Accounting Close ensures all transactions are correctly accounted for and provides a golden source financial information data set upon which all internal and external reporting is based. Ensures the integrity of reportable financial information up to, and including, CAT 3 release and the operation of the Revenue, Cost, Local and Group close processes
In the role of a Financial Reporting Specialist you will reconcile and close the month-end General Ledger for Head Office, Local Regulatory and Risk Reporting within Service Level Agreement (SLA). You will be improving processes, and create linkage for upstream and downstream processes and outputs, as well as collaborate with offshore and onshore business partners to ensure financial reporting requirements are delivered. In this capacity you will also regularly assess control checks and strategies to ensure timely and accurate delivery of all controls within financial reporting.
In this capacity, you will produce financial and management reports for head office and statutory reports covering monthly, quarterly, semi-annually and annually, as applicable within agreed SLA, as well as prepare and park required reporting journals to the ledger. You will perform variance analysis, investigate discrepancies and explain material movements in account balances between periods. You will also have to substantiate balance sheet accounts in accordance with existing policy and substantiation requirements, and understand system architecture within reporting platform, such as SAP, and identify technical issues in reporting production.
In scope to this role, you will coordinate and escalate outstanding issues to supervisors, stakeholders and support teams as needed, and when applicable conduct root cause analysis and provide tactical recommendations on corrective and/or preventive actions.
For this requirement, you will need to have a degree in either Accountancy, or any Business-related course, and preferably be a Certified Public Accountant. You will need to have relevant work experience, and an ability to effectively communicate in English, manage your time efficiently and possess good analytical and organizational skills. You will need to have an establish record of assimilating voluminous information and rapidly learning technical and business knowledge. You will also need to be proficient in the use of MS Office applications, particularly Excel.In return, Deutsche Bank offers a challenging and rewarding career where your contribution is valued and rewarded."Our values define the working environment we strive to create – diverse, supportive and welcoming of different views. We embrace a culture reflecting a variety of perspectives, insights and backgrounds to drive innovation. We build talented and diverse teams to drive business results and encourage our people to develop to their full potential. Talk to us about flexible work arrangements and other initiatives we offer.
We promote good working relationships and encourage high standards of conduct and work performance. We welcome applications from talented people from all cultures, countries, races, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, beliefs and generations and are committed to providing a working environment free from harassment, discrimination and retaliation.
