International Accounting Specialist

Overview

Purpose

McGraw Hill is a multinational education innovation company that develops and sells meaningful learning solutions for students worldwide. Our solutions range from textbooks to EdTech platforms that help students achieve better learning outcomes.

We are establishing an accounting shared service team in India to meet the needs of our complex & growing business. This team will be responsible for maintaining key accounting processes to multiple entities across our International Business. We are hiring vibrant, dynamic, and smart accounting professionals, who are passionate about making a career in finance and accounts and are keen to join McGraw Hill as part of a dedicated accounting team that provides support to our diverse range of operational legal entities.

This is a 9 months contract role.

What are you going to do and experience

• Opportunity to work within a highly effective team reporting to the International Accounting Shared Service Team leader, providing accounting services to financial controllers based in multiple international jurisdictions.
• Reconciliation of general ledger accounts leveraging system automation & standardisation. Development of expertise in Oracle SaaS ARCS online reconciliation tool.
• Creation of journal entries covering accruals, prepayments, bank entries, reconciliation items and other general entries. Uploading journals electronically in Oracle SaaS Finance ERP, leveraging electronic journal approval workflow.
• Further development of technical accounting skills – opportunity to learn about process engineering.
• Opportunity to take ownership of a standard global process and be responsible for the effective operation of that process to multiple regional controllers.
• Preparation of various schedules forming part of financial statements and tax reporting from ERP system data. Further development of data analytics skills.
• Maintenance of Standard Operating Procedure documentation, an opportunity to review & improve process documentation.
• Exposure to different tax regimes and their applicability to various business transactions
• Contribute to and be part of Internal and External Audit process.

What do you need to be successful?

• You are a qualified accountant or part qualified close to completion, or you have a demonstratable background in studying Finance or Commerce and wish to work in a global accounting function.
• You have experience of working in an accounting function ideally with exposure to multiple legal entities and multiple currencies.
• You have strong analytical and numerical skills and operate with a sense of urgency to deliver required results.
• You are process oriented and have good data handling, communication, and presentation skills. You use Excel confidently with a high level of proficiency.
• You act with intellectual curiosity and have an analytical thought process, a problem-solving attitude, and a learning aptitude.
• You have the ability to take end to end ownership of critical tasks in a multifunctional environment, and also own your own learning and development.
• You work effectively across the organisation and partner successfully with others to accomplish goals.
• It may be helpful if you can be somewhat flexible in respect of working hours to increase interaction with global teams at certain key times in the month.

Eligibility Criteria

• A qualified Accountant or final year studier or relevant equivalent (e.g. Finance degree)
• A minimum of 2 years of experience working in a finance role with responsibility for high quality outcomes.
• Excellent understanding of double entry accounting and accounting concepts.
• Strong oral & written communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate with a team and liaise with individuals inside & outside the team.
• Working knowledge of MS Office Suite; experience of Accounting ERP software, with Oracle SaaS Financials as an added benefit.

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