Principal jobs - Financial Analyst

This role is part of a team that provides accounting support and solutions to the Principal Financial Group. This team consists of several processes like Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General ledger (Reconciliations and Journals support),Reporting, Tax, Control and Compliance.

The Analyst will be part of one of these areas and will be responsible for processing, recording, maintaining, reconciling of financial transactions and reports.

Responsibilities

• Research, reconcile and update financial transactions
• Processing and posting of journal entries for all kinds of transactions.
• General ledgers as well as balance sheet heads reconciliations.
• Recording and maintaining various processes related to Accounts Receivable and Payables
• Processing of invoices for various vendors and its reconciliations.
• Update transactions details in database/applications
• Prepare reports and perform variance analysis of financial statements

• Prepare and perform tasks related to the preparation of schedules related to financial statements
  

Skills

• Knowledge of accounting cycle & fundamentals
• Ability to learn and grasp new business processes
• Working knowledge of AP/AR/GL functions
• Basic Understanding of Booking & Payment of Invoices
• Ability to perform account reconciliations
• Sound knowledge of Excel Functionality and other MS Office tools (Powerpoint/Word)
• Ability to learn how to use accounting applications and software to analyze transactions and extract reports.
• Exposure to ERP systems / Reporting tools would be an added advantage
• Team player - Ability to learn and work in a team
• Must have fluent English communication skills (spoken and written);
• Must have basic planning, problem-solving, analytical skills. 
  

Education& Experience

2 years of relevant work experience in Finance/Accounts function, preferably in an offshore set-up with Commerce graduation/post-graduation or CA/ICWA Intermediate/Full time 2 years MBA Finance