Job Description
Reporting to the Record to Report Team Lead, the Intercompany Analyst is a key member of the finance shared services team responsible for managing intercompany accounting activities across multiple entities and jurisdictions within a global organization. This role requires a deep understanding of international accounting principles, intercompany transactions, and consolidation processes to ensure accurate financial reporting and compliance with regulatory requirements.
Responsibilities
Intercompany Reconciliation
- Lead the reconciliation process for intercompany balances among entities located in different countries, ensuring alignment with transfer pricing agreements and compliance with local regulations.
- Regularly share AP and AR intercompany statements with the counter affiliates and follow up on missing information or request from other affiliates.
- Review Intercompany mismatches and ensure no mismatch amongst the intercompany affiliates.
Transaction Processing
- Oversee the recording and processing of complex intercompany transactions, including intercompany loans, royalties, transfers of goods and services, and intercompany billing, while adhering to accounting standards and company policies.
- Raise all recharge invoices and share with affiliates before IC cut-off date
- Perform the receiving, requesting, and posting of all Intercompany AP invoices
- Ensure all monthly checklists are performed and adhered to including month end closing and internal control procedures
- Processing of intercompany payment entries through the FSS treasury team
- Process intercompany payments in co-ordination with the FSS B payment team
- Follow up on Intercompany debtors for invoice settlements
Consolidation Support
- Assist in the consolidation of financial statements by providing accurate intercompany elimination entries and ensuring consistency and accuracy across reporting entities.
Transfer Pricing Compliance
- Collaborate with transfer pricing specialists to ensure intercompany transactions are conducted at arm’s length and in accordance with transfer pricing policies and regulations.
Documentation and Compliance
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of intercompany agreements, policies, and transactions to support internal controls and compliance with tax laws and regulations in various jurisdictions.
- Work with appropriate accounting contact persons for intercompany affiliates to ensure completeness of information related to intercompany transactions.
Process Optimization
- Identify opportunities to streamline intercompany accounting processes, enhance efficiency, and mitigate risks through automation, standardization, and best practices.
Cross-functional Collaboration
- Work closely with finance, tax, legal, and operational teams globally to address intercompany issues, resolve discrepancies, and support business initiatives and transactions.
Audit Support
- Prepare schedules, reports, and documentation for internal and external audits related to intercompany transactions, ensuring timely completion and compliance with audit requirements.
Health & Safety
- Uphold the company code of conduct, policies and procedures, ensuring integrity and accountability in every aspect of your work
- All employees have a responsibility to adhere to safety, health, and wellbeing policies.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of progressive experience in accounting, with a focus on intercompany accounting and global operations.
- Strong understanding of international accounting standards (e.g., IFRS) and transfer pricing principles.
- Experience with consolidation software (e.g., Hyperion) and ERP systems (e.g., Oracle).
- Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail, with the ability to analyze complex financial data and identify trends, variances, and discrepancies.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to interact with stakeholders at all levels of the organization across different cultures and time zones.
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues.
