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Assistant Controller

Key Facts

Remote From: 
Full time
Senior (5-10 years)
English

Other Skills

  • Communication
  • Analytical Skills

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Chartered accountant, MBA in finance/accounting or equivalent qualification
  • 2+ years of experience in a similar role or audit experience
  • Hands-on experience with SAP/ERP accounting package
  • Knowledge of IFRS or Ind-AS

Requirements:

  • Independently manage local statutory and tax compliance for a country or group of countries, by working closely with 3rd party service providers
  • Ensure the month-end close is in line with Thomson Reuters' global reporting timetable, with reconciliations of critical accounts and correct coding of transactions
  • Analyze all balance sheet and cost accounts; liaise with auditors on statutory/internal audits and participate in regional balance sheet and cost reviews
  • In conjunction with the Tax and Transfer Pricing departments, complete tax packs, book tax provisions, monitor tax account movements, and perform true-up calculations for group and local books; provide support in tax audits as needed

Job description

Assistant Controller, Global Statutory reporting
The candidate is responsible for all aspects of accounting for an entity or a group of entities, working with 3rd Party providers for statutory and taxreporting, year-end submissions, and other accounting areas. The objective is to ensure compliance with Thomson Reuter’s Accounting policies and LocalTax & GAAP requirements. The jobholder is expected to interact closely with various groups including but not limited to Business Units, GeneralAccounting organization, Group Finance, Tax, Treasury, Internal Audit and 3rd party providers and to manage the relationship with our local statutoryauditors.

About the Role
In this opportunity as Assistant Controller, you will:

  • Independently manage local statutory and tax compliance either for a Country or a group of Countries, by working closely with 3rd party serviceproviders

  • Work with various business partners independently to ensure legal entities are accurately, completely and timely accounted for in the enterprisesystems, as well as to ensure good controls of underlying processes are in place

  • Ensure the month end close in line with Thomson Reuter’s global reporting timetable, reviewing to ensure that critical accounts are reconciled tounderlying documentation, that transactions are coded accurately in line with Thomson Reuters and local accounting policies

  • Analysis of all Balance Sheet and Cost accounts

  • Liaise with auditors on Statutory & internal audits

  • Participate in regional balance sheet and cost reviews.

  • In conjunction with the Tax Department completion of tax packs, booking of tax provisions and monitoring tax accounts movements

  • In conjunction with the Transfer Pricing Department review the quarterly calculation for Group books and perform the true up Calculation for localbooks

  • In conjunction with the Transfer Pricing Department review the quarterly calculation for Group books and perform the true up Calculation for localbooks

  • Provide support as appropriate in any tax audits as agreed with the Tax Department either directly or through 3rd party providers

About You
You’re a fit for the role of Assistant Controller if your background includes:

  • Chartered accountant, MBA in finance/accounting or equivalent qualification

  • 2+ years of experience in a similar role or audit experience

  • Hands on experience with SAP/ERP accounting package

  • Knowledge of IFRS or Ind-AS

  • Excellent communication skills, fluent in English

  • Strong analytical skill

  • Proactive ability to use own initiative

  • Hands on experience on automation and AI


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What’s in it For You?

  • Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

  • Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

  • Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

  • Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.

  • Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

  • Making a Real-World Impact:We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

 

 

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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