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Senior Accountant

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The Senior Accountant ensures timely financial closing and reporting while overseeing statutory reporting and audit assistance for EMEA entities, requiring keen attention to detail.

Application and Interview Impersonation Notice:  Impersonating another individual when applying for employment, and/or participating in an interview process to assist another individual in obtaining employment, with Precisely Software Incorporated (“Precisely”) is unlawful.  If Precisely identifies such fraudulent conduct, then as applicable and to the extent permitted by law, the application will be rejected, an offer (if made) will be rescinded, or the employment will be terminated, and legal action may be taken against the impersonators.

 

Precisely is the leader in data integrity. We empower businesses to make more confident decisions based on trusted data through a unique combination of software, data enrichment products and strategic services. What does this mean to you? For starters, it means joining a company focused on delivering outstanding innovation and support that helps customers increase revenue, lower costs and reduce risk. In fact, Precisely powers better decisions for more than 12,000 global organizations, including 95 of the Fortune 100. Precisely's 2500 employees are unified by four company core values that are central to who we are and how we operate: Openness, Determination, Individuality, and Collaboration. We are committed to career development for our employees and offer opportunities for growth, learning and building community. With a "work from anywhere" culture, we celebrate diversity in a distributed environment with a presence in 30 countries as well as 20 offices in over 5 continents. Learn more about why it's an exciting time to join Precisely!

Overview:

The Senior Accountant plays a key role in ensuring accurate, timely financial close/reporting and meeting deadlines throughout the financial year. The role is also responsible for the legal entity and consolidated statutory reporting and audit assistance of EMEA legal entities. This role requires a great level of attention to detail and understanding of the general accepted accounting policies across UK, EU and US.

What you will do:

  • Prepare various journal entries including payroll, accruals etc.
  • Prepare accounts reconciliations using Blackline software program
  • Prepare flux analysis for month end closing, providing rationale for material variances
  • Prepare statutory financial statements including footnotes, and compliant local GAAP to Stat Trial Balance bridges
  • Prepare the consolidation of legal entities in accordance with FRS 102
  • Liaise with auditors to plan and execute audits and ensure audits are progressing as efficiently as possible
  • Liaise with local accounting firms to ensure timely preparation and filing of financial statements and other reports
  • Liaise with corporate, revenue, and legal teams to ensure accurate accounting & support audit requests
  • Liaise with FP&A teams assisting in preparation of budgets/forecasts, and variance analysis; and other functional teams, such as Tax, AP, GL, Fixed Assets, Leasing, Legal, Commercial etc. to ensure that the statutory legal entity position is properly reflected in the accounting systems
  • Document respective process areas to enhance audit documentation & cross training opportunities
  • Develop, oversee and manage ad hoc projects, as required

What we are looking for:

  • An Accounting degree and professional accounting qualification (i.e. CIMA/ACCA/ACA)
  • 5+ years’ experience in accounting/audit/financial reporting
  • Experience working with statutory audit & filing in EMEA entities (UK, Germany, France, Poland Netherlands etc).
  • Experience with US GAAP, FRS/IFRS
  • Experience in an audit firm is a plus
  • Proficiency in Excel and other Microsoft Office applications, working knowledge of NetSuite Experience with Alteryx or automating processes is a plus
  • Be self-motivated, detail-oriented, organized, and focused on quality
  • Ability to work using own initiative and to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
  • Ability to effectively manage own workload, and work within given timescales (both internal and external), to meet monthly deadlines and goals as well as managing several time-sensitive activities simultaneously
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills
  • Ability to interact with internal staff at all levels of the business 
  • Adaptability and problem-solving capability
  • Ability to identify and help drive process improvement initiatives

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Precisely International

Welcome to our International employment section. Here you can view our current job openings and apply for positions online. At Precisely, we’re looking for employees who value openness, collaboration, determination, and individuality at work. We celebrate everything that makes an applicant unique. We will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, genetic information, citizenship status, or veterans’ status or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please let us know at [email protected]. In your email please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting and the position along with the location for which you are applying. Application and Interview Impersonation Notice: Impersonating another individual when applying for employment, and/or participating in an interview process to assist another individual in obtaining employment, with Precisely Software Incorporated (“Precisely”) is unlawful.  If Precisely identifies such fraudulent conduct, then as applicable and to the extent permitted by law, the application will be rejected, an offer (if made) will be rescinded, or the employment will be terminated, and legal action may be taken against the impersonators. It is a requirement for all roles at Precisely to adhere to applicable data privacy and security laws, rules, regulations, and company policies. For more information about Precisely’s privacy practices, please see our Privacy Notice: https://www.precisely.com/legal/privacy-notice.

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