GL Accountant

SUMMARY

This position will focus on daily operational performance including adherence to Inchcape InControl financial standards, policies, processes, general ledger and treasury activities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• To work closely with the General Lead and General Ledger Shared Services team.
• Monitor Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) schedules and reconcile against approved budget.
• Responsible for recording revenue transactions related to the company’s dealership agreement.
• Assist the General Ledger Lead with intercompany, OEM for parts, vehicles sales and inventory reconciliations, ensuring all differences are resolved in a timely manner.
• Assist the General Ledger Lead's with the bank, cash clearing, and other related treasury reconciliations, ensuring all differences are resolved in a timely manner.
• Assist in the preparation of the daily/weekly cash position report.
• Prepares all Treasury related reports on the specified deadline.
• Provides support to interdepartmental requests related to GL and Treasury
• Downloading of daily bank statements and sending out to the shared services team.
• Responsible for bank interest and flooring line balances and any other Treasury related functions.
• Communicates and main point of contact for banking partners and liaison for group treasury
• Perform monthly closing activities related to treasury and general ledger, ensuring all assigned account transactions are accurately recorded
• Assist and/or spearhead internal/external audits
• Prepares analysis of accounts, as required
• Reports to work on time every day as scheduled
• Assist the General Ledger Lead with other tasks and projects as required.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent
• Experience
  • 3-5 years’ experience in General Ledger/Financial analysis Preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Knowledge
  • Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
  • Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
  • Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
  • Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
• Skills
  • Skills in Active Listening- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times
  • Skills in speaking with others to convey information effectively
  • Skills in time management and the time of others.
  • Skills in monitoring/assessing performance of self to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Abilities
  • Ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand
  • Ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
  • Ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
  • Ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

HEALTH, SAFETY, AND ENVIRONMENT (HSE) ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Responsibilities
  • Follow standard safe work procedures
  • Identify and report hazards and environmental aspects
  • Follow reasonable instructions
  • Act responsibly for the safety of self and others
  • Participate in HSE improvement activities
  • Wear designated personal protective equipment
  • Ensure tools are in a safe condition before use
  • Adhere to site safety rules
  • Respond to spills or environmental incidents immediately
• Key Activities
  • Report all unsafe situations immediately to supervisor/manager
  • Take corrective action within own ability and report to supervisor
  • Report all injuries, near hits, and plant or equipment damage
  • Support fellow employees
  • Support HSE communities
  • Ask about and keep informed of workplace hazards
  • Attend training as requested

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The physical requirements of this position involve sedentary work, which involves sitting most of the time
• Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data and figures, and viewing a computer terminal

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• In door office, air conditioning, well-lit office space
• This role routinely operates standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

This position has no direct supervisory responsibility

OTHER DUTIES

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.  Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.