Senior Accountant, Westville (On Contract for 8 months) at CHEP

Position Title & Location : Senior Accountant,  Westville (On Contract for 8 months)

Position Purpose :

• This position is responsible for completing financial accounting activities for the sub-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.

Major/Key Accountabilities :

Record to Report

• The role will be required to perform the end-to-end Record to Report/ Financial Accounting processes, including the monthly close process.
• Performs a range of assigned month end close processes including preparing and reviewing balance sheet reconciliations, 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.
• Ensure balance sheet items for assigned accounts are followed up and resolved in a timely basis
• Liaises 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: preparation data to support the preparation of Brambles and local in country statutory accounts for the countries within the region. This includes the preparation of accounting technical papers, audit schedules to support. Provides technical expertise to ensures accurate and timely compliance with filings, including working with external providers to meet the local compliance requirements.
• Policy & Compliance: supports the implementation of group policies and procedures as directed.
• Transformation & Standardization: Supports the standardization (by implementation) of accounting processes to drive global standard.

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 process
• Assisting with the year-end external audit
• Assisting with Group or local internal audits, and contribute to improvements in business processes and internal control
• Providing support to Management on ad hoc projects

Challenges :

• Working across multiple countries, time zones, currencies, languages and cultures
• Navigating the complexity of working in a matrix structure.
• Overtime may be required
• Firm deadlines
• Liaising with BPO

Qualifications :

• Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in Finance/ Accounting or in a relevant finance technical discipline
• Desirable: Certified Accountant (e.g. ACA, CIMA, CPA, CA)

Experience :

• 3+ years’ experience in public company or foreign listed company multinational environment reporting required; IFRS experience preferred
• Experience with local GAAP applicable to the sub-region
• Previous experience in working with a global finance team associated with geographically diverse businesses
• Experience in Intercompany and IFRS16 preferred

Skills and Knowledge :

• Refer the Technical and Behavioral Function Profile for detailed requirements, however key aspects include:
• Awareness of FP&A, Commercial and Supply Chain Finance processes
• Good written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
• Solid understanding of multi-currency finance environments
• A person with good people management skills, a team player, who is organized, systematic, accurate, self motivated and able to work under pressure to meet deadlines, would be most effective in this position.