Senior Accountant

What’s the role?

The purpose of this position is to be a key team player in supporting the process-related activities and acting as the first point of contact for the Trading Settlements team members and external Stakeholders for any operational (process) matters. A Specialist acts as a role model presenting One Finance behaviors.

A Specialist is responsible for ensuring operational excellence and process compliance as well as maintaining a high-quality control framework, identifying the areas for improvement and automation, but also presenting the ideas to solve a problem and document it as per internal requirements.

The Trading Settlements processes are complex, risk exposure due to the ever-changing regulatory environment, and often time-critical. They involve close cooperation with different teams (Traders, Operations, Tax, Financial Accounting, Process Excellence, etc.) within the Trading business at the various Trading locations.

More specifically, your role will include:

• To ensure settlement activities are made on time in line with the agreed metrics, KPIs, and service standards.
• To be responsible for period-end close (on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis) activities were required.
• To handle the account reconciliation process (both analyze & review/approve)
• To contribute to the debt chasing process.
• To maintain systems and procedures effectively and properly, in line with Control Framework to operate, review and sign off controls within the team's scope.
• To be responsible for completion of Audit requirements
• To improve current processes, systems, and procedures to meet Business and Trading Settlements requirements, to contribute to related efforts to achieve and maintain top quartile performance and deliver related benefits.

Requirements:

We are keen to hear from men and women who have a bachelor's or master's degree, preferably in Economics, Accounting, or Finance. Beyond that, we'd hope to see as many following as possible on You CV:

• To have excellent accounting knowledge to understand the flow of entries in the e2e Account Payables & Receivables processes.
• To demonstrate fluency in English on B2/C1 level.
• To have a Professional or Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• To have more than 3 years' experience in a similar position will be an asset. 
• To demonstrate an ability to work effectively and efficiently while under the pressure of time and with competing priorities.
• To show flexibility and adapt easily to new challenges and/or changes.
• To present resilience and to be adaptable to growing business challenges.
• To demonstrate an excellent working knowledge of MS Office.

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