General Ledger Accountant (fixed-term contract)
Publication date:
12 September 2024Workload:
100%Contract type:
Unlimited employment- Place of work:Prague
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GENERAL LEDGER ACCOUNTANT
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Contract: full time, temporary (until Oct 31, 2025)
Global Services EMEA is the Johnson & Johnson Shared Service Center in Europe, delivering compliant financial services to J&J affiliates across the EMEA region.
We are recruiting a General Ledger Accountant who will be part of one of the Finance Teams within MedTech Financial Services scope.
The responsibilities & the impact YOU will have:
- CFIN Testing and implementation - data analysis and corrections of discrepancies between systems, UAT testing, validation and simulation of preproduction data, completion of close simulation.
- Prepare day-to-day general ledger activities, including journal entries, clearings, account reconciliations, and financial reporting.
- Monitor the General Ledger accounts in its responsibility and keep the balances up to date
- Execute timely and accurate month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing procedures.
- SOX control preparation and documentation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and Senior General Accountant to ensure proper recording and classification of financial transactions.
- Support internal and external audits by providing necessary documentation and explanations.
- Maintain effective internal controls to safeguard company assets and maintain data integrity.
- Stay up to date with accounting regulations and industry best practices to ensure compliance and implement process improvements
- Provide timely responses to stakeholders or team requests
- Independently review and post vendor invoices
- Participate in Shared Finance projects (Ex: Signifi)
- Review and update process controls and procedures in collaboration with Senior General Ledger accountant
- Ensure documentation is in place and consistent execution of processes.
- Ad-hoc reports preparation