Accountant Financial Analyst

Job Description

Job Title: Accountant

Duration: 6 months contract with possible extension or conversion

Location: North Chicago, IL 60064

Hours: 8:00 am — 5:00 pm (M-F)

Job Description: This position is part of the US Finance Shared Services Record to Report (RTR) Operations organization. US FSS RTR Operations is responsible for centralizing and executing accounting processes, governance and controls and delivering organizational efficiencies via centralization of common accounting processes for certain global, US regional and the US BU functions.

This role interacts with Treasury, Global ICB and other stakeholders in terms of intercompany AR and AP netting and IHC settlements as well as intercompany out of balance analysis, intercompany account reconciliations, aged intercompany balance clean-up, and other banking related projects as needed.

• Assist with the month-end processes, including but not limited to cash clearing, journal entry preparation, balance sheet review for accuracy, etc.
• Prepare ICB requests for cash related intercompany transactions and perform subsequent cash clearings.
• Coordinate with Global ICB, BPO and Treasury on monthly intercompany netting, perform cash clearing for manual IHC payments.
• Review monthly intercompany AR and AP aging reports, follow up with Global ICB and OUS entities on aged items; perform intercompany out of balance analysis, assist in resolving various I/Co out of balance issues.
• Research uncleared cash items by following up with various teams to identify payment owners and post payment accordingly.
• Prepare bank related open items reconciliation reports.
• Update and maintain bank clearing notebook to keep track of payment posting and contact information.
• Support Sarbanes Oxley, Tax and Audit requests including documentation, internal audits, external audits, and intercompany billings for tax allocation purposes under guidance of direct manager/supervisor.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting / finance with 1-3 years of accounting experience, CPA, or MBA a plus.
• Strong computer skills, particularly experience with Excel and SAP is required, prior experience with treasury activities and intercompany transactions preferred.
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities are key attributes for success.
• Ability to multi-task and deal with time constraints to effectively manage various deadlines.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail, communication and presentation skills including the ability to effectively communicate across all levels of the organization.

• SAP experience
• Excel skills on data analysis with large volume of transactions.
• Account reconciliations with focus on intercompany transactions.
• Bank reconciliations and clearing experience.

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