Accounting Expert

at  Nokia

FAMILY DESCRIPTION

Finance (FI) comprises all finance and control activities, external and internal reporting, and capital allocation processes. Provides services in the area of financial planning, accounting, controlling, reporting, performance management, tax, investor relations, treasury, and mergers and acquisitions.

SUBFAMILY DESCRIPTION

Local Accounting (LAC) contains the local accounting activities in a given country and ensures compliance with statutory financial reporting requirements and regulations.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Written and spoken English is a requirement
• Experience and good understanding of statutory and accounting processes (full scale accounting)
• 8-10 years experience in wide range of accounting areas
• Finance or economics degreeExternal service provider management experience is an advantage

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Good team player, precise, reliable, able to meet deadlines, proactive, problem solving, can do attitude
• Excellent capacity to retain new things (fast learner)
• Technology focused
• Good communication skills and service minded attitude

PERFORMS REGULAR OR AD HOC ACCOUNTING TASKS:

• Booking accruals, Tax related journals
• Issuing sales invoices
• clearing GL accounts (matching payments vs accruals)

MANAGES, MONITORS AND CONTROLS THE OUTSOURCED ACCOUNT PAYABLE ACTIVITIES (TASKS PROVIDED BY EXTERNAL SERVICE PROVIDER)

• Monitoring the correctness of vendor invoice postings and payment proposals
• Clarification of Aged item on AP GL accounts: identify errors, escalate issues, follow-up
• Ensures that the right process is followed and they are compliant with Nokia global policies and guidance