Associate Financial Analyst - GL Reconciliations/R2R

Micro Focus (now OpenText) is one of the world’s largest enterprise software providers. We deliver mission-critical technology and supporting services that help thousands of customers worldwide manage core IT elements of their business so they can run and transform—at the same time.

The Opportunity:

Ensuring best in class accounting support is delivered consistently for the Record to Report area involving processing, reporting and presentation of accurate financial data in a timely manner to management and stakeholders. To drive, co-ordinate on audit with various stakeholders and teams for effective and smooth audit process. To focus on innovations to gain efficiency in the accounting area.

You are great at:

• Good accounting knowledge to understand and post Journal Entries 
• Prepare and review account reconciliation
• Processing and Approving Journals  and reconciliations
• Ensuring timeliness, accuracy and quality of work performed regularly including report extraction; query management
• Handling complex size entities in production and audits
• To document the process in standard SOP
• Handling and supporting Audits
• Perform Volume Analysis, Support production planning and backup planning
• Support management reporting and Operations Review
• Balance sheet review and variance analysis for small scale entities

What it takes:

• First level university degree with a focus in commerce  advanced degree and/or accounting certification (e.g., CPA, MBA) preferred
• Typically 8-10 years of experience in a Finance function or exhibiting an exceptionally strong background in some other relevant and applicable area of R2R accounting
• Good excel, PowerPoint  and communication skills
• Ability to deliver multiple priorities and do effective time management
• Good understanding of System/Integration, problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to understand, interpret and present financial data 
• Evidence of building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders acting as a trusted business advisor
• Identifying potential escalation and acting on that in a timely manner

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