Business Accountant

The role

The Business Accountant will support accounting activities across the Group's accounting functions. This includes preparing monthly management accounts, analyzing revenue and expenditure, and supporting year-end audit processes.

What you will do

• Preparation of monthly management accounts and information for the assigned business function
• Analyze monthly financial and operational variances and prepare formal commentary
• Perform ad-hoc analysis and financial modelling to support business decision-making
• Support preparation of the financial reports for the assigned business functions
• Maintain financial control disciplines including coordinating balance sheet reconciliations
• Review the efficiency and effectiveness of the accounting function and implement simplification initiatives
• Prepare and support Accounting manager with submission of information to external auditors
• Partner and coordinate with cross functional stakeholders for controlling reconciliation items

Required qualifications

• Post Graduate / Graduate
• 6- 8 years of post qualification experience
• Strong academics
• Previous work experience
• Experience of management accounting including accruals/ prepayments and variance analysis
• Preparing Balance sheet reconciliations and driving clearing of open items
• Audit coordination
• Management accounting knowledge
• ERP knowledge
• Strong Excel skills
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail
• Ability to take initiative

Nice to have

• exposure to Media, D2C business
• Preferred experience in multi-cultural environment
• Proficiency in using DB/ BI tools (Tableau, SQL) is preferred

Benefits

• highly competitive pension or 401(k) plan
• private health insurance
• 24/7 access to counselling and wellbeing resources through our Employee Assistance Program
• Work From Anywhere program for up to 25 days per year
• generous annual and parental leave
• dedicated days off for volunteering
• dedicated days off for moving home
• free access to all The Economist content including an online subscription, apps and podcasts

About the company

The Economist Group is a global media and information-services company. It delivers trusted analysis and insights to individuals and organisations in more than 170 countries.