General Accounting Chennai 4 - 8 Years

Designation	General Accounting
Job Description	OVERALL PURPOSE OF JOB •Work closely with the business unit of the customer organisation and provide them with financial accounting support in particular on period-end close of the General Ledger so as to be able to report financial results in a timely and accurate manner and also to support in exercising financial control over the General Ledger mainly through the process of account reconciliations. Also requires ability to prepare and present financial information through reports.
Desired Profile	Responsibilities/Authorities • Responsible for financial accounting and reporting that has a material impact on key components of the client’s financial statements. • Responsible for the preparation, coordination and review of financial accounting analyses and journal entries to properly recognize actual results for material components of the client’s operations. • May be required to prepare a wide range of financial reporting applicable to scope of the assigned responsibilities. • Analyzes transactions, understands and explains variances, and proactively identifies potential problems and solutions. • Ability to recognize unusual transactions, trends, or variations and communicate findings to supervisor or manager. • Ability to manage/monitor accounting close responsibilities • Initiates and facilitates the sharing of process knowledge and best practices within the team and across the engagement, and is capable of impacting and influencing others. • Develops and maintains documentation on projects and team assignments. • Identifies, recommends and implements process improvements in procedures of team assignments. • Demonstrates analytical and problem solving skills • Coordinates and contributes to accounting processes. • Proactively recognizes problems within scope of responsibilities, draws from appropriate resources to identify options and solutions based on the relative cost benefit, then implements solutions. • Proactively adapts to a changing business environment and revises accounting processes and procedures accordingly. • Maintains an awareness of the client’s business, operational activities, and processes in areas pertaining to scope of responsibilities. • Must have a high user proficiency in the client’s financial systems and desktop applications. • Maintains strong technical accounting skills, and accounting systems and process skills. • Prepares and ensures accuracy of accounting data. • Ensures account analyses are comprehensive, substantive, and performed on a timely basis. • Ensures that assigned monthly, quarterly, and year-end reporting targets are met. • May be called to participate in the development and installation of system enhancements when required. • Reviews financial accounting and regulatory requirements as well as client accounting policies and procedures, and ensures compliance. • Requires good knowledge of multiple systems and data flows. • Proactively chooses to learn and utilize new skills. • Communicates relevant information on a timely basis. Clearly expresses ideas and concepts both orally and in writing, recognizing the audience and communicating appropriately. • Knowledgeable and responsive to the client’s needs and wants and managing client expectations when necessary. • Requires professional interaction and communication, both within the Accenture organization and with client contacts. May be called upon to represent financial accounting matters on behalf of the client to internal and external auditors, and to other third parties. Key interactions typically involve: • Client operations • Other key client contacts (e.g. tax) • Government and regulatory agencies • Other functional groups within Accenture engagement. • Highly self-motivated to work independently, within delegated authority, with minimal supervision. • Demonstrates the ability to work as part of a team, and a clear understanding of how assigned responsibilities impact other processes and the work of other people. Adaptable to learn new processes, concepts, and skills. • Assigned and accountable for specific areas of responsibility/deliverables. • May prioritize and oversee activities of others to meet deadlines and quality standards. • Performs a range of tasks from complex to straightforward within the scope of the function. • Assists in the identification, assessment and resolution of complex issues/problems. • Required to assess and resolve non-standard/standard issues/problems largely on own initiative. • Decides within an available range of so lutions/practices, which are the most applicable. • Makes decisions within parameters set by manager, using job/specialist experience. • Seeks advice and escalates issues when faced with tasks/problems outside normal scope of job. • Subject to general direction and guidance from manager as appropriate. • Interacts with client/users around specific work efforts/deliverables. • As appropriate may directly supervise or co-ordinate the work of others in a discrete section/small team. • Coaches inexperienced team members and provides first level advice on procedures/work methods, for those who may be at the same level. • Thorough working knowledge of one functional area through significant job experience and training. Sufficient experience or specialized knowledge to allow application/modification of existing methods and systems on own initiative in line with business context. • Ability to work in a team environment • Previous experience in organizing and prioritizing personal workload. • Ability to work with more analytical, less structured processes • Ability to multi-task • Ideally progressing towards a suitable accounting
Experience	4 - 8 Years
Industry Type	BPO/ITES
Role	Accounts Mgr
Functional Area	Accounts, Finance, Tax, CS, Audit
Education	UG - Any Graduate - Any Specialization PG - Any PG Course - Any Specialization
Location	Chennai
Keywords	General Accounting, journal ledger
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