Lead Assistant Manager

Ensure the accuracy and integrity of balance sheet accounts by performing detailed reconciliations. This role involves identifying discrepancies, resolving issues, and maintaining accurate financial records to support financial reporting and compliance.

Responsibilities

• • Perform monthly, quarterly and annual accounting process, includes Month End Journal Entries and Reporting Requirements
  • Ensure all general ledgers are reconciled and reported within guidelines for month end
  • Perform intercompany, Cash discount accrual and payroll related activities
  • Obtain clean audit opinion without reported unadjusted differences for areas controllable by Supplier; and no identified errors by the external and internal auditors within listing scope of each stand-alone audit 
  • Ensure all the activities are completed within due dates specified by client
  • Initiate and facilitate continuous process improvements
  • Identify, initiate and coordinate best practice strategies, standardization and process
  • improvements for the team
  • Make sure all the documentations are completed
  •  Introducing process metrics and reporting on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis
  • Work closely with client SME and other stakeholders for managing day-to-day operations and highlighting matters that demand immediate attention
  • Extract and analyze data, and summarize findings, including making recommendations based on findings 
  • Management of financial period close activities within agreed timelines and management reporting.
  • Review of Balance sheet and Intercompany reconciliations.
  • Ensuring completeness and accuracy of intercompany transactions, resolving errors/exceptions.
  • Review of stock accounting and working with terminals/entities on smooth movement of stock.
  • Management of bank securitization process and extensively work with Treasury on fund management
  • Review and maintenance of Fixed Assets.
  • Follow-up with lines of business and stakeholders for closure of accounting open items.
  • Preparation of quarterly VAT returns – in SAP

  Competencies Required:

  • Knowledge of GL Accounting and the process and systems 
  • Clear understanding and delivering clear requests for information; demonstrating flexibility in prioritizing and completing tasks; and communicating potential conflicts to the R2R Tower lead
  • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
  • Understanding of end-to-end processes and appreciation of critical parameters 
  • Problem identification and analytical ability. 
  • Strong knowledge of MS Office 
  • Ability to work with cross-cultural
  • Self-initiative, drive and zeal for continuous improvement. 
  • Ability to discharge the responsibilities in a conflicting environment 

  Strong Customer Focus 

Qualifications

• • Qualifications MBA Finance/ Qualified or semi qualified Chartered Accountant
  • At least 4  years of operational experience as part of the General Accounting and Controllership function 
  • Strong accounting knowledge which includes, preparation of JE and reconciliations
  • Intercompany accounting knowledge
  • Must be computer literate; Excel, Word
  • Knowledge of SAP, BlackLine and Hyperion systems is desired
  • Good written and Oral communication skills
  • Ability to document the process