General Ledger Accountant

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BAT IS LOOKING FOR A GENERAL LEDGER ACCOUNTANT

FUNCTION: GBS ENA Finance

LOCATION: Bucharest, Romania

ROLE POSITIONING AND OBJECTIVES

The role is part of GBS ENA and is responsible for effective and timely delivery of the daily tasks (bank accounts clearings, journal postings, fixed assets transactions) and month/ year-end closing activities (bank and balance sheet reconciliations).

Reports to: Transactional Finance Team Leader

Geographic Scope: GBS ENA

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Contributing to the effective and timely delivery of General Ledger and Fixed Assets activities, including: month and year end closure activities, routine journals, provisions, accounts reconciliation ensure all the requests are actioned within the agreed SLA (Service Level Agreement)
• Supporting the alignment within GBS of the multiple General Ledger and Fixed Assets processes for existing migrated end markets or for new ones within a migration process
• Supporting the other team members by analyzing and eliminating inefficiencies in processes when requested
• The financial analyst will perform specific tasks assigned by the manager related to integrity, quality, and accuracy of the process
• Ensuring that all Reconciliations are completed on time with full supporting information
• Daily/weekly/monthly duties to be completed according to the department timetable
• Performing analysis in an accurate and timely manner, driving open items reduction; maintaining Key Performance Indicators (KPI) in agreed global targets

EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE

ESSENTIAL

• Minimum 1-year accounting experience
• Finance/ Economic background and education
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office package (especially Excel) and SAP knowledge is a plus
• Good English and Romanian communication skills

BENEFICIAL

• Previous experience of working in a Global Shared Services
• Degree educated with professional accountancy qualification (i.e. ACCA/CIMA/CECAR)

* Please notice that at the moment we might not have any vacancy, but as soon as it will arise we will contact you.

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