Sr. Financial Analyst

Description

The Senior Financial Analyst - Incentive Compensation & Corporate Accounting is
responsible for end-to-end accounting, reporting, and controls over incentive
compensation programs and related common equity activity. This role leads the
preparation of complex consolidating journal entries, balance sheet
reconciliations, and analytic reviews for various incentive compensation awards.
The analyst partners closely with Global Compensation, Payroll, Tax, Corporate
FP&A, and Controllership to ensure accurate US GAAP reporting, strong internal
controls (including EUCA and critical reports), and clear documentation of
accounting conclusions and desk procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and own monthly consolidating/manual journal entries
• and account reconciliations focused on Incentive Compensation Awards
• and Corporate activities such as Common Stock Dividends and Share
• Repurchases.
• Prepare analysis of financial statements for applicable areas and
• applicable sections of the 10-Q/10-K SEC reports.
• Coordinate and facilitate push down for specific entities with statutory
• requirements.
• Ensure entries are complete, accurate, and aligned with US GAAP and GM
• accounting policies.
• Perform monthly P&L and balance sheet analytics to explain results and
• period-over-period variances for incentive compensation.
• Maintain core enabling tools and structures for the team including the CJE
• Org Table, FX rate comparison, internal dashboards, JE checklists,
• accounting conventions, etc.
• Provide and present clear, well-supported data to Controllership leadership
• regarding award true-up analysis.
• Identify, interpret, and analyze potential accounting risks and issue
• Develop understanding of and ability to apply U.S. GAAP accounting and
• financial reporting standards and government rules and regulations

• Analyze quantitative data or complex problems of various types
• Collaborate with Global Compensation, Payroll, Tax, FP&A, Legal, Labor
• Strategy, ECA, and BU finance teams to obtain and validate source data.
• Support accounting assessments for new or evolving incentive and equity
• programs and document conclusions.
• Provide timely responses to internal and external audit requests and
• support SOX/controls testing related to assigned areas.

• Identify/correct inconsistent data, solve problems and develop new
  methods of analysis

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or equivalent
• 5+ years of experience in accounting or financial reporting; experience in a
• large corporate or public accounting environment preferred.
• Solid knowledge of US GAAP and internal control concepts, including
• documentation and testing of key controls.
• Demonstrated experience preparing complex journal entries, account
• reconciliations, and variance analyses.
• Advanced Excel with ability to work with large data sets.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills with a high
• attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight month-end and
• quarter-end deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly
• document accounting positions and explain results to non-accountants.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting and CPA or equivalent
• Experience with SAP/S4, consolidation systems (e.g., GCARS), an enterprise reporting tools.

• Familiarity with EUCA/critical report governance, SOX controls, and audit