Ventures and Acquisitions Accounting Specialist

Job Title: Ventures & Acquisitions (V&A) Controllership Specialist

Career Level: 9 - Consultant

Responsibilities:

Contributing to the successful finance integration arising from Ventures and Acquisitions activity:

• Responsible for integration of acquired entities’ Balance Sheet and P&L into SAP with the overall goal of “business as usual” within a defined timeframe
• Work collaboratively across various integration teams to ensure efficient integration of back office operations of acquired entities into Accenture standard practices
• Reconciliation of statutory financial statements to US GAAP opening balance sheet and affiliate accounting for acquired entities (audit / due diligence of financial statements)
• Provide finance / controllership support to local legal teams on liquidation of acquired entities
• Assist with monitoring of the V&A pipeline and gathering required information on upcoming acquisitions to communicate to impacted service delivery teams
• Create standardised process through working on existing and upcoming acquisitions and establish self as Acquisition Subject Matter Expert within the controllership group
• Maintain documentation and learnings from prior acquisitions to further finance excellence
• Ensure data retention compliance

Skills:

• Ability to work collaboratively across the finance organisation to achieve results
• Strong technical accounting knowledge around acquisition accounting
• Strong communication, facilitation and interpersonal skills
• Strong ownership mentality with initiative and high quality work standard
• Strong problem solving skills with ability to work autonomously as well as collaboratively - reliable with "can do" attitude
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
• Experience with SAP an advantage
• Fluency in English

Qualifications

Qualifications and Experience:

Part Qualified - Qualified qualification, preferably ACCA, CIMA or ACA

• 4-5 years of progressive financial accounting experience
• Acquisition accounting and finance integration experience
• Statutory accounts preparation experience
• Strong technical knowledge of US GAAP and experience of IFRS an advantage
• Legal entity liquidation experience an advantage
• Corporation Tax experience an advantage

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