Analyst - Accounting

Job Description

Main purpose

This role is responsible for the accounting, reporting and control of the Trading legal entities with primary responsibilities of monthly closing of the books, entity-specific accounting policy, legal entity maintenance, account reconciliation & account structure management. The role will require an in-depth understanding of these entities

including their business strategies, associated technical accounting and disclosure requirements.

Key responsibilities

Balance Sheet Review & Control

-     Provide and support input into the end-to-end control and ownership of legal entity balance sheets for the division supported

-     Drive the monthly financial close which entails analytical review and sign off of the balance sheet, profit and loss accounts for entities of the specified trading division

-     Perform the month end close process including but not limited to revenue recognition checks, stock verification and valuation, debtors aging along with provision review, intercompany & related party balance confirmation

-      Ensure strong control framework by implementing and maintaining effective internal controls

-      Address ad hoc requests from various stakeholders and counterparts like tax, consolidation, and regional

accounting teams

-     Coordinate with multiple teams on matters relating to intercompany settlements, transfer pricing, legal, compliance

-      Analyse impact of various journals and processes on trial balance areas.

MIS reporting

-      Inter-co, Portfolio and Broker reconciliation

-      Debtor/Creditor reconciliation

-      Debtor/Creditor reporting

-      VAT reconciliation and reporting

-      Inter/Intra-co invoicing and reallocation of costs/income

-      Daily suspense balance clearing and reporting

Audit

-      Liaise with external auditors during the group & statutory audits

-      Coordinate with various functions to provide auditable support & evidence to external auditors

-      Prepare disclosure schedules and audit documentation

Change Management

-     Drive change projects to support any accounting policy changes or new reporting requirements for the legal entities in scope

-      Challenge the current processes for improvement and constantly review processes for efficiencies

-      Steer a wide variety of projects in the transformation of the trading and GL systems from the design, functional

requirements and testing to supporting implementation

Required qualifications

•   Chartered Accountant

•   2-4 Years of proven experience

•   Eager to take up fresh challenges and support the team wherever required

Skills

•   Can work with multiple data sets, various systems and Excel

•   Comfortable to work with non-accounting teams for regular activities and projects

Attributes for success

• Ability to handle ambiguity with ease
• Proven attention to detail and the ability to effectively multi-task a must
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Determined and able to take end-to-end ownership
• Keen to question and challenge the existing processes with a view of creating reporting efficiencies and
• improvements.

Department overview

Financial Control & Reporting Teams are based in various locations depending on the entities under scope. FC&R - ROW team is based out of Mumbai managing review and reporting for entities in Singapore & Europe primarily. Team closely works with Trading Controllers based out of Geneva. major responsibility of team include Management Reporting, Controlling, Audit management and statutory reporting. 

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