Accountant, Financial Accounting, RDC

Accountant, Financial Accounting, RDC role at my
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Gwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

Kantar is the world's leading data, insights, and consulting company; we shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. We offer a supportive environment that values diversity, inclusion, and flexibility.

Job Details

As an Accountant at Kantar, you will be part of a multifaceted and coordinated Finance function delivering operational Finance specialist services. You will work closely with internal and external partners to ensure processes are performed in accordance with performance and quality standards. Your role will be essential in assisting with closing and reporting, adhering to statutory requirements, and maintaining strong professional relationships across the business.

What You'll Be Doing

• Assist in the maintenance, processing, and production of month/year-end close processes, balance sheet reconciliations, journals, and associated underlying schedules.
• Support the preparation and review of period close entries, and general ledger accounts reconciliation and analysis.
• Prepare monthly financial documents into Kantar's consolidation tool.
• Coordinate
  - end and
  - end reporting schedules.
• Maintain close relationships with customer/3rd party delivery partner teams to ensure responsiveness to their needs and support in delivering a positive resolution of any performance issues.

Skills & Experience Needed

• Proven experience as an accountant.
• Experience in producing
  - end accounts and preparation for audit.
• Proficient English speaker, accurately able to read and write English and communicate efficiently.
• Ability to work in a changing and flexible organization.
• Willingness to work flexibly across geographic time zones during peak periods such as period end.

Benefits

• Flexible hybrid working.
• Up to 25 days off, plus your birthday off and two days paid for volunteering.
• Meal card and flexible benefits where you are allocated funds to spend on a variety of benefits such as transport cost, education related and more.

Country

Portugal

Why Join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our
- depth expertise of human understanding alongside
- breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast‑paced, ever‑shifting world.

Equality of opportunity is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. Flexibility is key, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Accounting/Auditing and Finance

Industries

Market Research