F&A GSS - Senior Specialist

Duracell is seeking an accountant to join its GBS Asia Accounting team to execute the month-end close of all financial statements, reporting and internal controls. This role will be responsible to lead, improve and execute: the financial statement month end closing cycle in SAP (such as journal entries, accruals, accounts reconciliation, etc); perform required analysis and reporting of the financial statements (income statement and balance sheet); ensure intercompany balances are reconciled; ensure strong compliance of the financial statements with US GAAP and corporate policy. The purpose of the accountant is to employ his/her skills to execute and improve the process in his responsibility while ensuring strong compliance with US GAPP. It requires a high level of technical knowledge in accounting and SAP; will also require strong operational discipline, communication and collaboration skills.

Lead and execute the end to end month end closing cycle for the income statement and balance sheet: Work with multifunctional team to ensure accuracy of the financial statements; Analyze and balance all accounts in preparation of closing; Ensure all automatic postings are correct, providing research and analysis to solve and fix accounting discrepancies prior the closing; Prepare and park journal entries; Balance the Inter-companies; Perform FX revaluation; Perform accounts reconciliation; Balance sheet review & analysis Ensure strong compliance of all financial statements with US GAAP and company policy Support Segment Accounting teams Download and analyze Trial Balance from SAP; Assist auditors in internal and external audits by providing the proper support documentation in a timely manner Prepare Corp Tax submission, tax filing, WHT calculation. Assist with the preparation and/or review and testing of projects related to optimization and automatization; Identify and recommend process improvements to increase efficiency and provide solutions for enhancement; Execute the inventory count. Costing tasks: standard cost, PIR, Transfer Price maintenance; Annual cost rate review; PPV analysis Customer pricing upload. Provide GL account code for AP/AR posting; Ad hoc communication and analysis; Cash Flow planning; Segment Trainings (Accounting, internal control and compliance).

Minimum 3-5 years of relevant accounting experience End to end experience with month end closing cycle activities; Audit and/or internal controls experience will be a plus; Knowledge of HK taxation system will be a plus; Advanced Microsoft Office skills, mostly advanced knowledge of Excel, including pivot tables, functions and formulas; Experience of SAP or other ERP systems; Blackline automation experience is a plus; Good spoken and written English Strong knowledge and understanding of US GAAP accounting for all mayor financial statements; Knowledge of SAP in: Records to reports and General ledger; Ability to analyze and model data; Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities; Detail and time-oriented individual who takes ownership of projects; Ability to work as a team player in a dynamic, continuously changing, fast-paced environment; Excellent written and oral communication skills; Ability to work effectively prioritizing competing demands in a fast-paced environment.