Record-to-Report CoE Assistant Accountant

Job description
Company Description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 6000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.

At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.

If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

Job Description
• Work with the Record-to Report COE Manager to identify General Ledger processes that can be standardized and centralized.
• Process Journal Vouchers (Payroll, bonus, Lease arrangement entries, accruals etc.) globally according to accounting standards (IFRS/GAAP) and IFS Accounting Policies
• Ensure the general ledger accounts are properly maintained, reconciled, and up to date.
• Interface with the global accounting team, group consolidation team, Treasury, Finance Shared service teams and cost controllers.
• Study the Global process and gather Supporting documents and details for recordkeeping.
• Analyze trends and discrepancies to ensure accuracy, and completeness, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Prepare and review monthly accounts and annual financial statements.
• Perform Global Income Statement analysis and Global Balance sheet reconciliation.
• Prepare reports for the management.

Qualifications

Overall Required Competence
• High standard of technical accounting
• High degree of organization and self-discipline
• Attention to detail and ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Ability to learn new things quickly and hit the ground running.
• Willingness to work outside of comfort zone.
• Positive attitude and a team player
• Good standard of report building and maintenance in with-in Excel data cubes
• Excellent communications skills

Required Education & Experience
• Perusing a University degree, or equivalent professional qualifications, in the accounting and finance field
• Continuously expanding your functional and technical domain knowledge is a very important part of being at IFS
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (MS Excel is mandatory) with background in MS Outlook
• Proficient in using ERP applications
• Knowledgeable in Internal controls
• Fluency in business-level English language

Additional Information

We believe that coming together as a community, in person, is important to innovation, connection and fostering a sense of belonging. Our roles have the right balance of remote and in-office working (our own amazing spaces or those of our partners and customers) to enable flexibility for managing your life along with ensuring a real connection with your colleagues and the broader IFS community.