Senior Accountant in Bucuresti

Job Description The Senior accountant will support the SwissCo and Lux controllership Team Lead. He / She will be performing assigned general ledger activities in a timely and accurate manner, will support the month end close process and will be responsible for the correctness of G/L entries in compliance with US GAAP, as well as local GAAP requirement and SOX compliance. As our new colleague, you will be in charge with: • Perform US and Local GAAP month-end closing activities: journals booking, HFM reporting, month end schedules • Coordinates with site finance leaders and entity controllers to ensure timely flow of information • Prepares, reviews and controls accounting journals • Ensure all journal entries comply with internal and external audit specifications • Perform monthly account reconciliations, ensuring sufficient and quality back-ups • Prepare periodically reports requested by local regulations (e.g. Statistics and other regulatory reporting) • Produces routine reports, schedules, and summaries for management • Support the annual US GAAP / statutory / SOX audits • Ensure support external auditor and prepare deliverables for local statutory audit • May undertake limited payroll, banking and treasury operations. • May prepare reports for local regulators upon request • Supports external advisor on CITR preparation, gather data and review • Seek opportunities for central testing, automatization and process efficiencies • May establish, modify, document and co-ordinate implementation of accounting and accounting control procedures YOU NEED BS degree in Accounting, Finance or relevant 2-5 years of experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year-end close process WE VALUE Fluent in English Understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) SAP and HFM experience is a plus Motivated self-starter; proactive in identifying issues along with recommending issue resolution Flexible about work content, timings and location Ability to meet deadlines Works independently, only exceptionally requires supervision. Strong analytical skills Process and results oriented. Reliable and consistent Advanced MS Excel skills including VLOOKUP’s and pivot tables