Country Controllership Senior Analyst

Job Description:

Finance Review

Finance Review of the accounts payable invoices forms a significant part of overall controllership activities. It involves in-depth & end to end review of various types of invoices before these are accounted for and subsequently paid. This review is required to be completed in various tools/ERP systems used in the Accounts payable process.

Job Description/Key business deliverables:
The Finance Reviewer (FR) is responsible for reviewing all Accounts Payable invoices in order to ensure that:

the invoice fulfills the statutory requirements
the invoice is posted correctly (values, GL accounts, taxes, etc)
the required documentation is available for tax purposes
statutory adjustments are recorded if necessary
Compliances for invoices with purchase order
Additional checks for invoices without purchase order
End to end policy compliances
Ensuring that the invoices are adequately supported with necessary documentation
Appropriate classification of the invoices in different GLs/basis nature of transactions
Managing extremely time sensitive deliverables

Required competencies

German Language Skills: Significant level of proficiency in German language to understand the detailed content of the invoices and related documents. This is the most important skill set needed. Graduation in German language would be an added advantage.
Accounting skills: Detailed accounting knowledge and end to end process understanding and process flows for accounts payable
Time Management & Planning: Ability to work with tight deadlines. Demonstrate established competencies in planning and organising - needs to be a well organised self-starter who can develop realistic action plans
Exposure to SAP (any ERP accounting tool), advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint; understanding to excel macros is not an essential but a desired requirement.