Job Description

Job Overview ??:

Associate Specialist, General Ledger - Closing Team is responsible for the preparation and delivery of the Statutory Books of all Legal Entities within his/her responsibility in compliance with corporate policies.

The candidate will interact with Legal Entity Controllers, Finance Key Users, Business Analysts, GL account reconcilers, & other support networks for performing the deliverables.

This position is responsible for the financial integrity and reliability of this data in SAP and BCS.

He/she is responsible and accountable for review and approve the reconciliation and provide timely guidance on reconciliation & journal postings issues to GL team.

He/she supports business and accounting teams in all accounting matters, being the center of expertise.
Responsibilities ??:
Ensure the accurate completion of all month-end closing activities for the entities under own responsibility. Create / change of master data for general ledgers as per the request from businesses & support functions. Execute all monthly SAP closing activities for multiple plant sites within each supported business. Responsible for month end SAP to BCS balancing and related reconciliations Responsible and accountable for review and approve the reconciliation Provide critical oversight that reconciliations are being performed correctly and Celanese account reconciliation policy is being adhered to Require timely intervention into account problems and issues so proper resolution can be obtained to ensure financial statement misstatements are avoided Ultimate accountability for timeliness, correctness, and completeness of account reconciliations. Working with team and customer to ensure delivery as per agreed timelines. Primary contact for external and internal audit matters Provide accounting guidance to other accounting teams and business Responsible for month end SAP to BCS balancing and related reconciliations Ensure journal postings are done after prior approvals as required by SOX and Celanese JEV policy while performing the journal entry review activity. Support execution and maintenance of effective internal controls in line with SOX 404 as well as the Celanese Internal Control Standards manual

Qualifications ??:
MBA or CMA or CA Inter with minimum 2 - 4 years of experience. Experience in US GAAP, IFRS and/or other Local GAAPs. Business proficiency in English required. Good Microsoft Office skills required. * Advanced knowledge of SAP is an asset.