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Waste Management (WM), a Fortune 250 company, is the leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North America. We are strongly committed to a foundation of operating excellence, professionalism and financial strength. WM serves nearly 25 million customers in residential, commercial, industrial and municipal markets throughout North America through a network of collection operations, transfer stations, landfills, recycling facilities and waste-based energy production projects.

I. Job Summary

Utilizes incumbent knowledge to process and manage the company’s fixed assets portfolio and ensure accurate accounting records for specific financial accounts within the company.

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential duties satisfactorily. Other minor duties may be assigned and may vary by department.

• Should have relevant experience in Fixed Asset accounting with accounting skills.

• Ensure completeness and accuracy of fixed assets sub ledger by timely capitalization and asset acquisitions and asset retirement with month end closing activities such as account reconciliations, journal entries and adjustments.

• Ensure the accurate tracking of existing fixed assets and implements. Run Depreciation as per the deadlines and verify depreciation each BU books posted correctly.

• Prepare and submit Fixed assets roll-forward.

• Ensure all the fixed assets schedule compliance. Asset tagging, recording of movements in FAR.

• Performing monthly close R2R process activities including accruals and amortization.

• Good communication skills and should be able to handle global stakeholders.

• Qualitative variance analysis for monthly, quarterly, and yearly P&L and BS movements.

• Ensuring compliance to SOX/internal control/ statutory guidelines.

• Performs a variety of clerical bookkeeping and accounting tasks, applying accepted procedures to the preparation and maintenance of accounting and other records, and preparing financial and/or technical reports.

• Posts journal, ledger, or voucher books of accounts from advanced supporting data by hand or machine.

• Completes financial account reconciliations and prepares appropriate journal entry adjustments for specific company accounts

• May prepare summary sheets or other work papers for supervisor’s use in preparing comprehensive financial statements.

• Performs Month-End Close functions, managing the recording of financial journal entries, completing account reconciliations and managing fixed assets transactions.

• May audit and proof accounting or other reports for clerical accuracy and conformance to departmental procedures.

• Reviews and completed fixed asset transaction in accordance with company policies and procedures.

III. Qualifications

• The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.

A. Education/Experience

• Education: B.com, M.com, MBA or CA Intermediate

• Experience: 1 - 3 years of experience in the field of Audit, Accounts & Finance (in addition to education requirements)

• Additional Qualifications - Strong attention to details and previous experience in a shared services environment preferable.

B. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required

Language Ability:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as departmental reporting, e-mail & vendor correspondence.

Math Ability:

• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, proportions and percentages.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of accounting software, database software, M.S. Outlook, M.S. Word, MS Excel and M.S. PowerPoint.

Special Skills:

• Problem solving skills, team handling ability, verbal and written communication should be good.

Pace:

• The pace should be considered fast. To meet our vendors expectations we work in a very urgent environment.

Work Environment

Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, machine operation, etc.) part of the work day;

• Required to exert physical effort in handling objects less than 30 pounds occasionally;

• Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals, etc.) rarely;

• Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements rarely;

• Normal setting for this job is an office setting.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran