Financial Accountant

Are you a great with numbers? Do you know how to take care of the details? 

We’re looking for someone like that who can help us:

• perform financial accounting, controlling and reporting tasks with regards to assigned areas within the variable compensation, post-employment benefits (e.g. pensions), grantor entity controlling and other compensation matter (e.g. accounting for severance and restructuring programs) streams
• build up subject matter expertise in the area of responsibility 
• prepare complex calculations, reconciliations and accounting journal entries across P&L and balance sheet 
• prepare monthly, quarterly, annual and ad-hoc management reporting to senior stakeholders as well as external reporting 
• perform analytical reviews of P&L and balance sheet movements by understanding the underlying business drivers, compensation plans and accounting treatments
• perform timely and accurate reconciliations of P&L and balance sheet general ledger accounts against source systems 
• execute appropriate controls throughout all financial accounting and reporting processes 
• respond to queries from entity controllers around the globe, independently resolve issues raised and build up strong relationships with your key business partners
• ensure risks and issues in processes are identified, reported, escalated and mitigated
• suggest process improvements to ensure process efficiency and effectiveness 
• ensure processes are consistently executed conform global procedures and policies
• prepare process descriptions and keep these up-to-date
• ensure that services are provided in a timely manner at the highest quality standards

Your team : 
Compensation Controlling Services is a global team within the Accounting, Controlling and Reporting function of UBS with a presence in Pune, New York, London and Zurich

Your experience and skills : 

You have:

• bachelor or Master degree in Finance / Economics / ACCA qualified with strong understanding of accounting principles, 
• minimum 3 years of relevant experience within financial accounting, controlling or reporting 
• experience in preparing, calculating and posting complex journal entries
• experience in data analysis, financial reporting and reconciliations of financial data 
• very good knowledge of MS Excel (working knowledge of pivot tables and vlookups is a must)
• experience in an international company or financial industry, preferably in the wealth management industry
• experience with large accounting systems (e.g. SAP)
• knowledge of VBA

You are:

• very good team player who actively contributes
• excellent in written and spoken English
• quick in grasping conceptually complex accounting frameworks conceptually complex accounting frameworks (e.g. IAS19 Employee Benefits and IFRS2 Share-based Payment)
• able to independently work in a fast-paced environment combined with strong attention to detail
• good at analytical and numerical skills
• able to work under pressure to strict deadlines and adhere to the quality standard