Senior Specialist 2, Compliance

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We are looking for a highly motivated accounting professional to join the newly established International Financial Compliance team covering EMEA, APAC, LATAM & Canada. This team is responsible for ensuring international entities comply with local accounting standards and filing requirements and providing local accounting advice on business and tax initiatives. Reporting to the Senior Manager of the Financial Compliance operations team in India, the Sr. Specialist, depending on experience, will be responsible for India and a portfolio of other international entities and will have a close working relationship with the compliance leads and managers based in Dublin and India. You will work with the local accountants and auditors and cross-functionally with MDB tax, legal and finance teams. This is a great opportunity for a part-qualified or newly qualified accountant who is interested in progressing their career and expanding their knowledge of accounting and financial compliance, gaining experience across multiple legal entities, and jurisdictions.

We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Gurgaon, India for our hybrid working model.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly bridge files from US GAAP to local accounts for India and other international entities and maintain reconciliations to support the reconciling items
• Support the local statutory audit request
• Roll forward annual bridge files and financial statements for India and other international entities
• Preparing information for PBC lists
• Preparation of data required for filing of local statistical returns
• Preparing the audit/ accounting fee accrual calculations
• Preparing the monthly cost-plus workings for India and other international entities
• Preparing accounting information for local tax audits and transfer pricing audits
• Prepare annual statutory financial statements for India in line with applicable GAAP
• Review profit and loss and balance sheet for India on periodic basis to ensure adherence to accounting policies
• Take proactive actions to improve the accounting process and keep management informed of any possible / probable accounting implications
• Review reconciliations prepared by GL Team on periodic basis and prepare additional schedules to support local GAAP
• Liaising with auditors as well as internal MongoDB cross functional teams and resolution of their queries
• Liaising with cross functional teams for data and information, required for internal reviews and support audit requests
• Continually improving internal controls and ensure compliance for areas owned by Compliance Team
• Maintaining up-to-date procedure documents
• Support automation projects carried out at Group Level
• And other projects

Experience and Qualification

• Chartered Accountant with 2-4 years of post-qualification experience
• Prior experience of working with Big4 firms would be preferred
• Experience under controllership function with statutory financial reporting under IGAAP, IFRS, FRS102 and US GAAP is helpful
• Ability to work well as part of a team or independently as required
• Ability to work in fast-paced environment and multi-task
• Possess strong analytical skills (MS Excel), problem-solving, critical thinking and prioritization skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Experience with Word, Excel, Google Suite and NetSuite or other ERP is an advantage

Success Measures

The specialist will be successful in this role when they can execute the following strategic tasks/responsibilities

• in 3 months you’ll be fully on-boarded to the team and trained to start taking ownership of your day to day assignments
• in 6 months you’ll have a strong understanding of the entity assignments which you support
• in 12 months you’ll have expanded your network across multiple teams within the company and seek opportunities to further develop your skills and career

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