Accounting Consultant

***When you join Verizon**

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*** What you’ll be doing...**

As a key contributor to International / APAC Accounting team you’ll be using your expertise to create and execute accounting processes, analyze data, advise the team, and support your colleagues. Our finance team is the best in the business, so come be a part of the team that keeps our financial operations accurate, compliant, and running like clockwork. Your main responsibilities will be to assist the monthly / year end close process and any other ad hoc projects.
- Ensure all general ledger journals from business owners are processed on a timely manner.
- Perform bank reconciliation and ensure both AR and AP teams clear the reconciling items on a timely manner.
- Ensure intercompany, accruals, amortization journals are processed on a timely manner.
- Record and manage fixed asset accounting including depreciation, fixed asset register maintenance.
- Perform required balance sheet reconciliation at month end. Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are completed and reviewed timely, research and resolve outstanding items timely with business owners.
- Initiate changes in processes and systems to improve controls, efficiency and timeliness.
- Attend to queries from the Asia Pacific/EMEA/Corporate.
- Work with Capital Accountant to resolve CAPEX issues and initiate improvements.
- Ensure compliance to FAM policy. Strict adherence and completeness to ensure timely sign off of for the quarterly Financial SOX checklist. Practice and maintain good internal control in the daily work.
- Support the Statutory & Tax teams in the annual statutory audit process and related issues resolution.
- Work closely with local statutory team to assist them in compliance to the local statutory regulations.
- Contribute to complex accounting and compliance projects with mínimal direction.
- Ensure compliance and adherence with controls for internal policies and external regulations.
- Identify opportunities for systems and process improvements, and working closely with internal teams or service providers to ensure improvement opportunities are implemented.

Where you'll be working:
In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.
*** What we’re looking for...**

You’ve got accounting expertise in Financial Accounting and US GAAP, a natural team player, and an ability to work effectively with your peers in other functions. You are comfortable managing data from multiple sources. You can describe complex accounting concepts in a simple way, you work well across functions and take ownership of the tasks that have been assigned to you. You are someone comfortable working under pressure and tight deadlines. It is an advantage to have worked with Local Statutory Reporting, tax returns and audit.

You’ll need to have:

- Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
- Four or more years of relevant work experience.
- Experience in a financial accounting role.
- Experience working with SAP S4 Hana.
- Experience in the preparation of general ledgers and report query and design for multiple countries.
- Experience with preparing local GAAP statutory financial statements as well as monthly and quarterly management accounts with commentary on variances.
- Experience in posting journals and produce reports in nSAP/S4 and performing balance sheet reconciliation with detailed supporting documents.
- Experience in managing AP and AR related queries and manage day to day queries from different stake holders.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

- A Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance.
- Experience working within a multinational company.
- ACCA, ACA or CIMA certification (or similar).
- Big 4 Accounting/Advisory/Audit experience.
- Knowledge of US GAAP and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or IFRS.
- Demonstrated Shared Service Center experience.
- Knowledge of FASB, SEC requirements, SOX compliance.
- Experience in running continuous improvement projects, and conducting root cause analysis.
- Experience gained whilst working in the IT or Telecommunications industry.
*** Diversity & Inclusion**

We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer. At Verizon, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their