General Ledger Accounting Specialist

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Job Description

Job Summary
This position ensures accounting transactions are properly recorded, posted, processed, and reported. He/She completes the day-to-day maintenance to ensure thorough and accurate general ledgers. This position uploads, analyzes, and processes journal entries. He/She performs and reviews standard month-end entries. This position communicates and documents accounting procedures for specialized accounting and financial transactions.

Responsibilities:

• Creates, modifies, and tests reports.
• Reviews production issues for escalation and resolution.
• Communicates with users to deliver solutions for enhancements, updates, and testing.
• Administers access to reporting tools.
• Interfaces with F&A systems and IT on production issues.
• Participates in developing test scripts to ensure successful implementations of new business units into Revenue allocation and makes changes to existing allocation rules.
• Reviews test data and provides feedback to management, F&A Systems, and project team.
• Works closely with internal and external Auditors.
• Reviews revenue allocation processed data to ensure statutory, managerial and product level reporting is accurate and complete.
• Analyzes variances.
• Identifies, develops and implements process improvements.
• Contributes to department cross training critical functions as assigned by management.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or International equivalent - Preferred
• Availability to travel if necessary for training or project work
• Knowledge of internal systems and tools - Preferred
• Experience creating and generating reports using Microsoft products or equivalent software - Preferred
• Knowledge of general accounting and/or finance processes - Preferred
• Knowledge of accounting process including statutory, managerial, product level and network model - Preferred

Employee Type: Permanent

UPS is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

UPS is an equal opportunity employer. UPS does not discriminate on the basis of race/color/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Basic Qualifications: Must be a U.S. Citizen or National of the U.S., an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or an alien authorized to work in the U.S. for this employer.