Responsibilities

• Responsible for full sets of accounts for multiple APJ and EMEA entities, leveraging AI-powered tools to automate data consolidation and flag anomalies across entity books in real time
• Prepare and ensure 100% accuracy of journal entries, including payroll, bank transactions, accruals, prepaids, and other month-end adjustments, utilizing AI-assisted anomaly detection and validation tools to reduce manual review effort and minimize posting errors
• Perform detailed monthly Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss reconciliations in FloQast, applying AI-driven matching and reconciliation techniques to accelerate variance identification, investigation, and resolution
• Conduct timely and thorough flux analysis prior to period close to proactively identify unrecorded transactions, duplicate postings, miscoded entries, unusual variances, and potential accounting inconsistencies before finalization of the books
• Ensure all transactions are accurately categorized within the General Ledger, including appropriate account coding, department allocation, location, subsidiary mapping, and amortization schedules, while maintaining compliance with internal accounting policies
• Maintain highly detailed reconciliation schedules and supporting documentation to identify balances that may be incorrectly recorded, unsupported, duplicated, stale, or requiring adjustment, and proactively prepare correcting entries prior to the next accounting close cycle
• Partner closely with the Accounts Payable team and cross-functional stakeholders to develop scalable and automated accrual processes, leveraging AI and workflow automation to improve completeness, timeliness, and accuracy of monthly accrual capture
• Assist in driving and executing the Month-End, Quarter-End, and Annual Close processes, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely delivery of all financial reporting requirements across global entities
• Continuously identify and implement improvements in General Ledger management, Month-End Close, and Financial Reporting processes, proactively embedding AI and automation into recurring accounting workflows to enhance efficiency, scalability, and accuracy
• Monitor and ensure the daily posting and reconciliation of bank transactions in Oracle NetSuite, leveraging AI-powered bank feed integrations, intelligent transaction matching, and automated exception handling to ensure completeness and timely resolution of discrepancies
• Manage and oversee third-party accounting service providers through strong collaboration and close coordination of month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, ensuring adherence to Workato’s close timelines, accounting policies, and reporting standards. Review accounting transactions and monitor the timely completion of all close deliverables, while driving accountability for the accurate and timely submission of management reports in the format prescribed by Workato. Review and ensure that Balance Sheet reconciliations are comprehensive, properly supported, and accurately reflect the true underlying asset and liability balances of each entity, with all reconciling items investigated and resolved on a timely basis.
• Ensure reconciliation schedules are comprehensive, well-supported, and accurately reflect account balances, while proactively initiating corrective entries and adjustments before the subsequent close cycle to maintain integrity of the financial statements
• Prepare audit schedules and lead the resolution of audit queries across all global entities, leveraging AI-assisted tools and intelligent documentation management to anticipate follow-up questions, improve response quality, and ensure supporting documents comprehensively address auditor requests
• Participate in the ongoing development and enhancement of accounting policies, procedures, and operational strategies, including process redesign, system implementations, and controls improvement initiatives in support of IPO readiness and global scalability
• Drive the integration of AI and intelligent automation into finance operations to create a future-ready, highly scalable accounting function with stronger controls, improved efficiency, and enhanced reporting capabilities
• Manage indirect tax compliance for international entities, including the preparation, review, and timely filing of VAT, GST, and other statutory returns across EMEA and APJ jurisdictions
• Coordinate closely with external tax advisors and internal stakeholders to ensure compliance with local regulatory requirements, leveraging AI-enabled compliance and monitoring tools to automate return preparation, track filing deadlines, identify anomalies, and proactively flag jurisdictional tax rule changes in real time
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Accounts Payable, Payroll, FP&A, Tax, and external service providers to improve accrual processes, financial reporting accuracy, and operational efficiency through automation and process optimization initiatives

Requirements

• 7+ years work experience as General/Senior Accountant
• Excellent knowledge of accounting regulations and procedures. Familiarity with IFRS and US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and local GAAP (JGAAP, IGAAP)
• Experience in handling multiple entities, experience with US, EMEA and APJ entities is a plus
• Hands-on experience with accounting software like Oracle Netsuite is a plus
• Advanced MS Excel skills including Vlookups and pivot tables
• Experience with general ledger functions
• Strong attention to detail and good analytical skills
• BS in Accounting, Finance or relevant degree
• Intercompany elimination and consolidation experience
• Experience working with Big 4 will be an advantage
• Familiarity with AI-powered accounting tools, automation platforms (e.g. Workato, UiPath), or machine learning applications in finance is a strong advantage; a growth mindset toward adopting emerging AI technologies is essential

(REQ ID: 2801)