JOB PROFILE: INTERCOMPANY ANALYST
Assignments
Report to Intercompany Manager
Job Purpose
The Intercompany Analyst is responsible for ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant accounting and reconciliation of intercompany transactions across assigned entities, leveraging Target Financial Process (TFP) Standards and real-time monitoring tools. Playing a key role in the financial operations of the HUBs, the analyst works closely with internal stakeholders and foreign affiliates to resolve discrepancies and streamline intercompany processes.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
- •Intercompany Accounting: Perform daily posting, verification, and processing of intercompany invoices, transactions, and settlements.
- •Proactive monitoring: ensure daily management of intercompany flows using data analytics tools (iClosing); investigate discrepancies across matching buckets to fix errors prior to closing.
- •Reconciliations: Execute monthly intercompany declarations and reconciliations (Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable) in Intercompany Group Reporting within tight deadlines.
- •Dispute Management: Investigate and follow up on unmatched transactions or billing queries with relevant international counterparts and local finance teams.
- •Month-End Closing: Support the month-end closing process by preparing necessary journal entries, accruals, and reporting packages within tight deadlines.
- •Compliance & Audit: Ensure all intercompany processes comply with group accounting standards, local regulations, and internal controls. Support internal and external audits by providing required documentation.
- •Process Improvement: Identify bottlenecks in intercompany workflows and proactively contribute to continuous improvement, automation, and standardization initiatives.
COMPETENCES
- •An enthusiastic professional with a change mindset and relevant previous experience in accounting.
- •Familiarity with SAP (ECC and S4Hana) and Excel; knowledge of data analytics tools or Blackline is a strong plus.
- •Strong interpersonal skills: communicating, defending ideas, and convincing.
- •Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to translate complex requirements into clear, compelling narratives that drive engagement and organizational adherence.
- •Exceptional ability to act as a trusted advisor, navigating matrix organizations to ensure cross-functional cooperation & networking.
- •Independently manage workload and prioritize appropriately to meet deadlines.
- •A team player with a positive can-do attitude and willingness to go the extra mile for a common goal.
- •Good analytical skills as well as an ability to step back and see the ‘big picture’.
- •Efficiency-oriented: proactively challenging the status quo to design more efficient ways of working.
- Language – spoken and written
•English
•Other languages depending on countries, zone will be appreciated e.g. Spanish.
Job description provided by L'Oreal.
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