Senior General Ledger Associate

We are seeking a motivated and experienced Senior General Ledger Accountant to join our Shared Service Center team. The Senior GL Accountant is responsible for executing and overseeing complex General Ledger accounting activities, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting, month-end closing, account reconciliations, and compliance with internal controls and accounting standards. The GL Senior acts as the primary contact for stakeholders, supports team development, and drives operational excellence. The role operates in a standardized GBS shared services environment, with an emphasis on disciplined execution, sound judgement, and continuous improvement in GL processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform and review journal entries, accruals, prepayments, provisions, and reclassifications
• Ensure accurate posting of accounting transactions in SAP
• Maintain General Ledger master data in accordance with company policies
• Monitor and analyze balance sheet and P&L accounts
• Execute and coordinate closing activities according to defined timelines
• Prepare and review account reconciliations, Investigate and resolve accounting discrepancies and unusual transactions
• Ensure completeness and accuracy of financial reporting packages
• Support intercompany reconciliation and confirmation processes
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, local GAAP, and company accounting policies
• Adhere to SOX requirements and internal control framework
• Support internal and external audit requests
• Collaborate with local Finance, Controlling, Treasury, Tax, AP, AR, and Purchasing teams
• Provide accounting expertise to business stakeholders
• Other duties may be assigned
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Required Qualifications and Experience

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Business Administration.

Experience: 3–5 years of Accounts Payable or transactional accounting experience. Experience in a shared services/GBS or multinational environment is strongly preferred. Demonstrated ability to handle complex AP transactions (e.g., multi-currency, high-volume, or exception-driven cases) is an advantage.

Technical Skills: Strong knowledge in major enterprise ERP/finance systems (e.g., SAP or similar platform) for AP processes. Strong MS Excel skills for reconciliations and analysis. Familiarity with AP automation tools (e.g., OCR invoice scanning, electronic workflow systems) and solid understanding of financial controls (such as SOX requirements) are important.

Language: Fluent English (written and spoken) for daily communication with global colleagues and stakeholders. Additional language skills are a plus.

Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CPA, CIMA or equivalent) is an advantage.

Key Skills and Competencies

• Attention to Detail & Accuracy: Exceptional accuracy and attention to detail, ensuring error-free processing of invoices and payments even in complex scenarios.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Communication & Collaboration: Clear, professional communication with vendors and colleagues; maintains positive working relationships across diverse regions. Collaborative team player, willing to provide guidance and support to colleagues to achieve common goals.
• Leadership & Reliability: Proactive in taking initiative to maintain process stability. Steady and dependable under pressure, able to balance quality, timeliness, and control requirements during peak workloads.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
• Continuous Improvement Mindset: Demonstrates a practical improvement mindset by identifying recurring issues and supporting incremental process standardisation and automation under defined GBS governance.