Support significantly larger and/or more sophisticated entities and has understanding of the nature of the business and the economic environment to complete activities optimally.
Coordinate the timely and accurate recording of financial transactions (e.g. ledger entries, journal postings, Additional and Supplementary Data reporting etc.) in line with relevant requirements, policies, and procedures.
Support the delivery of timely and accurate statutory accounts and tax analyses through liaison with the Statutory Tax teams and external auditors if required.
Supervise open and items and communicate and follow-up accordingly with the appropriate staff.
Review reports generated by the ARC Account Executives to validate data and provide required input while ensuring submission in a timely manner if required.
Resolve or further raise any sophisticated issues faced.
Support preparation of documents and adjustments for monthly, quarterly, and year-end close.
Support customers in having understanding of the general ledger and group reporting pertaining to the respective parties.
Liaise with other GBS internal teams to ensure that the data being entered into the ledger is accurate.
Liaise with senior stakeholders internally and externally as and when vital.
May carry out supervisory responsibilities such as planning, assigning, and advising work, and providing feedback and mentoring team members.
Key Challenges
Ensure 100% accuracy and timeliness of group and statutory reports in accordance to agreed service levels.
Develop a good understanding of the customer organisation as well as the business to be able to deliver high quality service.
Managing the day-to-day work activities of the team and ensuring the vital skills and experience are available to meet the challenges of a demanding and complex workload if vital.
High level of familiarity with the systems used to maintain and reconcile the accounts receivable system to ensure it balances accurately.
Collaborating closely with customers and colleagues in different geographical locations, time zones and potentially in different languages using different systems requiring meticulous coordination between teams.
Quick to react and adapt to constantly evolving reporting requirements for highly fluid businesses.
High level of familiarity with the end-to-end financial accounting process for the supported entities