Senior Accountant at CHEP

This position is responsible for completing financial accounting activities for the region to support the production of accurate and timely financial results in compliance with IFRS and local Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), including compliance with Brambles policy and procedures. Specific responsibility for Intercompany and GRNI accounting for the region.

Record to Report Responsibilities:

• Performance of the End-to-End Record to Report/ Financial Accounting processes, including the monthly close process to BRACS submission and approval.
• Performance of a range of assigned month end close processes including preparing and reviewing balance sheet reconciliations, and preparation of journals to support the month end process
• Application of accounting standards and practices in accordance with accounting standards, policy and local country requirements.
• Follow up balance sheet items for assigned accounts and ensure these are resolved timeously
• Liaise with the R2R Service Delivery Manager to co-ordinate the 3rd Party Provider’s assigned scope of work, providing constructive feedback where necessary to improve collective E2E performance.
• Statutory Reporting:
• Data preparation to support the preparation of Brambles and local in country statutory accounts for the countries within the region.
• Preparation of accounting technical papers and supporting audit schedules.
• Provide technical expertise to ensure accurate and timely compliance with filings, including working with external providers to meet local compliance requirements. 
• Preparation of Annual Financial Statements in compliance with applicable Framework.
• Policy & Compliance: support the implementation of group policies and procedures as directed. Performs substantive testing of controls to assess effectiveness of the control environment.  
• Transformation & Standardisation: Support the standardisation (by implementation) of accounting processes to drive global standard.

Accountabilities specific to this role:

Intercompany:

• Fulfill the business needs for Intercompany reporting
• Perform workings and analysis for intercompany charges
• Liaise with 3rd Party Service Provider to raise intercompany invoices and accruals
• Analyse and resolve any anomalies on Intercompany
• Responsible for month end, Half Year End and Year End reporting on Intercompany (including BRACS requirements)

GRNI Accounting:

• Liaise with Business, I2P and 3rd Party Service Provider to ensure GRNI is cleared in accordance with Group policy
• Responsible for month end, Half Year End and Year End reporting on GRNI (including BRACS requirements)

Other

• Assist with the review and submission of monthly, bi-annual and annual reporting based on Group requirements, including ad-hoc requests and queries.
• Input into the annual budget and quarterly forecasting processes
• Assist with the year-end external audit
• Assist with Group or local internal audits, and contribute to improvements in business processes and internal control
• Provide support to Management on ad hoc projects

Skills and Experience

• 3+ years’ experience in Financial Accounting role required, with experience in public company or foreign listed company multinational environment beneficial
• IFRS experience required
• Experience with local GAAP applicable to the sub-region beneficial
• Previous experience in working with a global finance team associated with geographically diverse businesses beneficial
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance/ Accounting or in a relevant finance technical discipline
• Certified Accountant (e.g. CA, ACA, CIMA, CPA, ) preferred

Preferred Education

• Technical/Professional Qualification - Accounting

Preferred Level of Work Experience

• 1 - 3 years