General Ledger Accountant

Title: GL Accountant
Type: Full Time 
Function: Finance 
Division:  Global Business Services 
Location: Mexico 

The General Ledger Accountant within the General Ledger team is responsible for the day-to-day processing of accounting activities and reporting in line with weekly, monthly and annual US GAAP policies and procedures. She/He may be contributor to the improvement’s initiatives generated by other team members within Finance Shared Services center.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
 

• Perform intracompany payments and all accounting entries associated with them as per the netting and month end closing calendar
• Ensure timely and accurate booking of GL entries in SAP.
• Complex Journal Entries: Prepare, calculate, and post complex journal entries accurately and in a timely manner
• Understand the rationale behind all GL postings, to ensure reasonableness.
• Perform month-end activities as required for US GAAP reporting (opening/closing of SAP modules, inter-company reconciliations, currency revaluations, uploads of SAP results into One Stream, etc.) within a tight timescale.
• Reconcile Intracompany balances during closing and continue the reconciliation after month end closing
• Ensure intracompany transactions are monitored and clean-up is in place whenever is necessary
• Prepare balance sheet accounts reconciliations, with supporting documentation according to company’s standards and within the required time-scale.
• Initiate actions for aged items and work with different stakeholders on clearing and/or write-off
• Participate in transition activities projects as per the Finance Shared Services management requests
• Maintain up-to-date procedure documents in English to satisfy Tenneco’s Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
• Support internal/external audit and Internal Control Office requests
• Ensure compliance with both Corporate and SBU policies & procedures. 
• Support Global Finance Process Shared Services function when necessary
• Part of projects as per the Shared Services needs
   

REQUIREMENTS:
 

Skills / Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics (Accounting, Banks).
• At least 3 years accounting experience within a multinational environment and or shared services center
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of accounting from Trial Balance to P&L/Balance Sheet, US GAAP is a plus
• Thorough understanding of Polish fiscal requirements for VAT, Corporate Tax and other Polish direct or indirect taxes
• Experience with the SAP ERP system
• Good Microsoft Office skills.
• Ability to work in English
• Hands on and problem solver mindset
• Good communication and time-management skills.
• Tenacious and detail-orientated working style, with a drive to resolve issues.