Senior Accountant - Porto, Portugal - KANTAR

KANTAR

Empresa verificada

Porto, Portugal

há 3 semanas

Postado por:

João Santos

Recrutador de beBee

Descrição

We're the world's leading data, insights, and consulting company; we shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere.

Our Functions teams are right at the centre of our business, making sure we can always get better, every day.

Supporting the business with things like Marketing, Human Resources, Finance, Legal and Technology, our Functions colleagues are skilled professionals whose role it is to ensure we continue to become an indispensable partner to brands everywhere.

Job Details

Senior Accountant, Financial Accounting - KBS

Kantar Business Services (Porto)

Role Description

The Senior Accountant role is part of a dynamic and integrated Finance function delivering operational Finance specialist services. The role will report to the Financial Accounting Lead and will work with internal and external partners to ensure processes are performed in accordance with performance and quality standards

This position is focused on assisting with closing and reporting and adherence to statutory requirements

Key responsibilities include:

Assist in maintenance, processing and production of month / year end close processes, balance sheet reconciliations, journals and associated underlying schedules.
Support the preparation and review of period close entries, and general ledger accounts reconciliation and analysis
Support for the preparation and review of statutory accounts and financial statements
Support Intercompany (IC) reconciliations and disputes resolution
Support the production and review of balance sheets
Support to maintain the fixed assets register
Support with audit request coming through to the Regional Delivery Centre (RDC)
Support with controls compliance and other internal controls requirements
Responsible for coordinating month end and quarter end reporting schedules
Accountable for the quarterly review of account analysis
Maintaining knowledge management and documentation to ensure managers and staff always have access to current and compliant documents and guidance
Maintain close relationships with customer/ 3rd party deliver partner teams to ensure responsiveness to their needs, track service delivery and performance, and support escalation and resolution of any performance issues
Develop sound professional working relationships with colleagues across KBS and Local Business, building their confidence and acquiring an understanding of the business

Role Requirements

Proven experience as an accountant
Experience of producing yearend accounts and preparation for audit.
Strong technical knowledge of statutory accounting
Fluent English speaker, accurately able to read and write English and to communicate effectively
Ability to work in a changing and flexible organisation.
Willingness to work flexibly across geographic time zones during peak periods such as period end.

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Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale.

And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.