Financial Associate Job at DXC Technology

DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) helps global companies run their mission critical systems and operations while modernizing IT, optimizing data architectures, and ensuring security and scalability across public, private and hybrid clouds. The world's largest companies and public sector organizations trust DXC to deploy services across the Enterprise Technology Stack to drive new levels of performance, competitiveness, and customer experience.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Financial Associate

Requisition ID: 51402889
Job Location: Lagos

Job Description

• Partners with the businesses to ensure that the capital strategies are operationally supported and strategically focused to secure the greatest return on investment for the global company. Gathers financial data and performs financial analyses and reporting (e.g., profit & loss, balance sheet, cash flow, pricing, etc.) to influence decisions within the business and to drive cross-business initiatives (e.g., Mergers & Acquisitions).
• Drives the forecasting process (weekly, monthly, and long term) by analyzing trends within the businesses and ensuring alignment with business- and corporate-wide objectives. Communicates and drives adherence to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the organization's financial goals and policies.
• Has the fiduciary responsibility to represent financial results correctly both internally and externally. Ensures strong business controls.

Responsibilities

• Owns and executes accounting processes within area of expertise.
• Performs analysis of transactional accounting information to support decision making.
• Typically the first escalation point of contact for customer issues related to area of expertise
• Supports the implementation of new corporate-wide accounting processes and systems.
• Proactively identifies opportunities for improvements and makes recommendations.
• Implements and assures effective business controls through review, analysis, and verification.
• Assists in training and mentoring of department team.
• Supports the development, implementation, maintenance, and communication procedures to ensure compliance with accounting policies.

Education and Experience Required

• Associates Degree strongly preferred.
• Typically 4+ years of work experience.
• Typically 1+ years experience in an accounting environment.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong computation skills.
• Strong business application skills (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite, SAP).
• Fluency in English.
• Strong understanding of accounting processes.
• Strong database skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Good project management skills.