Assistant Financial Controller

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.

The Assistant Financial Controller is a professional, motivated, tech savvy and detail oriented individual to join the Accounting and Compliance team. As a member of this team, you should know your accounting principles and the full accounting process end to end. You will advise on financial reports required by governmental regulations, and you will review, analyze, and interpret financial and budgetary reports… and all this sounds like fun to you! Every day is a new challenge, and you are continually looking for ways to help our team get better at what we do, in the most efficient way possible. A team player at heart, you collaborate with our global team, evangelize best practices and roll up your sleeves to pitch in when it’s all hands on deck. You move fast while keeping your attention to detail, and you tap into your problem solving skills to support business objectives.

A professional at this position level within Accenture has the following responsibilities: Identifies, assesses and solves complex business problems for area of responsibility, where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Closely follows the strategic direction set by senior management when establishing near term goals. Interacts with senior management at a client and/or within Accenture on matters where they may need to gain acceptance on an alternate approach. Has some latitude in decision-making. Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new assignments. Decisions have a major day to day impact on area of responsibility. Manages large - medium sized teams and/or work efforts (if in an individual contributor role) at a client or within Accenture. Responsibilities will include preparing a month-end close package for a portfolio of entities including, but not limited to, the following items: year to date trial balance in the form of natural debits and credits in accordance with US GAAP, Chart of Account COA with detailed description of purpose of each account, current month’s PL YTD and MTD, current month’s balance sheet, reconciliations for each item on the balance sheet, month over month and quarter over quarter fluctuation analysis for both PL and balance sheet, with explanations for any variances over a specified threshold, budget versus actual variance analysis, monitor report on the performance of controls and provide assertion that the controls are working as designed, root cause analysis of errors and incidents, work with business to reengineer processes to remediate, and oversee the change management process.

**Basic Qualifications** * CPA or Chartered Accountant * Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field * 8 years of experience in Accounting team of a large global organization * Minimum 6 years of experience of working on a complex accounting ERP system like Oracle financials, SAP and the like. **Preferred Qualifications** Experience working in a Big 4 Accounting Firm