Senior Accountant (m / f / d)

The Senior Accountant is responsible for the preparation and delivery of the Statutory Books of all Legal Entities within his / her responsibility in compliance with local and corporate policies. With a sound understanding of the Legal Entities´ underlying businesses, he / she has a key role in the delivery of all controllership activities in relation to the Legal Entities within his / her responsibility. This includes Financial Accounting, Reporting and Internal Controls. He / she supports business and accounting teams in all accounting matters, being the center of expertise.

Main responsibilities :

• Local and US GAAP books monitoring in compliance with statutory and corporate policies
• Primary contact for external and internal audit matters
• Provide accounting guidance to other accounting teams and business
• Reconciliation of local book accounts and local versus US GAAP books
• Ongoing monitoring of account reconciliations in compliance with the DuPont Global Account Reconciliation Policy
• Analysis of balance sheet and income statements for Legal Entities within the scope of responsibility
• Preparation of deferred tax calculation and any other reports for direct tax purposes
• Provision of accounting guidance to projects with implications on the related Legal Entities
• Support maintenance of effective internal controls in line with SOX 404 as well as the DuPont Internal Control Standards manual

Qualifications :

• University degree in Accounting / Finance
• 4-5 years of accounting and financial reporting experience required
• Previous experience in Big4 or multinational companies is a plus
• Experience in US GAAP, IFRS and / or other Local GAAPs
• Business proficiency in English required. Knowledge of German, French or additional European language is a plus.
• Advanced knowledge of SAP is an asset
• Payroll accounting experience is an advantage

Core competencies :

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Willingness to take responsibility and high degree of motivation
• Problem-solving and solution oriented
• Networker; ability to effectively work with a wide variety of organizations and people
• Flexibility to get rapidly adjusted to new situations in a continuously changing environment

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