Accountant I

Title: Accountant I
Duration: 4 Months+ Possible Extension
Location: Chattanooga, TN

Notes:

• Onsite
• Must have SAP experience and sound understanding of monthly journal entries. 
• Understanding of SAP customer contracts module.

Description:
CI2C Receivable & Revenue Senior Accountant, manages GTN accrual sufficiency and variance reporting for provisions established (via CCCM contracts) to compensate deductions taken by our customers. CI2C Receivable & Revenue Senior Accountant reports to Ci2C Receivables & Revenue Accountants Team Lead, Americas, working closely with Customer Service, Finance, Treasury, Account to Report, Trade and the CI2C team.

Job Description
The purpose of this role is to:
• Provide D-1 GTM accrual sufficiency versus actual deductions from remittance gating to determine whether provision adjustments are required.
• Troubleshoot variances to determine root cause linking in transversal associates to fully understand and deploy corrective actions.
• Perform AD-HOC analysis and reporting to fully support all of the functions associated with the CI2C group.
• Lead group in reviewing GTN MJE and FI requests for entries made by the department. Ensure accuracy and timeliness in all transactional activities.
• Secure invoice booking & revenue recognition, perform AR monthly closing and reporting services to GBS.
• Contribute to revenue recognition (Trade & non-Trade) and related accounting.
• Analyze AR ageing reports, recommend bad debts reserves and post entries.
• Participate in month end closure activities: reconcile AR postings with GL, analyze & resolve discrepancies, post adjustment entries.
• Prepare month end and ad-hoc reports for revenue and AR analysis.
• Contribute to periodic reviews and definition of revenue recognition accounting scheme.
• Address operational issues and follow through to resolution in an effective and timely manner.
• Deliver operational KPIs and comply with Client policies and guidelines.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives.
• Supervise the team of Accounts Receivable and Revenue Analysts.
• Work transversally with other streams to drive resolution or escalation of identified issues or periodic processes that require the involvement of CI2C Receivable and Revenue Accounting group.

Key Results/Accountabilities
Operations
• Secure invoice booking & revenue recognition, perform AR monthly closing and reporting services to GBS
• Monitor SD/FI interface and correct all anomalies to ensure correct revenue recognition (Trade & non-Trade)
• Analyze AR ageing reports and recommend bad debts reserves based on Client guidelines and post entries after approval
• Participate in month end closure activities: reconcile AR postings with GL, analyze & resolve discrepancies, post adjustment entries
• Reconcile AR postings with GL, analyze & resolve discrepancies, post adjustment entries as per month end closure timetable
• Prepare month end and ad-hoc reports for revenue and AR analysis
• Contribute to periodic reviews and definition of revenue recognition accounting scheme
• Contribute to business reviews
• Execute in compliance with Client policies and guidelines
• Complete all activities as per the global Core Model and operational KPIs
• Develop expert level knowledge of the activities in Product as well as local knowledge of entities in Product and become a super-user
• Pro-actively anticipate operational issues and coach junior analysts
• Build, document, and transfer CI2C Core Model process knowledge (Level 6/7) relating to invoicing, AR monthly closing & reporting activities
• Supervise and coach AR closing & reporting analysts and cash application analysts
• Manage departmental personnel time off to ensure sufficient resources are available to execute month end and periodic reporting requirements are met.
• Provide expertise and coaching
• Anticipate workload and allocate resources for effective and efficient delivery
• Assist manager to evaluate employee performance, determine training needs, develop talent
• Address performance issues and make recommendations for personnel actions
• Perform reviews and approvals of month-end closing tasks

Continuous improvement
• Identify process improvement opportunities through elimination of redundant activities
• Participate in process automation initiatives and ensure seamless adoption and transition.