General Ledger Team Lead

• Team Lead in General Ledger process area
• Timely review and/or approval of monthly account reconciliation templates to meet the company's reporting requirements and analytical review of monthly results
• Accurately post and reconcile intercompany billing and prepare backups
• Demonstrate commitment to Sarbanes and Oxley procedures
• Responsible for post month end activities including reconciliation of balance sheet accounts, preparation of audit and control reports
• Perform bank and cash in transit (CIT) reconciliations
• Develop and maintain good working relationship with respective country finance teams
• Perform other monthly tasks including mid-month roll out of accruals, prepayments, verification and posting month end journals and accounting of new assets acquisition
• Produce routine reports and make summaries for shared service and affiliate management
• Generate monthly service level agreement (SLA) or key performance indicators (KPI) reports and work with responsible team/people to bring red or yellow SLAs/KPIs to green
• Deliver or lead a process improvement project (yellow or greenbelt project)
• Any other task or project that the manager may assign from time to time


Compliance Management:

• Ensure that all stated Company processes and procedures are adhered to regarding general accounting of goods and services
• Update Policies & Procedures with improvements in processes and compliance


Education/ Experience: The ideal candidate will be:

• A Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Experience in general ledger accounting area of least 5 years in a multinational environment A strong working knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (US GAAP or IFRS) and their application
• Knowledge of business controls or Sarbanes and Oxley reporting
• Preferably with knowledge and experience in Lean Sigma
• At least 5 years’ experience in supervising staff or team
• Good understanding of BPO / shared service models
• Knowledge of MS office (word/ excel) is must
• Knowledge of SAP is desirable