General Accounting Specialist (Finance)

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

The General Accounting Specialist role is within the General Ledger Accounting team based in Baltimore, MD, and is part of the wider Arcadis Global Onshore and Accounting Finance community.

This role will be part of the team responsible for standardized financial reporting, implementing, and maintaining an effective and efficient framework of operational general ledger accounting and statutory compliance with established company policies, generally accepted accounting principles, and local regulations.

Working in the General Accounting team, the role is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely completion of accounting close activities for all US entities that ultimately drive financial information and reporting on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis.

The General Accounting Specialist reports directly to the General Accounting Manager. With no initial direct reports

Role accountabilities:

The main responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

• Complete month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities to ensure timely financial reporting
• Perform more complex journal entries and reconciliations including consolidation activities.
• Effectively collaborate with Global Business Area Finance Teams, Global Accounting teams, and other cross-functional teams to ensure completeness and accuracy in transactions and close processes which includes preparing monthly financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, and other financial reports
• Assist with the Audits.
• Reviewing weekly cash forecasts and monitoring the cash position of the company alerting management of any significant variances
• Manage the intercompany accounting and reporting process, including inter-company invoicing, reconciliations, journal entries, and quarterly intercompany balance matching.
• Provide technical support on current accounting standards (such as IFRS 16) and local statutory requirements that have an impact on accounting operations
• Ensuring compliance with local legislation and other regulatory requirements
• Managing internal and external audit requirements and engaging with key stakeholders as appropriate
• Performing other duties and responsibilities as required from time to time by your manager and Arcadis.
• A key player in the ERP Oracle migration project.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Qualifications:

• Degree in Accounting/Finance
• Excellent knowledge of accounting standards
• Knowledge and experience in an international and multi-currency environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Audit experience is an advantage
• Experience in financial accounting, General Ledger, and/or in a Shared Service environment is preferable
• Oracle, Deltek Vision, OneStream ERP systems, and Excel high proficiency experience an advantage

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $73,301 - $97,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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