Accountant, Intercompany Specialist

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Why this job is important

As an Accountant, Intercompany Specialist, you will play a crucial role in assisting with the management and reconciliation of intercompany transactions. Your contributions will directly impact our ability to maintain accurate financial records and ensure compliance with company policies.

What you’ll be doing

• Assist in processing and reconciling intercompany transactions, including sales orders creation, accruals, and settlements as outlined in the Intercompany Handbook.
• Prepare and upload manual journal entries for intercompany recharges and settlements, ensuring accuracy and compliance with company policies.
• Support monthly intercompany balance reconciliations related to trade transactions, identify and resolve mismatches, and ensure timely settlement of intercompany invoices.
• Address and resolve intercompany transaction mismatches and disputes, ensuring timely communication and resolution with counterparts.
• Compile and maintain intercompany reports, including balance sheet reconciliations.
• Coordinate with various departments and stakeholders to resolve intercompany discrepancies and ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Manage the settlement of intercompany balances, including the preparation of payment selection files, and performing calculations in netting files.
• Participate in the month-end close process, including extracting trial balances, updating balance sheets, and preparing intercompany reconciliation templates.

The skills & experience needed as Accountant, Intercompany Specialist

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 1-2 years of experience in intercompany accounting or a similar role.
• Proficiency in accounting software and MS Excel.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Preferred

• Experience with Deltek Maconomy, OneStream, and ServiceNow.
• Knowledge of intercompany accounting principles and practices.

What’s in it for you

• Flexible hybrid working
• Up to 25 days off, plus your birthday off and two days paid for volunteering
• Meal card and flexible benefits where you are allocated funds to spend on a variety of benefits such as transport cost, education related and more

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Country

Portugal

Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.