# Associate Manager, Financial Accounting and Control

**Company**: London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
**Location**: Colombo
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

The Associate Manager, Financial Accounting and Control will play a crucial role in preparing, developing, and analysing financial information to support senior management's decision-making process, ensuring the organisation's stability, growth, and profitability.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Prepare month-end accounts close and review processes to ensure accuracy of P&L and Balance Sheet, and adherence to all Group reporting deadlines.

- On-board additional scope and align processes according to the Target Operating Model (TOM).

- Ensure the team meets tight reporting deadlines while maintaining high accuracy and quality.

- Prepare Balance Sheet reconciliations and substantiations.

- Support the external audit process, including liaising with external auditors.

- Adhere to internal controls as per group policies and the financial control framework.

- Support Group projects and implement new systems and processes.

- Collaborate on continuous improvement activities.

- Partner with Entity Accountants, Financial Controllers, and other teams as a key member of the Finance Centre of Excellence.

**Requirements and Preferences:**

- Professional accounting degree with a minimum of 4 years of experience in General Accounting.

- Strong track record in processing core accounting transactions and consolidations.

- Experience in a finance shared services environment is advantageous.

- Knowledge of financial control processes, including account reconciliations and substantiations.

- Experience with SAP, Oracle, Oracle Fusion, and Blackline is preferred.

- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Packages, especially Excel.

- Excellent communication skills in oral and written English.

- Ability to work collaboratively and drive a culture of partnership across finance.

- Adaptable to a constantly evolving environment.

- Strong process orientation and ability to craft robust reporting frameworks.

- Ability to build strong working relationships with global colleagues.

**What We Offer:** LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days, and wellbeing initiatives.

## Skills

### Required
- General Accounting
- financial control processes
- account reconciliations
- Microsoft Office
- English

### Nice to have
- SAP
- Oracle
- Oracle Fusion
- Blackline
- Excel

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