H&M is a fashion brand that offers the latest styles and inspiration, from fashion pieces and unique designer collaborations to affordable wardrobe essentials. Our business idea is fashion & quality at the best price in a sustainable way.  Learn more about H&M here. 

As the SSC R2R Accountant, you will be responsible for the daily operations of the designated areas of Record to Report processes by ensuring that the processes are handled in a timely manner. You develop and improve our way-of-working with R2R processes and are responsible for enabling efficient collaboration with relevant stakeholders, to ensure quality within our reporting.  

Job Responsibilities:

• Make sure and execute the daily operation in an efficient way within in the R2R GL Accounting area according to the SLA including but not limited to:
• Preparation of journal entries in excel template, uploading the journal entries in Cadency tool Journal Module.
• Seeking inputs from respective departments that have dependency to carry out the tasks like journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, reports etc.
• Ensure the tasks assigned to you are completed on a timely manner as per the defined due dates.
• Ensure the tasks assigned to you are performed with 100% accuracy.
• Must have SAP T-code knowledge for booking journal entries, extracting reports, performing account reconciliations.  FB03, FB02, FBL3n, FBL1n, FBL5n etc
• Must have excel knowledge like Vlookup, Hlookup etc.
• Perform peer to peer review within the team (as required)
• Should have worked in at least one or two of the functions.  And should possess domain knowledge on these functions:  Fixed Asset, Payroll, Cash, Intercompany, Revenue accounting, OPEX.
• Should be a team player and support the peer (when required) in completing the tasks.
• Actively participate in the knowledge transfer sessions with the trainer/group.  Ensure all the trained activities are documented, SOPs are documented.
• Should ensure the SOPs are up-to-date and reflect steps as per current process.
• Ensure the leads are well-informed in case of any issues/delay in performing the activities.
• Ensure the leads are kept informed about any emergency leave.  Ensure enough back-up/succession plan in place before-hand so that no surprises on the deliverables.

Stakeholder Management:

• Should have effective communication skills which is needed to ask relevant questions, consult with other departments like AR and AP.
• Should have good writing skills to ensure emails from various stakeholders are actioned on timely manner and responded to with adequate information.
• Being accountable and meet the legal obligations in reference to local laws, regulations and requirements.
• Ensure clear communication to internal and external stakeholders.

Knowledge & Skills:

• 3-6 years of overall experience within a similar role, good knowledge of general accepted accounting practices is an advantage.
• Minimum 3+ years of experience in R2R.
• Process competence (incl. technical skills, communication skills, system integrations, being able to handle machine learning and automation)
• Communication skills – training others and giving both internal and external support in all communication channels and forums.
• Experience in working with accounting related tasks.
• Experience of running and developing new and existing accounting processes
• SAP experience is an advantage.
• Experience of having worked in a shared service center is an advantage.
• Experience of RPA is an advantage.
• Planning and optimize.
• Both written and oral English skills are mandatory

University degree or higher education within Business Administration (or similar) or equivalent experience within accounting

This is a full-time position based in Bangalore.
Apply by sending in your CV in English as soon as possible. Due to data policies, we only accept applications through career page.  

Benefits
We offer all our employees at H&M Group attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a staff discount card, usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. Brands covered by the discount are H&M (Beauty and Move included), COS, Weekday, Monki, H&M HOME, & Other Stories, ARKET, Afound. In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program – HIP. You can read more about our H&M Incentive Program here.

In addition to our global benefits, all our local markets offer different competitive perks and benefits. Please note that they may differ between employment type and countries.

Inclusion & Diversity
H&M is a part of H&M Group. At H&M Group, we’re determined to create and maintain inclusive, diverse and equitable workplaces throughout our organisation. Our teams should consist of a variety of people that share and combine their knowledge, experience and ideas. Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, on what we perceive possible and on how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world. Hence all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process.  

We strive to have a fair and equal process and therefore kindly ask you not to attach a cover letter in your application as they often contain information that easily can trigger unintentional biases. 

Location

H&M SERVICES PVT. LTD. Hub 4, 12th Floor,Karle Infra SEZ, 100 Feet Kempapura Main Road,Opposite Nagavara Lake,, Bangalore, Karnataka, India