SENIOR GENERAL LEDGER SPECIALIST (Estonian Speaking)

Cognizant is an American multinational company providing information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services. We are looking for a few collaborative, structured and motivated specialists to join one of our new teams.

If you are up for a challenge, providing high value support to the client and are motivated to help the team become stronger – we are looking forward to hearing from you! 

• Support in monthly, quarterly and annual financing management reporting as well as budgeting and forecasting activities
• Perform variance analysis for senior stakeholders like plan vs. actual, actual vs. prior year, actual vs. forecast etc.
• Assisting in revenue & cost analysis
• Responsibility for Accruals & Prepaids and Fixed Assets Accounting
• Support in preparation and reporting of financials - P&L and Balance Sheet
• Ensuring that transactions are booked according to accounting policy (preparing journal vouchers: Cost / Revenue Accrual, Cost allocations, Reclassification, bank transactions postings)
• Supporting month-end closing activities including bank and balance sheet reconciliation
• Performing day-to-day general ledger operations: on-going journal entries, bank journals
• Assist in managing several KPI's related to financial models and client satisfaction
• Reviewing processes and suggesting/ implementing improvements & changes to current procedures to ensure adequate value to the client and process
• Diligence in updating the SOP documents regularly with change controls and maintain current understanding of policies and procedures
• Work with internal and external customers to understand the quality gaps and take responsibility in bridging these gaps
• Conduct and lead the process reviews with Client providing comprehensive update on the process updates
• Identifying and solving common cross-process (PTP, OTC, T&E) issues
• Supporting internal & external audit

• Have strong Estonian and English language skills (both written and verbal)
• Have 2 - 7 years of BPO experience with at least 5 years in Finance and Accounts domain
• Have high level computer skills in MS Office, especially Excel
• Have hands on experience in handling contracts, interpretation of the contract and understanding key elements of the contracts with relevant terminology
• Have good understanding on the end to end process for Report to Record as per local accounting principles
• Be comfortable in dealing with numbers, huge data inputs and processing of financial information
• Have good analytical skills with ability to create forecast reports based on the data provided
• Have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Have good Innovation mind set, attention to detail and strong analytical ability
• Be accurate, able to operate a system to perfection and be persistent in routine work
• Be open to working in shifts if needed
• Relocate to Lithuania or Latvia or Poland (remote work opportunities within mentioned countries are possible)

• Opportunity to be part of a global organization
• Encouraging working atmosphere, engaging activities and extra benefits (e.g. additional medical insurance (covers gym subscription), team events, outreach activities, flexible work time and other)
• Hybrid work model with remote work opportunities and visits to Vilnius office 1-2 times per month
• Open, modern and ergonomic work environment when working from the office
• Opportunity to grow both professionally and personally (e.g. Udemy) and continuously develop within the domain

Cognizant, as a digital company, makes employee health and safety it’s top priority. With that in mind we are implementing virtual hiring and work practices which means all interviews will be conducted online.

We will be looking for Your CV.
Only suitable candidates will be contacted.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.