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Financial Accountant managing core accounting, VAT, payments, and statutory reporting for Ookla’s global connectivity intelligence business. Owning month-end, year-end, payroll, and expense processes.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare recurring monthly journals, including bank fees, currency transfers (USD to EUR), net salaries, tax payments, refunds, and specific VAT/tax journals
- Perform comprehensive reconciliations of all bank accounts and process bank statements for various financial transactions
- Execute Fixed Asset Management and general Balance Sheet reconciliations
- Manage standard accruals, including interest and Corporate Income Tax accruals
- Manage end-to-end Accounts Payable operations, including payment files, bill credits, and bank submissions
- Review VAT codes and provide final accounting approval for standalone bills
- Perform AP and AR reconciliations and VAT verifications
- Process payment reminders for outstanding accounts
- Provide holiday coverage as the AR application back-up for approximately 5 weeks per year
- Oversee daily bank statements and process general outgoing payments
- Handle manual payment requests, including loans, interest, and intercompany transfers
- Execute corporate payments, including advance tax, VAT, and employer payments
- Own VAT processes, including data management, calculations, postings, VAT returns, and EU Sales declarations
- Process letters and decisions from local Tax Authorities and handle relevant tax consulting tasks
- Gather data for local statutory reporting and submit finalized statutory reports
- Execute year-end closing work and prepare FINGAAP financial statements
- Manage associated Year-End Tasks and general financial consulting
- Perform final VAT checks and approve employee travel and expense claims
- Review and process travel claims and employee pay slips
- Report taxable expense claims and process non-taxable allowances
- Ensure accurate and timely payroll and expense data transfers to the core accounting system
Requirements:
- 3-5 Years General Accounting experience
- ACA or ACCA Qualified
- Experience building globally-distributed systems
- Strong understanding of Accounting best practices
- Expertise in VAT & Tax
- Comfortable learning and working with new technologies in an ever-changing environment
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong time management skills and a self-driven work ethic
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