Financial Accountant

Charles Taylor•Norwalk, CT

About The Position

The role sits within Finance Group Shared Services and is responsible for Record-to-Report (R2R) operations including preparation of monthly management accounts and general finance accounting tasks for Charles Taylor group or one of our businesses. The incumbent will be expected to support and work closely with their assigned Finance Team.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree with major in Finance and/or Accounting
3-5 years of professional experience in accounting, reporting and/or auditing with large global corporation or accounting firm.
Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP (IFRS knowledge is a plus).
Detail oriented with strong financial analysis skills.
Strong organizational and stress management skills.
Strong Excel skills in managing and manipulating large data.
Adapt at building relationships and have strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
Ability to prioritize and work under a tight schedule.
Ability to work independently with little to no supervision.
Highly motivated and great Team Player

Nice To Haves

Experience with Sun6, TM1, Microsoft Dynamics is a plus.

Responsibilities

Prepare monthly accounting journals and post them in timely manners in Sun6.
Prepare the Journal templates with support for approvals in adherence to processes.
Organize and save all the backups/ support in shared drive for easy access and follow.
Investigate monthly inter-company accounts Transactions, Post journals, share and save backups to respective counterpart.
Maintain and reconcile the Prepayment, Accruals, Debtors, Creditors accounts to the trial balance.
Review capital expenditure monthly, calculating and reconciling the depreciation. Fixed assets + IFRS16
Post payroll, 401K, HSA and bonus accounting Journals.
Support the Finance Manager with General accounting (chart of accounts, journals, accruals, prepayments, period close and open) and month-end activities.
Assist/Investigate any System-to-System Reconciliation for team, as requested.
Provide information and assistance to Internal and External Auditors as and when required.
Assisting in various Ad Hoc Projects as required