Senior Accountant Global Accounting
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Job Location:
Chicago, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Salary
USD 72000 - 90000 p.a.
Purpose of the Job
The Senior Accountant is a key member of the corporate finance team responsible for accurate financial reporting robust balance sheet discipline and timely close execution across multiple entities in the Americas region. The role partners closely with AP/AR Billing/Credit Control Payroll/HR Tax and external auditors to ensure compliance with Ocorian Group standards and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). strong cash stewardship and on time statutory and regulatory deliverables.
Main Responsibilities
Financial control and treasury
- Execute monthly quarterly and year end close activities in line with the Group Finance calendar; supported by the Global Accounting Team in Mauritius prepare journals accruals prepaids fixed assets and lease entries; complete high quality balance sheet reconciliations with clear support and variance commentary.
- Uphold the financial control environment for assigned entities; ensure controls operate as intended and documentation is current.
- Prepare/review consolidation support and intercompany reconciliations; drive timely settlement of intercompany balances consistent with Group standards
- Prepare and maintain the rolling 13week cash flow forecast and support liquidity planning and funding requests.
- Maintain strong cash controls; perform and review bank reconciliations; support timely surplus cash remittances to Group Finance.
- Partner with the global Credit Control Team in Belfast & Mauritius to monitor collections resolve disputes and reduce aged receivables; update and validate bad debt provision in line with Group standards and IFRS.
Financial operations
- Coordinate with the Billing teams in Mauritius to ensure client invoices are issued accurately and on schedule; oversee cash application
- Working with the Global Accounting Team in Mauritius ensure timely vendor payments and staff expenses.
- Partner with HR/Global Payroll to validate payroll postings and reconciliations for assigned entities.
- Ensure adherence to Group accounting policies and IFRS; prepare technical memos and support for accounting positions where needed.
- Prepare draft statutory financial statements tax packs/returns inputs and other required regulatory and capital returns; ensure all filings and payments (including government fees) are made on time and accounts remain reconciled.
- Compile periodic financial information and board packs for regulated entities as requested.
- For Audit serve as a primary preparer for PBC requests; coordinate samples walkthroughs and responses for local audits and support Group audits; remediate audit points promptly.
- Recommend and implement improvements to close reconciliations billing/cash application and reporting processes; standardize templates and checklists to drive efficiency and consistency across entities.
- Build finance team NetSuite awareness to improve alignment with operational/fund processes that interact with corporate accounting.
Leadership and management
- Review all finance processes for the Americas and ensure they are operating efficiently and effectively and in line with Group standards.
- Ensure finance team in Mauritius has an appropriate understanding of NetSuite
- Support continuous improvement of finance processes.
- Act as change champion for finance in the Americas region.
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Qualifications :
- Bachelors Degree in Accounting (or Finance with strong accounting emphasis).
- Demonstrated experience in financial control statutory financial statements preparation and working with external auditors; solid knowledge of IFRS and Group policy adherence
- Advanced Excel skills and strong general systems literacy.
Knowledge Skills and Experience
- Experience of working in a financial control function
- Experience of working with external auditors. Previous audit experience preferred
- Knowledge of IFRS preferred
- Knowledge of Netsuite preferred
- CPA or currently sitting for CPA license is preferred
Competencies
- Ability to work independently under own initiative and proactively
- Ability to work in a changing environment
- Ability to work under pressure prioritise and deliver multiple outcomes to predetermined timelines
- Confident communicator to all levels and abilities
Additional Information :
All staff are expected to embody our core values that underpin everything that we do and that reflect the skills and behaviours we all need to be successful. These are:
- We are CLIENT CENTRIC Clients are at the centre of our world and were committed to providing expertise and specialist solutions to meet their most complex challenges.
- We are AMBITIOUS We aim high. We think and act globally seizing every opportunity to delight our clients and support our colleagues - wherever in the world they may be.
- We are AGILE We act on our initiative to get things done for our clients. Our independence gives us the flexibility and freedom to keep things simple efficient and effective.
- We are COLLABORATIVE With a curious mindset we ask the right questions to get to the right solution for our clients faster. We collaborate to win together and share our successes.
- We are ETHICAL We behave with integrity at all times and assume positive intent building trust through responsible actions and honest relationships.
Equal Opportunities for Everyone
Please let us know if theres anything we can do to make the process easier for you. You can reach us at .
Were an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age ethnicity religion sex sexual orientation gender identity family or parental status national origin or veteran neurodiversity or disability status.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Account Payable
- Invoicing
- Journal Entry
- Data Entry
- Accounting & Finance
- Tax Returns
- QuickBooks
- General Ledger Accounting
- Microsoft Excel
- Reporting
- Payroll
- Financial statement
- Account Receivable
- ACCA
- CPA
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