RESPONSIBILITIES
· Responsible for Group Consolidation activities including process architecture, protocols and mechanics and related governance.
· Deliver all periodic services related to Group Consolidation including month-end activities, account reconciliations, periodic reporting, metrics, governance, and internal control.
· Manage quality metrices through service level agreements, performance metrics and continuous governance rhythm.
· Act as a point of Contact for the stakeholders.
· Work closely with other finance business partners to maintain best-in-class processes to bring the efficiency and consistency in the processes.
· Analyze financial data, trends, and patterns to identify potential risks or opportunities for improvement.
· Support the implementation of new accounting pronouncements including IFRS / US GAAP / Sox Compliance / Other regulatory changes, as required.
· Review the process documentation to ensure standard operating procedures are up to date using the most recent Nielsen toolset.
· Maintain an appropriate system configuration and IT environment to ensure effective and efficient execution of month end close processes.
· Training and upskilling the team members with adequate competency mapping.
· Performance management of Team members.
· Providing support to the countries/regional leads for the quality submission of the Reporting pack,
· Ensure all the intercompany transactions are eliminated,
· Collecting / Creating the back-up for the all the topside Journals posted,
· Perform various checks from group reporting perspective.
· Perform variance analysis for the given accounts and collect the commentaries from Country / R2R teams.
· Equity, dividend and Goodwill reconciliation from group perspective.
· Support external and internal audits with supporting documentation, archive retrieval, journal walk throughs, and other audit requirements under the supervision of the Operational Controller,
· Flexible to work in US shift during Month End.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU
A successful analyst will achieve seamless execution of Consolidation activities. S/he will have met or exceeded expectations on all Consolidation metrics and ensured Process accuracy.