-to-end customer journey – people are at the centre of everything we do and data is the fuel. Our clients regularly sing our praises, and who can blame them: from several of the world’s largest banks to household names in travel, shopping, food, and leisure, our work is broad and innovative. But we are interested in more than just best-in-class insights; we strive to offer every employee cutting-edge career development with a generous helping of fun.

Job Description

  • Analyse financial results (P&L & B/S) on a monthly basis and provide commentaries on performance against budget and prior year.
  • Prepare accruals and accounting entries in accordance with relevant accounting standards and policies.
  • Ensure revenues, commissions and expenses are recorded appropriately on a monthly basis.
  • Review reporting and ad hoc reporting.
  • Assist with month-end and year-end closing.
  • Assist with annual budgeting & forecast exercise include preparation of revenue template for upload to Hyperion
  • Support inter-company reconciliations
  • Resolve accounting discrepancies
  • Assist in master record (i.e. vendor, client, GL account, etc) setup as as and when required
  • Participate in ad hoc tasks/Projects in support of team initiative.
  • Liaise with internal & external stakeholders as required to deliver the above tasks
  • Cash flow management

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or ACCA in accounting, finance, or business.
  • Minimum 2-3 years of relevant experience.
  • Any prior experience in Marketing industry would be highly preferred.
  • Tech savvy with Microsoft applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
  • Strong knowledge of IT systems: Spectra, Oracle Hyperion, SAP.
  • Strong organizational skills, analytical and attention to detail.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in an international environment.
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