The General Ledger (GL) Accountant will support accurate and timely bookkeeping activities for the company, including posting and processing journal entries, maintaining accounts, and assisting in the preparation of financial statements and annual audits during period-end closes. The ideal candidate should have a sound understanding of accounting principles and internal financial controls to effectively carry out these responsibilities.
This role reports to the India Hub Lead and works closely with the Senior GL Accountant to ensure the accurate and timely delivery of GL accounting activities.
About Group Finance
In joining RWS’s Finance team you will be a critical part of supporting a listed world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services. RWS has growing revenues of over £750m through a combination of value accretive acquisitions and organic growth. Group finance, led by our Group CFO; Candy Davies, includes diverse teams across the globe operating in functions including business partnering, operational finance, specialist, and group functions. We cover a footprint of over 100 legal entities in 43 different countries worldwide.
It’s a very exciting time to join RWS Finance for an individual who enjoys change and making an impact! As part of the overall RWS business strategy we are making a significant investment in upgrading our financial systems and processes to deliver enhanced reporting and control, more efficient processing enabling great value through enhanced business partnering and decision support.
Key Responsibilities
Perform GL accounting activities with accuracy and integrity, ensuring financial transparency.
Record and process journal entries, maintaining clear and ethical financial documentation.
Conduct account reconciliations proactively and independently, while seeking collaboration when necessary.
Assist in preparing financial statements, ensuring clarity, compliance, and accessibility.
Complete period-end close activities efficiently, fostering team collaboration to meet fiscal deadlines.
Raise queries that require expert judgment, contributing to collective decision-making within the team.
Provide insights and data to support audits and regulatory reviews, ensuring compliance and transparency.
Perform GL activities aligned with evolving accounting principles, promoting best practices and ethical accounting.
Ensure period-end close activities are managed with efficiency and flexibility, collaborating with impacted teams.
Uphold R2R controls while actively participating in continuous process improvements for efficiency gains.
Apply financial expertise to ensure accuracy in transactions, maintaining clear and accessible documentation.
Build strong relationships across diverse teams, fostering trust and shared learning.
Partner with Finance teams (Procure to Pay, Order to Cash) to ensure holistic financial visibility and efficiency.
Collaborate with cross-functional groups, promoting inclusivity and diverse perspectives in financial decision-making.
Work alongside the Master Data team to enhance accuracy, improve standards, and resolve data challenges.
Engage with SSC process teams, supporting process innovation, shared knowledge, and long-term improvements.
Skills & Experience
Experience in R2R GL accounting or similar financial operations (approximately 2 years or equivalent).
Proficiency in English for professional communication (multilingual skills are a plus).
Strong financial data analysis skills with expertise in MS Excel or comparable tools.
Understanding of finance business processes, accounting principles, and compliance standards.
Familiarity with core finance systems, ERP platforms, and their functionality.
Ability to work independently while engaging in collaborative problem-solving.
Capacity to apply accounting concepts and best practices to evolving financial scenarios.
Effective stakeholder interaction, ensuring high-quality service and clear communication.
Proactive approach in fast-paced environments, with adaptability to deadlines and evolving priorities.
Beneficial to have:
Certification or relevant experience in accounting (e.g., AAT, CIMA, ACCA, ACA, or equivalent).
Experience with ERP systems, including MS Dynamics or similar platforms.
Multilingual proficiency, enhancing global collaboration.
Degree or equivalent experience in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related fields.
At RWS, we’re here for one purpose: unlocking global understanding.
As a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services, we remove the barriers to communication to make global connection possible. Our unrivalled experience and deep understanding of language have been developed over more than 60 years. As we look to shape the future, our ambition is to create a world where understanding is universal for everyone.
We work with over 80% of the world’s top 100 brands, more than three-quarters of Fortune’s 20 ‘Most Admired Companies’ and almost all the top pharmaceutical companies, investment banks, law firms and patent filers. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific and North and South America. Our 65+ global locations across five continents service clients in the automotive, chemical, financial, legal, medical, pharmaceutical, technology and telecommunications sectors.
Over the past 20 years we’ve been evolving our own AI solutions as well as helping clients to explore, build and use multilingual AI applications. With 45+ AI-related patents and more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, we have the experience and expertise to support clients on their AI journey.
If you like the idea of working with smart people who are passionate about breaking down language barriers and giving back to their communities, then you’ll love life at RWS. Our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong.
We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career. In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner with colleagues and clients, to adopt a pioneering spirit, to be positive in progressing the work we do, and always to deliver what we promise.
RWS Values
Get the 3Ps right – Partner, Pioneer, Progress – and we´ll Deliver together as One RWS.
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RWS embraces DEI and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics
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