Lead Accountant

Company Description

When you’re one of us, you get to run with the best. For decades, we’ve been helping marketers from the world’s top brands personalize experiences for millions of people with our cutting-edge technology, solutions and services. Epsilon’s best-in-class identity gives brands a clear, privacy-safe view of their customers, which they can use across our suite of digital media, messaging and loyalty solutions. We process 400+ billion consumer actions each day and hold many patents of proprietary technology, including real-time modeling languages and consumer privacy advancements. Thanks to the work of every employee, Epsilon India is now Great Place to Work-Certified™. Epsilon has also been consistently recognized as industry-leading by Forrester, Adweek and the MRC. Positioned at the core of Publicis Groupe, Epsilon is a global company with more than 8,000 employees around the world. For more information, visit epsilon.com/apac or our LinkedIn page.

Job Description

About the Opportunity

The Lead Accountant provides accurate, timely and efficient support for the day-to-day operations of the accounting department. Reporting to the Accounting Manager (GL), the staff accountant collaborates in all aspects of the full accounting cycle for CJ US, CJ UK and its subsidiary entities.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Reviewing general ledger accounts and preparing any necessary adjusting journal entries
• Posting monthly, quarterly and yearly accruals, deferrals and other adjustments
• Performing account reviews and analysis for Balance Sheet and P&L accounts
• Reconciliation of accounts, including bank statements and general ledger accounts
• Creating job codes, clients and invoices in SAP
• Monitoring accurate billing and prepare corrections as needed
• Reviewing AR aging and ensuring timely collections
• Creating PO’s, vendors and inter-company billings in Altair
• Monitor intercompany collections
• Review and resolve intercompany mismatches if necessary
• Responsible for designated month-end duties, such as journal entry preparation
• Preparation of monthly financial reports and statements for the management
• Assist with internal control evaluations and implement best practices
• Assist with special projects as needed, including internal and external audit requests
• Maintain good rapport with staff, clients, vendors, external auditors and regulators
• Check and assess all accounting records for accuracy
• Adhere to best practices, standards and procedures in all accounting functions and activities

Qualifications

• College degree in Accounting or Finance
• 7+ years accounting experience
• Strong analytical and organizational skills with attention to detail and a passion for accuracy
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Proven ability to learn quickly and succeed in a fast-paced environment
• Desire to grow and assume more responsibility
• Must be comfortable interfacing with employees outside of the office at other locations, via phone, email and web meetings to gain understanding and obtain information to complete monthly tasks
• Able to display initiative & take ownership of problems
• Must be a strong team player, flexible, and willing to work overtime when required

Additional Information

Publicis Groupe Commitment to Diversity & Equity Policy:

Publicis Groupe is deeply committed to diversity and inclusion in spirit and in action at every level of the organization. It reflects our core values and embodies our purpose of building a great company enabling human potential. We have a deep-rooted appreciation for how diversity of thought drives innovation, and we ground that value in a culture of collaboration and connected thinking.  

• Diversity & inclusion are business imperatives on which Publicis Groupe will not negotiate. While fostering a work environment that is inclusive of all talent is a collective responsibility, it is leadership’s job to nurture the career aspirations and goals of all our talent. Promoting gender equality starts at the top and the Groupe will not tolerate anyone speaking for our organization who does not value the importance of inclusion. Publicis Groupe works very hard to champion diversity and will continue to insist that each agency’s leadership be champions of both diversity and inclusion.
• Our Core values “ VIVA LA DIFFERENC’E is based on the very aspect of celebrating differences 
• Our strategy focuses on bringing together teams with diverse perspectives, disciplines, and experiences, because diversity of thought best serves our clients and their customers who they aspire to impact

Equal Employment Commitment:

1. We provide equal opportunities to all our employees and to all eligible applicants for employment in our company. We do not unfairly discriminate on any ground, including race, caste, religion, color, ancestry, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, age, nationality, ethnic origin, disability or any other category protected by applicable law.
2. When recruiting, developing and promoting our employees, our decisions will be based solely on performance, merit, competence and potential.
3. We shall have fair, transparent and clear employee policies which promote diversity and equality, in accordance with applicable law and other provisions of this Code. These policies shall provide for clear terms of employment, training, development and performance management.