Role Overview

The Senior Accountant role at Kantar Porto is part of a dynamic and coordinated Finance function delivering operational Finance specialist services. Reporting to the Financial Accounting Lead, you will work with internal and external partners to ensure processes are performed in accordance with performance and quality standards.

Why this job is important

This role is crucial in ensuring the completeness and compliance of our financial processes. By maintaining and processing month/year-end close processes, balance sheet reconciliations, and journals, you will contribute significantly to the financial integrity of our organisation.

What makes this opportunity outstanding

At Kantar Porto, you will be part of an ambitious team dedicated to achieving world-class financial practices. You will play a pivotal role in maintaining the financial health of our business, ensuring our processes are both flawless and compliant. Our collaborative environment will empower you to compete and excel, while working with hardworking and driven professionals!

What you’ll be doing

• Assist in maintenance, processing, and production of month/year-end close processes, balance sheet reconciliations, journals, and associated underlying schedules.
• Review all Opex accounts, prepare all period close entries, and lead the Opex review calls with Financial Business Partners and other collaborators.
• Prepare monthly financial documents with Kantar consolidation tool on a monthly and quarterly basis.
• Review all balance sheet reconciliations and align with collaborators on possible adjustments needed.
• Support the maintenance of the fixed assets register.
• Assist with audit requests coming through to the Kantar Business Services.
• Support controls compliance and other internal controls requirements.
• Accountable for the quarterly review of account variances analysis.
• Maintain knowledge management and documentation to ensure managers and staff always have access to current and compliant documents and mentorship.
• Build relationships with customers and partners, supervise service delivery, and resolve any issues effectively.
• Develop sound professional working relationships with colleagues across KBS and Local Business, building their confidence and acquiring an understanding of the business.

The ideal skills & experience

• Proven experience as an accountant.
• Experience in producing year-end accounts and preparation for audit.
• Strong technical knowledge of statutory accounting.
• Proficient English speaker, accurately able to read and write English and communicate efficiently.
• Ability to work in a changing and flexible organisation.
• Willingness to work flexibly across geographic time zones during peak periods such as period end.

What’s in it for you

• Life leave.
• Volunteering days.
• Hybrid working model, with three days a week in the office.

Why join Kantar?

Join our Functions team, pivotal to our business, consisting of Finance, Legal, and People Teams.

What about Kantar itself? Well, we craft the brands of tomorrow by gaining a deeper understanding of people worldwide. By comprehending people, we can grasp what influences their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And if we merge the knowledge of our team with the latest AI technology, we can truly help brands uncover some outstanding insights.

We value fairness and support diverse work styles. Encouraging applications from all backgrounds.

I hope this meets your needs! If you need any further adjustments or additional information, feel free to let me know.

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