General Ledger Lead

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Date: 28 Apr 2025

Location: Tamuning, United States

Company: inchcape

SUMMARY

The General Ledger Lead is responsible for creating and maintaining accurate

and compliant financial documents.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES
  • Oversight of the GBS GL team and Senior Accountant
  • Reviewing financial documents for accuracy and reconciling accounts
  • Ensure that all bank and other reconciliations are completed time and
  • variances are addressed.
  • Supporting the Auditor, Controller and other financial professionals in their
  • duties as needed
  • Performing account analysis to ensure that journal entries and balances
  • are correct.
  • Review of balance sheet reconciliation with the frequency established
  • Collaborating with other departments to complete accurate records and
  • provide accounting support
  • To be able to complete all month end activities with the specified deadline
  • Control owner of all GL related ICS Controls
  • Assist and/or spearhead internal/external audits
  •  Ensure that operational standard is reflected in the GL functions
  • Prepares analysis of accounts, as required
  • Handle interdepartmental requests related to GL
  • Cross-trains others for this position as directed by management.
  • Assists with related special projects as required
  • Maintains professional appearance and neat work area
  • Attends departmental meetings when necessary
  • Reports to work on time everyday as scheduled.

 

 

QUALIFICATIONS
  • Education
    • Bachelor’s in Accounting preferred
  • Experience
    • 2-4 years of related accounting experience 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
    • Economics and Accounting — Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
    • English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
    • Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
    • Administration and Management — 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.
    • Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
  • Skills
    • 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.
    • Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
    • Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
    • Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
    • Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
  • Abilities
    • Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
    • Mathematical Reasoning — The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
    • Number Facility — The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
    • Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
    • Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing

 

HEALTH, SAFETY, AND ENVIRONMENT (HSE) ACCOUNTABILITIES
  • Responsibilities
    • Ensure a healthy and safe workplace
    • Ensure employees are trained in and adhere to standard work procedures
    • Identify and initiate correction of hazards
    • Assess and meet HSE needs of individual employees
    • Assist individual employees to improve HSE performance
    • Provide appropriate work and support services for ill, injured, or troubled employees
    • Documentation and record keeping
    • Supervise employees and contractors in area of responsibility
  • Key Activities
    • Train employees in safe work practices and procedures and ensure compliance
    • Inspect work areas for HSE problems
    • Stop any unsafe work practices
    • Report and analyze incidents and initiative preventative actions
    • Encourage employees to report incidents and near misses
    • Ensure contractor safety standards are met
    • Access safety support services as required
    • Involve employees in HSE activities
    • Supervise employees
    • Conduct and document workplace inspections
    • Participate in and organize risk assessments
    • Ensure new employees are inducted
    • Assist in resolving safety issues
    • HSE discussed in team meetings
  • Accountability Measures
    • Performance Review
    • Incident investigation
    • Inspections and audits
    • Incident and Near miss frequency by location
    • Involved in and support HSE committee or equivalent

 

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 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.