Skills Required
Record To Report - Accounting & Financial Reporting Standards
Designation
Record to Report Ops Analyst
Qualifications
BCom
Years of Experience
3 to 5 years
Role Overview
The Record to Report (R2R) Analyst is responsible for delivering high quality, end to end accounting and reporting services within a Shared Services environment. The role supports timely and accurate period close, balance sheet integrity, compliance with accounting policies, and continuous improvement of R2R processes and controls. The R2R Analyst works closely with Finance Business Partners, FP&A, AP/AR, Tax, Treasury, and auditors to ensure financial results are complete, accurate, and delivered to agreed timelines and service levels.
Responsibilities
- Perform month end, quarter end, and year end close activities in line with close calendars and SLAs, including journal entry preparation, posting, and validation.
- Handle accruals, prepayments, allocations, reclassifications.
- Perform intercompany accounting and reconciliations as applicable.
- Support fixed asset accounting including capitalization, depreciation, and disposals.
- Prepare financial statements and internal reporting packs; ensure adherence to accounting policies and reporting standards (IFRS/UK GAAP/US GAAP).
- Own balance sheet account reconciliations, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and supportive documentation.
- Ensure timely clearance of aged and reconciling items; conduct root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Maintain high standards of balance sheet substantiation and contribute to balance sheet reviews with stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with internal controls (SOX or equivalent), accounting policies, and documented R2R procedures.
- Prepare audit schedules, support internal/external audits, and respond to audit queries.
- Maintain process documentation (SOPs, desk procedures) and ensure controls and approvals are clearly evidenced.
- Provide variance analysis and commentary for key P&L and balance sheet movements.
- Support management reporting requests and ad hoc analysis.
- Partner with upstream/downstream teams (P2P, O2C, Payroll) to resolve close issues and improve data quality.
- Identify process inefficiencies and recurring issues; propose and implement improvements.
- Support standardization across entities/regions and contribute to Shared Services transformation initiatives.
- Support automation opportunities (e.g., workflow, RPA, reconciliations tooling) and participate in UAT/testing for system changes.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- Language: B2 English proficiency required; proficiency in other languages is a plus.
- Experience: 3 to 5 years in R2R / General Ledger / Financial Accounting, ideally in an Enterprise Operations or multi-entity environment.
- Knowledge of month end close, journal entries, accruals, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial reporting.
- Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Anaplan or similar.
- Exposure to audit and controls environments (SOX/internal audit) preferred.
- Preferred: Part-qualified or qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA) or actively studying.
- Technical skills: strong understanding of accounting principles and financial controls; proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, lookups) and financial reporting tools.
- Ability to interpret financial data and explain drivers clearly.
- Strong attention to detail and data integrity mindset.
- Professional skills: strong planning and time management; confident communicator with strong stakeholder management; structured problem solver; independent work; ability to manage competing priorities; team player comfortable working across geographies and functions.
- Success measures: close timeliness and quality; reconciliation completeness and aging; audit outcomes and control compliance; accuracy of journals and reporting outputs; stakeholder satisfaction and responsiveness; contribution to process improvements/automation.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.