Job Description:

The GA, Analyst is accountable for ensuring accurate and timely recording, collection, and processing of end-to-end process in general accounting and reporting, fixed assets, accounts receivables, credit, accounts payable, costing, performance reporting, statutory accounting, and direct tax transactions while ensuring adherence to policies and procedures in the drive for exceptional customer service, operational excellence and compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and coordinate the reconciliation of the respective systems to ensure they balance and that any discrepancies or variations are investigated and corrected.
• Provide relevant advice and information to staff across GBS and its customers as and when required.
• Regularly track and resolve outstanding general accounting and reporting issues that have been escalated, or further escalate to the necessary parties.
• Proactively identify, propose and implement continuous improvement opportunities in existing processes within the team.
• Liaise with senior stakeholders internally and externally.
• Ensure 100% accuracy and timeliness of group and statutory reports in accordance to agreed service levels.
• Develop a good understanding of the customer organisation as well as the business in order to be able to deliver high quality service.
• Managing the day-to-day work activities of the team and ensuring the necessary skills and experience are available to meet the challenges of a demanding and complex workload.
• High level of familiarity with the various systems used for the different functions (e.g. general accounting, reporting, direct tax, etc.) in order to maintain and reconcile the accounts receivable system to ensure it balances correctly.
• Liaising with customers and colleagues in different geographical locations, time zones and potentially in different languages using different systems requiring rigorous coordination between teams.
• Managing team members who are servicing different customers in various geographical locations and using different systems.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting.
• Recognised professional accounting/ finance qualification (e.g. MIA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA).
• Minimum of 6 to 8 years of experience in general and/or financial accounting.

Required Criteria

• English language competency.
• Willing to work in US shifts (during non-month end days: 3:00pm to 12:00am IST and month end days: 6:00pm to 3:00am IST)
• Open to working on weekends, if requisite by business.

Preferred Criteria

• Shared service center experience.
• JDE/SAP system experience.

This position's primary interfaces are:

• Internal
• GBS teams
• GBS business partners
• External
• Auditors

Mindsets
Own your success

• Responsible for delivering innovative business outcomes
• Seeks opportunities to improve and digitize process delivery
• Adheres to safe and ethical work practices

Think big

• Actively builds own knowledge, capabilities and skills for the future
• Values teamwork and collaborates to achieve results

Be curious

• Willing to suggest new ways of working, processes and technologies
• Ensures the delivery and improvement of digital solutions to benefit customers

Effortless customer experience

• Understands customer needs and delivers digital seamless self-service customer experiences
• Fosters cross-functional collaboration in support of One Finance

Digital first

• Applies creative digital solutions to solve problems

Travel Requirement
No travel is expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:
This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:
This position is not available for remote working

Skills:
Accounting for financial instruments, Accounting for financial instruments, Accounting policy, Accounting processes and financial systems, Agility core practices, Agility tools, Analytical Thinking, Analytics, Business process control, Business process improvement, Commercial Acumen, Commercial assurance for external reporting, Communication, Creativity and Innovation, Credit Management, Curiosity, Customer centric thinking, Data Analysis, Data visualization and interpretation, Decision Making, Digital Automation, Digital fluency, Financial Reporting, Influencing, Internal control and compliance {+ 4 more}

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp's recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

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