SGS is the world’s leading Testing, Inspection and Certification company. We operate a network of over 2,500 laboratories and business facilities across 115 countries, supported by a team of 99,500 dedicated professionals. With over 145 years of service excellence, we combine the precision and accuracy that define Swiss companies to help organizations achieve the highest standards of quality, compliance, and sustainability.

The incumbent in collaboration with the team leader and other member of the team, 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 bookkeeping, completion of the month end closing process and ensuring that the general ledger account balances and trial balances are appropriately reconciled.

Under the supervision of Senior Accountant, she/he is in charge of completeness, accuracy and timeliness of preparation as regards the general ledger, inventory, fixed assets as well as for the associated reporting requirements. Moreover, he/she supports senior colleagues in carrying out the ordinary task of the accounting department.

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

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Responsibility for preparation and posting of assigned journal entries (including cost redistribution)
• Collaborate in Creation, distribution and maintenance of standard GL, FA and INV, reports to senior management and internal stakeholders.
• Ensuring data integrity and preparing financial information
• Performing the periodic month end closure process 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.
• Collaborating proactively in annual and interim audits
• Maintaining accountability for the standard chart of accounts and for the preparation of account analysis/reconciliations on a timely basis.
• Maintaining Inventory and Fixed Asset modules and related entries in these accounts
• Cooperating for the planning and execution of fixed asset verifications
• Performing regular analyses of the account variances and facilitate review of Balance Sheet reconciliations.
• Assuring compliance and quality control review
• Cooperating with other team members to ensure that the assigned Cluster is meeting or exceeding performance levels reported in SLA.
• Ensuring compliance with applicable rules, policies and procedures
• Any other duties and responsibilities assigned to by the Team Lead and Finance Operations Manager from time to time.

Qualifications, Experience and Competencies

• Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Accounting or Finance
• Minimum 6 years of related professional experience in GL
• High understanding of GL accounting processes and information systems
• Good knowledge and understanding of accepted accounting principles (IFRS)
• Ability to manage the general accounting function and deliver process enhancements (General ledger maintenance and closing, Fixed Asset inventory maintenance, and account analysis / reconciliation processes)
• Knowledge of FA, INV, Intercompany transaction is a must.
• Basic working knowledge of MS Office applications (Excel, Word,)
• Analytical skills and Deadline oriented
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Able to examine and interpret financial data.
• Good interpersonal skills and highly organized