Senior Accountant

Job Description:

Role Overview

The senior accountant will manage key accounting and financial operations across multiple entities. This hands-on role covers month-end and year-end close, general ledger accounting, reconciliations, financial reporting, payment operations, budget tracking, audit support, and maintaining accurate books under US GAAP and IFRS.

The role will also partner with business teams to explain financial performance, monitor spending, investigate variances, and improve financial processes. The ideal candidate combines strong accounting fundamentals with ownership, commercial awareness, and a continuous-improvement mindset.

## Key Responsibilities

### Accounting and Financial Close

- Own key components of monthly and year-end close across multiple entities.
- Prepare journal entries, accruals, prepayments, reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
- Maintain accurate general ledgers in accordance with US GAAP and IFRS.
- Complete balance-sheet reconciliations and resolve discrepancies promptly.
- Support intercompany accounting, settlements, and multi-entity consolidations.
- Improve the accuracy, documentation, and timeliness of the close process.

### Financial Operations

- Manage and review accounts payable and accounts receivable activities.
- Process vendor payments, employee reimbursements, billing, and collections.
- Maintain appropriate payment approvals and internal controls.
- Monitor cash balances and support treasury and cash-management activities.
- Ensure financial transactions are complete, accurate, and properly supported.

### Budgeting and Business Partnering

- Track actual spending against budgets and highlight material variances.
- Help budget owners understand committed spend, remaining budgets, and financial performance.
- Investigate unexpected costs and identify the underlying business drivers.
- Support annual budgeting and periodic forecasting with accurate financial data.
- Partner with FP&A and functional teams to align actual results with budgets and forecasts.
- Promote cost awareness, financial discipline, and accountability across departments.

### Financial Reporting and Analysis

- Prepare monthly financial reports and supporting schedules.
- Analyse profit and loss, balance-sheet, cash-flow, cost, and margin movements.
- Support profitability analysis by client, project, department, and legal entity.
- Provide timely financial information to finance and management teams.
- Identify opportunities for cost optimisation and improved profitability.

### Process Improvement and Compliance

- Improve and automate recurring reconciliations, reports, and accounting workflows.
- Develop and maintain accounting policies, process documentation, and SOPs.
- Support ERP, reporting-system, and data-quality improvements.
- Prepare schedules and documentation for internal and external audits.
- Support tax and statutory compliance across relevant jurisdictions.
- Maintain accounting treatments and controls in accordance with applicable standards and policies.

## Required Qualifications and Experience

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- At least five years of progressive accounting experience.
- Experience in a multi-entity or international business environment is strongly preferred.
- Practical working knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS.
- Demonstrated ownership of significant portions of the month-end close process.
- Hands-on experience with general ledger accounting, AP, AR, reconciliations, accruals, payments, and financial reporting.
- Experience with budgeting, budget-versus-actual analysis, forecasting support, and cost management.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets skills.
- Experience using ERP or accounting systems; NetSuite experience is preferred.
- CPA, CA, ACCA, CMA, or an equivalent professional qualification is preferred.
- Exposure to Power BI, reporting tools, or finance-process automation is advantageous.

## Core Competencies

- Strong ownership and attention to detail.
- Analytical problem-solving and sound financial judgement.
- Ability to investigate discrepancies and follow issues through resolution.
- Clear communication with finance and non-finance stakeholders.
- Commercial awareness and understanding of operational cost drivers.
- Ability to work independently across changing priorities and time zones.
- Process-improvement and automation mindset.