Sr. General ledger accountant

A Moving Experience.

Opportunity: Become part of a young and international Finance team, in a fast moving tech Company operating worldwide. Cerence AI is looking for a senior GL accountant, internationally oriented but with a focus on our Italian and French entities. You will be involved in a broad spectrum of accounting activities, including performing US GAAP month end closes, assisting with the preparation of local tax returns and assisting with statutory financial statements and audit work. Candidates are detail-oriented, have strong analytical skills and the drive to improve financial processes. Cerence AI offers highly competitive remuneration and benefits. In addition we offer hybrid working opportunities and very nice colleagues.

Daily functions / responsibilities:

• Creating and posting of Payroll journals
• Execute regular payments and handling bank transactions
• VAT reporting/filing
• Accrual accounting
• Monthly flux analyses
• Creating Month-end, Quarter-end and year-end closings to ensure accurate and timely reporting
• Creating quarterly Intercompany cross-charges
• Assist in preparing Annual accounts and prepare documents / analyses for Annual audits
• Budget coordinator for Global International entities for professional services accruals
• Reconciliation of General ledger and subledgers
• Detailed account reconciliations
• Other project related activities 
• Identify and propose process optimizations

Requirements:

• Bachelor in accounting
• 3+ years experience in GL accounting
• International experience
• Very good knowledge of English required (other languages can be helpful)
• Excel (Pivots, Lookup formula's, large data handling)
• High analytical skills
• Good communication skills and team player

Cerence Inc. (Nasdaq: CRNC and www.cerence.com) is the global industry leader in creating unique, moving experiences for the automotive world. Spun out from Nuance in October 2019, Cerence is a new, independent company that has quickly gained traction as a leader in the automotive voice assistant space, working with all of the world’s leading automakers – from Ford and Fiat Chrysler to Daimler, Audi and BMW to Geely and SAIC – to transform how a car feels, responds and learns. Its track record is built on more than 20 years of industry experience and leadership and more than 500 million cars on the road today across more than 70 languages.  

As Cerence looks to the future and continues an ambitious growth agenda, we need someone to join the team and help build the future of voice and AI in cars. This is an exciting opportunity to join Cerence’s passionate, dedicated, global team and be a part of meaningful innovation in a rapidly growing industry. 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Cerence is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, genetic information and other protected classifications. Cerence Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.

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