Gen Ledger Accounting Specialist | 10D

Responsibilities

• Interacts with the different Finance and Accounting teams, Domestic (US) and International, and Global Accounting Center departments.
• Reviews accounting issues for escalation and resolution.
• Communicates with users to deliver accounting solutions for month end close.
• Coordinates and monitors month end close activities across the different departments.
• Works and interacts with F&A systems.
• General ledger, Account Reconciliation, Month End Close Management.
• Addresses and coordinates with various systems groups on financial impact issues.
• Acquires financial information from accounting system to perform variance analysis and provides feedback to F&A users and management.
• Serves as liaison within the different departments and the Finance and Accounting Teams.
• Communicates with Internal and External Auditors.
• Performs financial analysis.
• Reviews Financial Statements for different Business Units/Countries to ensure tax and statutory reporting is accurate and complete.
• Analyzes variances using accounting system information (ERP) and Financial Analysis Software as needed.
• Identifies, develops, and implements process improvements within the finance and accounting areas.
• Participates in accounting monthly close duties.
• Performs journal entries and account reconciliations as directed, using Company’s ERP.
• Contributes to department cross training critical functions as assigned by management.
• Performs Special Projects as needed.

Qualifications

• Must have a bachelor’s degree (or internationally comparable degree) or be a current UPS employee with three years of UPS experience.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National of the U.S., an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or an alien authorized to work in the U.S. for this employer.

Skills

• Experience of general accounting and/or finance processes creating journal entries, account reconciliations and Financial Statements at least 2 years.
• Experience of full accounting process, including statutory accounting, managerial, product level and network model.
• Knowledge of Oracle OBI reporting tool, Oracle General Ledger, or other ERP.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience of working with Internal and External Auditors.
• Demonstrates a general understanding of full accounting cycle process and a willingness to participate in new project work as well as constant review of existing process for improvement.
• Bilingual (Spanish preferred).