GL Accountant

Our Company

GSD Solutions is an American high-touch, customer-focused, business transformation group, specializing in back-office process improvement, shared services, project management and strategic outsourcing.

Our solutions transform organizations by increasing efficiency, effectiveness, and value realization. We deliver sustainable solutions on time and on budget through our dedicated, highly skilled team.

We are looking to hire self-motivated GL Accountants at different levels of seniority from experienced to seniors to support our clients.

The roles are based in our Shared Service Center in Bucharest and it’s a fully remote type of work.

GL Accountant (English speakers) - Fully Remote - career level: mid-level or senior

The Corporate General Ledger Accountant will perform the necessary research and take action to ensure the accurate accounting of the company’s accounting records related to a variety of accounting topics. Maintaining open lines of communication with our stakeholders and partnering with our accounting and finance teams to resolve all issues are a must. The ultimate goal is to assist in keeping accurate general ledger records and assisting in the coordination of close-week activities for the accounting department. The desired candidate should be able to create, communicate and execute accounting processes with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Reconciles and resolves discrepancies in accounting ledgers as well as various sub-ledgers
• Accurately enters detailed data into financial systems
• Generates various reports, registers and spreadsheets; transmits data as needed
• Keeps filing system up-to-date, including boxing and archiving old files and creating new files for each year
• Maintains a broad knowledge of US GAAP and is able to answer questions related to day-to-day work
• Facilitates the preparation and recording of insurance contracts and settlements, cash-flow designated interest rate hedges and non-designated swaps, long-term debt and interest expense, equity and non-cash compensation arrangements, as well as the financial effect of non-controlling interests
• Assists in the maintenance and review of the Controller’s Reconciliation Book monthly which includes maintaining detailed records and reconciliations of a broad range of the organization’s accounts
• May directly assist the financial reporting and technical team on a variety of technical accounting projects
• Supports the monthly close process by coordinating priorities across the accounting department
• Investigates reconciliation imbalances; reports monthly on any out-of-balance situations
• Performs GL variance analyses at month-end and recommends adjustments as required

Skills and requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related discipline is required and previous applicable accounting experience is recommended
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word)
• Fluent in English
• Must be eager to learn, be detail-oriented, possess good math aptitude, and be able to work in a teaming environment. The ability to interface effectively with employees at all levels of the organization is an important requirement
• Discretion and trustworthiness, and the ability to keep all Company information and materials strictly confidential (both internally and externally) are essential elements of this position
• Must be well organized, diligent, and a self-starter with the ability to independently identify work to be done
• Must be flexible and have the ability to adjust to sudden changes in work priorities. The applicant must also have the ability to prioritize work generally and in order to accommodate those changes
• Attention to detail and extreme care in performing tasks accurately and carefully are also essential.