Project Accountant at Jeppesen ForeFlight in Bengaluru, Karnataka

Job description

• Roles & Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• • Administer the monthly billing and revenue recognition in the project accounting module.
• • Validate the revenue and costs of projects as part of the month-end close.
• • Prepare journal entries and review system-generated reports for accuracy.
• • Analyze and review transactions and relationships.
• • Maintain documentation in such a manner that an external auditor or reviewer with no prior context could evaluate the reasonableness of the support.
• • Hold members of the organization accountable for providing appropriate support (invoices, contracts, detailed calculations, etc.).
• • Prepare project related reconciliations for balance sheet accounts, ensuring that all balances and reconciling items are clearly documented and supported to the standard of being easily reviewed and reperformed.
• • Identify issues and take initiative to resolve in a timely manner (i.e. by next month-end).
• • Critically question balances that are not supported or are significantly aged and propose resolutions to clean up.
• • Ensure any significant project-related variances are clearly explained in a way that provides valuable insight into the change in an account and ensures the accuracy of our financial reporting.
• • Review standard and actual project revenue and costs for inaccuracies.
• • Ensure all account balances can be supported and evaluated for reasonableness at an individual transaction level.
• • Clearly address errors identified in the current month, propose the resulting action item(s) required, and resolve the issue within a timely manner (i.e. by next month-end).
• • Work closely with the project managers and FP&A team to validate information and resolve issues.
• • Participate as a subject matter expert when interfacing with cross functional teams and Company leadership to support key business initiatives and activities.
• • Provide insight and data to drive decision-making as the Company works to scale operations, implement new systems, and streamline processes.
• • Be an expert on the Oracle GL and identify missing capabilities or data fields to improve visibility for management reporting or accuracy in financial reporting related to project accounting.
• • Maintain and document effective internal controls and processes to ensure system integrity and compliance with Company guidelines with relation to project accounting.

Requirements

• • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or similar field.
• • 3+ years of project/cost accounting experience, preferably in a SaaS or enterprise software environment.
• • Working knowledge of Oracle ERP (or other comparable system), subledger accounting, and basic workflows of Projects, Costs, Accounts Receivable, etc. transactions.
• • Track record of building or significantly improving accounting processes in a high-growth, fast-paced environment where infrastructure did not previously exist.
• • Strong written and verbal communication skills; you can clearly explain an issue and solution to upper management.
• • Fluent in English.
• • Experience with US and Swedish GAAP, and knowledge of related accounting principles/theories and concepts (e.g. SOX).
• • Experience with the Oracle Projects module.
• • Experience working with Project Managers and other cross-functional teams.
• • Fluent in Swedish.
• • Experience in global financial operations and/or international financial reporting.

Skills

Required

• Project/cost accounting
• Oracle ERP (or comparable system)
• Subledger accounting
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Fluent in English

Preferred

• US and Swedish GAAP
• SOX
• Oracle Projects module
• Fluent in Swedish
• Global financial operations
• International financial reporting

Benefits

• At Jeppesen ForeFlight, we know you want a rewarding career. To do that, you need challenging projects, a good work environment, and awesome coworkers. We believe in our employees and empower them to make a direct impact on our products and services messaging. We strive to provide employees and their loved ones with a world-class benefits experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Our benefits package includes but is not limited to the following:
• · Group Medical insurance
• · Group term life, personal accident, and critical illness insurance
• · Gym reimbursement
• · 20 days of paid vacation time
• · 12 days of paid sick time
• · Employee Assistance Program