Job Title – Financial Accountant – Statutory Reporting Specialist 12M FTC
Career Level – 9
Location – Dublin
Accenture is a finance, technology and consulting company delivering change for our clients and our people across the globe. We are helping drive a technology revolution—from digital to cloud to security—that is sweeping across industries and governments in virtually every country. We collaborate with our clients—including 80% of the Fortune 500—to transform their businesses to anticipate the evolving needs of their customers. At the same time, we strive to enable our people to build their careers in an open environment of inclusion and diversity, complemented by our competitive employee benefits approach.
Our Global Finance teams work at the heart of Dublin’s digital docklands to provide strategic, operational and analytical support across Accenture’s global businesses. We drive career progression and skills development because we recognise that we succeed only when our people grow.
The Financial Accountant (Controllership Specialist) will form part of the Statutory Reporting Team and will partner with the United States (US) business to manage the statutory financial statement preparation for internal Accenture entities.
Responsibilities
- Preparation of the annual consolidated and standalone statutory financial statements for the US group of companies in line with established deadlines.
- Preparation of supporting schedules and working papers for the annual statutory audit.
- Preparation of reconciliations between the US GAAP management and statutory ledgers.
- Review and analysis of the Income Statement and Balance Sheet.
- Ensure integrity and completeness of financial records.
- Preparation of accounting treatment memorandums.
- Liaising with auditors, answering queries and providing data as needed.
- Perform internal controls in compliance with Sarbanes Oxley.
- Involved in the accounting for acquisitions and liquidations.
- Provide accounting support to the Team Manager including responses to ad hoc requests.
- Meet key reporting deadlines.
- Participate in continuous quality improvement projects.
- Provide reporting to management on issues, statistics, metrics and projects.
Skills:
- Accounting background with strong analytical skills.
- Ability to manage time, meet deadlines and prioritise.
- Sense of responsibility, initiative and high-quality work standards.
- Analytical and computer skills (MS Office – Excel, Word).
- Communication (written and oral) and people skills.
- Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration skills.
- Positive attitude and flexibility.
- Prior experience of SAP an advantage.
- Fluency in English is required.
Qualifications/Experience
- Professional accountancy qualification e.g., ACCA, CIMA, ACA, CPA, AAIA
- Strong technical knowledge of US GAAP/IFRS
- 3-5 years of progressive accounting experience
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 774,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.
Visit us atwww.accenture.com
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