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ANALYST, ACCOUNTING

Posted 23 Mar 2024
Work experience
0 to 1 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required language
English (Fluent)

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Summary:

The purpose of the role is to be accountable for providing financial analysis, performing the Month End Close, Balance Sheet Reconciliations, intercompany accounting support, to resolve internal customer queries on behalf of SCJ for Safari cluster, provide finance business partnering to the local country and liaising across multiple functions, and to actively support the Associate Manager in both routine tasks and process improvements.

If you would like to work in a multicultural, FMCG organisation and are keen to further your finance career, we’d like to hear from you.

Based in Frimley, Surrey, we can offer you a competitive salary and profit share. We care about the well-being of our people and other benefits include free onsite gym with free classes, a 9-hole golf course, tennis courts, subsidised canteen and much more. Your convenience is important to us and if you're travelling on public transport we have a free shuttle bus service running from Farnborough Station – with direct services to London Waterloo – and our local station in Frimley, as well as free parking on-site.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Ensure accounting process performs to Service Level Agreements within the SSC: Performing activities including, but not limited to:

  • Ensuring the appropriate controls are operational in order to maintain the quality and integrity of financial information, ensuring consistency of process across EMEA
  • Ensure that financial statements are kept in accordance with US and local GAAP and all appropriate records are maintained
  • Performing month end tasks within 3 day close period
  • Recording bank entries
  • Performing analysis of balance sheet accounts to identify accounting discrepancies and provide input on resolutions
  • Ensure that all internal controls, financial policies and procedures established by GIA are being followed
  • Develop and maintain internal/external audit and SOX documentation as it relates to the role. Further, act as liaison between internal/external auditors and business partners during reviews and audits
  • Responsible for ensuring all tasks are being completed accurately within deadlines
  • Resolving country queries
  • Developing customer relationships with internal customers (purchasers and finance personnel)
  • Ensuring the appropriate controls are operational in order to maintain the quality and integrity of financial information, ensuring consistency of process across EMEA
  • Identify process improvements with emphasis on streamlining and/or improving controls within accounting through using LEAN methodology
  • Raising intercompany invoices, cash allocation and reconciliation for intercompany accounts
  • Analysis of Goods Receipt Account, including monitoring and reconciling any aged items
  • Fixed Asset Accounting
  • CO-PA transactions and reconciliations

Required Skills / Experience / Competencies:

  • Graduate calibre ideally in business/finance or equivalent
  • Experience of monthly closing, balance sheets, month end reporting, accruals and reconciliation, able to demonstrate a high level of numeracy.
  • Strong knowledge and experience of SAP CO Module
  • Experience of Business Warehouse, BPC or similar ERP system
  • Advanced Excel skills
  • Accounting department experience in a medium to large size company
  • Awareness of internal controls and SOX
  • Ability to use initiative and be proactive in anticipating problems when they occur
  • Attention to detail and accuracy, able to self-evaluate work and create culture of continuous improvement
  • Able to work independently and with strong attention to detail
  • Comfortable working with colleagues of various levels and disciplines within a cross-functional organisation
  • Good motivation, judgment and communication skills
  • Manage ad-hoc requests from the senior management at Platform, Regional and local level
  • Understanding of local statutory and taxes

Preferred Skills / Experience / Competencies:

  • Be a self-starter who is flexible in their approach to tasks / projects
  • Finalist or studying either CIMA / ACCA / ACA
  • Experience of working with multiple currencies
  • Project management and presentation skills
  • Have strong communication skills and be able to quickly develop relationship with others
  • Strong previous experience of working within an accounting department for a multi-national organisation
  • Experienced in Lean, Six Sigma or other recognized process excellence methodology.

SC Johnson: A Family Company
You know our products — Shout®, Windex®, Mr. Muscle®, Ziploc®, Glade®, Brise®, Raid®, OFF!®, Baygon®, Autan®, Pledge®, Scrubbing Bubbles® and more — you use them all the time.
Through five generations of family leadership, SC Johnson has been making great products like these for more than a hundred twenty years, helping to make life cleaner, easier…


SC Johnson: A Family Company

You know our products — Shout®, Windex®, Mr. Muscle®, Ziploc®, Glade®, Brise®, Raid®, OFF!®, Baygon®, Autan®, Pledge®, Scrubbing Bubbles® and more — you use them all the time.

Through five generations of family leadership, SC Johnson has been making great products like these for more than a hundred twenty years, helping to make life cleaner, easier and healthier for consumers around the world.

Headquartered in the US in Racine, Wisconsin and with 12,000 global employees in more than 70 countries around the world, the Johnson family has demanded the best for families everywhere. Family leadership enables SC Johnson to consistently adhere to our core values:

Innovation and Quality: Innovative and quality products and leading brands in more than 100 countries that make life a little easier and homes cleaner and healthier.

Steadfast Commitment to Workplace Excellence: Cutting edge employment programs and policies that are recognized and honored worldwide as having raised workplace standards for all employers.

Environmental and Community Leadership: An unparalleled commitment to doing what’s right for communities and the environment that is a recognized model of commitment-in-action to improve the quality of life for people around the world and for future generations.

Retail
Camberley
10,000 employees