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Intercompany Analyst
Job summary
Grade IResponsible for supporting the business with accounting issues through financial reporting, forecasting/planning, advising on policy and compliance and working with relevant stakeholders and teams across the business to effectively contribute to a range of finance activities.
Key Accountabilities
- Review and Support of Monthly/quarterly reconciliations of Intercompany accounts in Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable - Ensure the integrity and accuracy of the various Intercompany and suspense account reconciliations
- Deliver silent running by supporting the Group’s intercompany agreement and elimination process at Quarter-ends ensuring all imbalances >$500k are cleared by the end of the process, all differences <500k are resolved by WD 55.
- Ensure all reconciling items are followed up on a timely basis
- Ensure that disputes are monitored and resolved in a timely manner, intervening and escalating disputes according to Group Policies
- Handling and booking of incoming/outgoing charges – AP/AR transactions
- Monthly / Quarterly Processing and Journal review of adjustments prepared by Intercompany Analysts identified through the reconciliation process
- Take full and proactive ownership of issues and queries
- Handle intercompany transactions across multiple locations
- Reconcile intercompany accounts at Group and Statutory level
- Deliver compliant services in line with period end close deliverables
- Support and ongoing development of the Group’s intercompany website and the GEM, ICE tool, Disputes Tool and FBW Performance Reporting toolset delivering continuous and innovative improvements
- Support the Group Disputes and Upfront Agreement (UFA) processes ensuring both tools and related processes are fit for purpose.
- Share knowledge within the wider team hold training on process changes
- Partner with and support all members of the Hub Team to deliver process silent running, continuous system and process improvements, analyze and resolve the root cause of problems.
- Support projects and connect related areas to drive process improvements.
- Maintain appropriate intercompany system documentation
- Support team mailboxes used for user queries on all intercompany issues.
- Complete all month-end system requirements and master data reconciliations
- Identification and resolution of internal control gaps
- Facilitation and maintenance of internal and external business relationships
Key Challenges
- Handle intercompany transactions across multiple locations
- Issues or problems are varied and complex with much ambiguity
- System and process interfaces are numerous and complex to navigate
- Operating in multiple regions and time zones
Qualification & Experience and Competencies
Essential Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.
- Strong Experience with Microsoft Excel (data manipulation and validation)
- Demonstrated competencies in the areas of process improvement
- 3 -5 years of experience in the areas of analytical skills, numeracy and financial awareness
- Demonstrated proficiency with SAP
- Ability to meet month-end close and other deadlines
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Good organizational skills - attention to detail
- Team-focused, results oriented
- Ability to work with deadlines, under pressure with a track record of delivery.
- Partner and service-oriented thinking.
Desirable Criteria
- Demonstrated Intercompany trading experience
- Knowledge of G/L’s, Income Statements, Balance Sheets
- Communication-verbal & written
- Working with a global mind-set
- General accounting experience
- Experience with financial reconciliations