Record to Report Specialist

  • Full-time

Company Description

SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. SGS operates a network of over 2,000 offices and laboratories around the world.

Job Description

R2R Specialist is responsible for providing business units, general accounting and internal control support, including preparation and posting of journal entries, maintenance of balance sheet accounts, completion of the month end closing transactions/procedures and ensuring that the general ledger account balances and trial balances are appropriately reconciled.

 The incumbent will assist the R2R Supervisor in training and overseeing the junior members of the team (R2R Analysts).

She/he is responsible for completeness, accuracy and timeliness of operations in the general ledger, inventory, fixed asset and intercompany accounts, as well as treasury transactions and bank reconciliations.

He/she follows Desktop Procedures and adequate policies and guidelines in place and seeks for improvements.

Specific responsibilities:

·         Preparation and posting of journal entries (including mass allocation) for the designated SGS Affiliates

·         Managing bank statements and related GL reconciliations

·         Maintaining Inventory and Fixed Asset modules and related entries in these accounts

·         Performing postings/analysis/reconciliations on intercompany transactions and related supporting documentation

·         Cost allocation

·         Performing regular analyses of the account variances

·         Performing additional tasks on request of senior colleagues

·         Complying with Month End closing requirements and deadlines

·         Ensuring there are no outstanding transactions that are not completed before closing

·         Ensuring monthly checklists are completed without exception

·         Preparation of periodic and ad hoc reports as requested by management

·         Following adequate rules, policies, procedures and instructions

 

2. The R2R Specialist is responsible for providing business unit, general accounting and internal control support in line with IFRS, including preparation and posting of journal entries, maintenance of balance sheet accounts, completion of the month end closing transactions/procedures and ensuring that the general ledger account balances and trial balances are appropriately reconciled.


She/he is responsible for completeness, accuracy and timeliness of preparation about the general ledger, inventory, fixed assets, intercompany accounts, treasury transactions and bank reconciliations as well as for the associated reporting requirements.

 

Moreover, he/she is responsible for accounts’ analysis and supports R2R Supervisor and colleagues in carrying out responsibilities of the R2R Team contacts local finance  to resolve accounting queries and cooperates with auditors.

 

He/she follows Desktop Procedures and adequate policies and guidelines in place, initiates Desktop Procedures updates whenever required and actively seeks for improvements.

 

Senior accountant assures delivery of services as defined in the Service Level Agreement (SLA) /KPI’s applicable for the role.

 

REPORTING LINE

·      Directly reporting to R2R Supervisor

 

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

 

§  Responsibility for preparation and posting of journal entries for the designated SGS Affiliates.

§  Creation, distribution and maintenance of standard GL, FA, INV, Intercompany Transaction reports to corporate and business units.

§  Ensuring data integrity and preparing financial information as required, in accordance with expected accuracy, timeliness and accessibility.

§  Performing the periodic close of general ledger which includes maintaining the close schedule, scheduling of subsystem feeds, making materiality decisions on closing entries and communicating to customers when the monthly trial balance is finalized.

§  Maintaining accountability for the standard chart of accounts and for the preparation of account analysis/reconciliations on a timely basis.

§  Performing additional tasks on request of senior colleagues

§  Providing customer service which meets or exceeds customer SLA.

§  Assuring compliance and quality control review

§  Identification and presentation of solutions for process improvements

§  Cooperating with other team members to ensure that the GBS is meeting or exceeding performance levels

§  Supporting the roll-in strategy and implementation

§  Resolving conflicts and assisting others as required

§  Ensuring compliance with applicable rules, policies and procedures

Qualifications

Profile for Specialist:

§  Degree in Finance and Accountancy. CPA required.

§  Minimum 3 years of related professional experience in GL  - required

§  High understanding of General Ledger accounting processes, including Fixed Assets, Intercompany and information systems - required

§  Strong knowledge and understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (IFRS) - required

§  Ability to manage the general accounting function and deliver process enhancements (General ledger maintenance and closing, Fixed Asset inventory maintenance, intercompany, and account analysis / reconciliation processes) - required

§  Understanding of internal control elements – nice to have

§  Experience in interfacing with business customers in defining General Ledger, account and reporting requirements – nice to have

Knowledge of Oracle General Ledger – nice to have

 

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