Senior Accountant

Overview

Senior Accountant on the corporate accounting and consolidations team within the Controllers Group, assisting with monthly global financial accounting, consolidation and reporting tasks.

What you'll do

• Perform monthly, quarterly and annual close accounting activities, including journal entry preparation, account reconciliation, expense trending analyses and memos with auditable, adequate support for necessary approvals.
• Report monthly results timely into the data mapping tool to facilitate Avantor consolidated results, including assisting Financial Reporting and Consolidation with month-end close processes and data requirements.
• Calculate reserves (revenue cut-off, inventory obsolescence provision, LIFO, credit memo, bad debt reserves, etc.), accruals and prepayments, payroll, rebates (vendor and customer), and FX revaluation.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual flux analysis, info-pack and tax package, and Blackline reconciliations.
• Analyze and resolve intercompany differences between trading partners.
• Keep process documentation up to date.
• Build and support Avantor's control environment.
• Act as an effective corporate accounting business partner to finance leaders, understanding financial processes, inter-department data, reporting requirements, current activities and special projects, and communicate this knowledge back to the Controllers Group.
• Assist with the quarterly external audit process and the internal audit process.
• Analyze ongoing processes to identify and implement improvements that make the close more efficient, make data more accessible to the business, and enhance data integrity.
• Perform ad-hoc analyses and requests, including special financial and economic projects, and other duties as assigned.

What you'll need

• Commerce graduate/postgraduate, or CA (Fresher), or CA Intermediate.
• 3-6 years of rich experience in Record to Report.
• Demonstrated ability in technical accounting such as lease accounting and revenue recognition.
• Corporate accounting experience in a third-party or captive environment.
• Microsoft Office knowledge, specifically Excel.
• SAP knowledge.
• Understanding of U.S. GAAP, IFRS and corporate accounting policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance and the ability to develop and apply SOX guidelines.
• Ability to compile, complete and analyze financial data and statements, including Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow statements.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills, organization, ability to coordinate and prioritize multiple tasks, initiative and desire to learn.

Nice to have

• Alteryx hands-on experience.

Details

• Location: Pune, India.