Accounting Management Specialist - 6 months, Payroll experience

My client, a MNC located in the East is seeking Temporary Accounting Specialists to support their project in particular with focus in reviewing payroll transactions and activities. Incumbent needs to have some level of ERP system hand-on experience , understanding of accounting system flow, and payroll experience.

Candidates should have payroll background to review and approve work performed by preparer and cover payroll journal booking or Auditor with payroll audit experience.

General scope:

The Accounting Management Specialist reports to the BPO Management Tower Support (Supervisor). This role involves ensuring the accuracy of monthly balance sheet reconciliations and journal entries for multiple legal entities, and supporting the roll-out of Oracle Cloud and changes to the Chart of Accounts within the Financial Ecosystem System (FCE).

Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• Support Readiness: Assist the Tower Supervisor with FCE readiness activities such as user acceptance testing, beta testing, and validation of work. Collaborate closely with the overseas team.
• Month-End Review: Perform month-end account reviews, including control account checks and correcting journal entries.
• Monitor Progress: Track the progress of monthly closing activities and review the BPO Journal Entry Dashboard for assigned entities.
• Finance Reviews: Conduct pre- and post-close calls with each tower lead to review monthly and quarterly finance activities.
• Support Journal Entries: Assist with journal entry and reconciliation reviews.
• Generate Reports: Create GL reports, perform trend analysis, and conduct variance analysis.
• Monitor SLAs: Monitor BPO performance against Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Escalate discrepancies and oversee the implementation of corrective action plans (CAPs).
• Liaison Role: Act as a liaison between stakeholders and BPO to fulfill information requests and answer questions.
• Efficiency Improvements: Review post-close BPO Journal Entry activities to identify opportunities to reduce transaction volume and improve efficiency.
• Risk Identification: Work across towers to identify risks in processes and implement improvement opportunities.
• Compliance: Ensure BPO compliance with ACR record retention policies.
• Migration Support: Work with GAC BPO Management Tower Leads to understand new responsibilities from any migration of work. Update related documentation.

Requirements:

• Education: Minimum of a Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• Experience: At least 3 years of relevant experience in Accounting, Payroll accounting or Payroll audit experience in any industry

Skills:

• Proficiency in accounting theory and principles.
• Strong attention to detail and good analytical, problem-solving skills.
• Good written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills to work collaboratively with various stakeholders and remote teams.
• Proactive and independent team player who enjoys working in a dynamic environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel.

This is a 6 month contract position for maternity coverage and possibility of extension.
Ex-auditors who are keen to move to a commercial sector are welcome to apply.

Interested candidates, please write to [email protected] (R1100672).