The Junior 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 Results / Accountabilities
- Perform timely and accurate recording of invoices into the ledgers, in line with relevant requirements, policies and procedures.
- Monitor open and overdue invoices and communicate and follow-up accordingly with the appropriate stakeholders.
- Support the processing of invoices dropout from bot process and other automated channels.
- Gather, collate and analyse data in order to prepare and maintain various reports as needed.
- Support preparation of documents and adjustments for monthly, quarterly and year-end close activities.
- Preparation of manual posting documents and posting against provisions.
- Resolve invoice issues that have been escalated as first escalation point.
- Review and Support of Monthly/quarterly reconciliations of Intercompany accounts in Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable - Ensure the integrity and accuracy of the various Intercompany and suspense account reconciliations
- Deliver silent running by supporting the Group’s intercompany agreement and elimination process at Quarter-ends ensuring all imbalances >$500k are cleared by the end of the process, all differences Key Challenges (in relation to section 5 above)
- 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.
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- 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.
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Qualification & Experience and Competencies
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting.
- Recognised professional accounting qualification (e.g. MIA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA).
- Minimum of 0 - 1 years of experience in general and/or financial accounting.
Required Criteria
- English language competency.
- Working in different time zones/ shifts including US shifts, as requisite
Preferred Criteria
- Shared service centre experience.
- JDE/SAP system experience.
Why join bp:
At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others! We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Travel Requirement Negligible travel should be expected with this role
Relocation Assistance:
This role is not eligible for relocation
Remote Type:
This position is not available for remote working
Skills:
Accounting, Accounting Reconciliation, Blackline, Financial Reports, Intercompany Accounting, Inter Company Accounting, Intercompany Billing, Intercompany Transactions
Legal Disclaimer:
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, 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.
If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.
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