Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Reporting Specialist

Job Title:  Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Reporting Specialist
Organisation:    Accenture
Location:    Chicago, IL
Deadline:   4th Sept 2013
Job Status/Type:    Full Time    Employee
Job Category:    Other
Work Experience:    5+ to 7 Years
Reference Code:    00204449

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Schedule: Full-time
Organization: Enterprise Operations
Location: Chicago, IL

If you join Accenture you can make great ideas happen for some of the world's most dynamic companies. With broad global resources and deep technical know-how, we collaborate with clients to cultivate ideas and deliver results. Choose a career at Accenture and enjoy an innovative environment where challenging and interesting work is part of daily life.

Our Enterprise workforce is the engine that powers Accenture, enabling us to provide the capabilities and expertise that clients demand to help them become high-performance businesses. As our internal workforce, they continually build shareholder value by: efficiently managing and supporting all activities across our business, protecting the assets and reputation of Accenture, ensuring that we have the people and technology needed to execute our business strategy, developing and increasing awareness of our brand, and providing a range of skills to support our client teams, outsourcing units and other businesses.

The people in our Enterprise workforce play a leading role in our strategic and operational programs, acting as the agents of change within Accenture itself.
They work in a wide range of functional areas including: human resources, marketing and communications, finance, legal, IT, facilities and services, research, business operations and sales development, and must continually evolve to meet the ever-changing demands of the marketplace to achieve higher performance both for ourselves and our clients.

In today's marketplace, sound financial management is the foundation for a successful business.
At Accenture, we would not be able to increase our growth and success as a large public company without financial integrity. In all our Finance workgroups we look for individuals with strong financial management, analytic and strategic skills, but it's not just about accounting and accounting principles. Our people are first-class program and project managers, who understand teamwork and communicate well with people at all levels.

Role Responsibilities include:
•Consolidate and prepare Avanade Inc. financial statements (Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Shareholders' Equity and Cash Flows Statement)
•Ensure timely and accurate completion of Avanade Inc. Annual and Semi-Annual Reports
•Work with external auditors during their review and audit
•Assist with preparation of Avanade Audit Committee materials
•Prepare pre close review of Avanade global financial results, including GAAP revenue recognition, operating expenses, reimbursements, working capital, balance sheet fluctuations and drivers of change
•Act as the liaison between Avanade local Finance and external auditors as it relates to balance sheet and income statement analytics and other matters
•Ensure compliance with all Avanade Global Controllership internal controls
•Participate in special projects as assigned by both Avanade and Accenture Senior Management
•Understand and identify potential impact of new accounting standards on financial statements

Basic Qualifications:
•Undergraduate degree (accounting or finance preferred)
•A mixture of public accounting, industry experience that includes US GAAP reporting (not necessarily in services industry), and/or Accenture experience

Professional Skill Requirements:

• Demonstrated knowledge of business, finance, and accounting fundamentals
• Strong understanding of US GAAP
• Strong analytical skills
• Previous financial accounting experience
• Strong organizational, multi-tasking and time-management skills
• Proven ability to work independently and as a team member
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written) and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to escalate important issues for resolution
• Demonstrated attention to detail
• Proficient in use of SAP and MS Office

Preferred Skills:

6+ years in Accounting function with multinational company or public accounting experience and SEC Reporting experience

CPA or like designation


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