General Ledger Accountant - Finance Shared Services

About the role

Magna is looking for a motivated and experienced General Ledger Accountant to join its Shared Service Center team. The GL Accountant executes and oversees complex general ledger accounting activities, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting, month-end closing, account reconciliations and compliance with internal controls and accounting standards. The role works in a standardized GBS shared services environment and supports team development and operational excellence.

Key responsibilities

• Perform and review journal entries, accruals, prepayments, provisions and reclassifications
• Ensure accurate posting of accounting transactions in SAP
• Monitor and analyze the balance sheet and support closing activities within defined timelines
• Prepare and review account reconciliations and resolve accounting discrepancies and unusual transactions
• Support intercompany reconciliation and confirmation processes
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, local GAAP and company accounting policies, and adhere to SOX requirements and the internal control framework
• Maintain supporting documentation for all entries and support internal and external audit requests
• Collaborate with local Finance, Controlling, Treasury, Tax, AP, AR and Purchasing teams
• Support local entities during transition and stabilization, and harmonize and standardize GL processes across locations
• Take part in migration, transition and transformation projects

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Business Administration or equivalent
• 3+ years of experience in a comparable role; transactional experience (multi-currency, impairments, exceptions) is an advantage
• Fluent English, written and spoken; additional languages are a plus
• Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CPA, CIMA or equivalent) is an advantage

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of SAP or a similar platform
• Strong MS Excel for reconciliation and analysis
• Familiarity with automation tools such as electronic workflow systems
• Solid understanding of financial controls such as SOX requirements
• Attention to detail, analytical thinking, clear communication and ability to work independently