Senior Finance Specialist - General Accounting

<p style="text-align:left !important"><b>JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way</b>.  </p><p style="text-align:inherit !important"></p><p style="text-align:left !important">Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong.  Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.   </p><p style="text-align:inherit !important"></p><p>What’s your ambition?  Is it a big goal or small step?  Professional or personal?  We’d like to know because, at JLL, we make your ambitions our business.</p><p>If you're looking to step up your career, JLL is the perfect professional home. At JLL, you'll have a chance to innovate with the world's leading businesses, put that expertise into action on landmark projects, and work on game-changing real estate initiatives. You'll also make long-lasting professional connections through sharing different perspectives, and you'll be inspired by the best. We're focused on opportunity and want to help you make the most of yours.</p><p><b>What this job involves:</b></p><p>Responsible for delivering financial services, including managing payments to IFM suppliers, calculating monthly expense accrual, revenue accrual, and period close, coordinating JLL Client billings, to account team in a timely and accurate manner while enforcing and complying with Jones Lang LaSalle’s accounting policies and procedures.</p><br><p><b>Responsibilities:</b></p><p>Review the billing template from the site team with supporting documents such as contract terms, T&E report, Reimbursable expense tracker, open AR analysis, and follow-up. Manage bank balance and review Open AP and highlight payment schedule list. Assist in the review of Open PO reports (JDE Vendors) and educate teams on common errors and build overall knowledge of operational teams. Educating site teams on process flow, including knowledge of the line of corrective actions required when errors arise; objective to build a self-help culture. Work with the site team and client finance to calculate monthly accrual. Assisting with variance reporting compilation for APAC; working with the core team on streamlining reports/processes. Assisting the core team with forecast and budgeting processes, with the concurrent objective to streamline reports/processes. Month-end checklist review. Assisting with other ad-hoc work as required.</p><br><p><b>Sound like the job you’re looking for?  Before you apply, it’s also worth knowing what we are looking for:</b></p><p><b>Requirements:</b></p><p>Bachelor’s Degree in Finance & Accounting. Good command of spoken and written English AP/AR/GL and Data Analysis experiences in finance across APAC will be a plus. Must be able to ‘own’ responsibilities and processes. Excel-based reporting will be advantageous</p><br><p><b>What you can expect from us</b></p><p>You’ll join an entrepreneurial, inclusive culture. One where we succeed together – across the desk and around the globe. Where like-minded people work naturally together to achieve great things.</p><p>Keep your ambitions in sight and imagine where JLL can take you...</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Location: </b></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p>Remote –Dalian, LN<p></p><p>If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements.  We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table!</p><p></p><p></p><p>At JLL, we harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to efficiently accelerate meaningful connections between candidates and opportunities. Using AI capabilities, we analyze your application for relevant skills, experiences, and qualifications to generate valuable insights about how your unique profile aligns with the specific requirements of the role <span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">you're pursuing.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><i><b>JLL Privacy Notice</b></i></p><p>Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading global provider of real estate and investment management services. We take our responsibility to protect the personal information provided to us seriously. Generally the personal information we collect from you are for the purposes of processing in connection with JLL’s recruitment process. We endeavour to keep your personal information secure with appropriate level of security and keep for as long as we need it for legitimate business or legal reasons. We will then delete it safely and securely.</p><p></p><p>For more information about how JLL processes your personal data, please view our <a href="https://www.joneslanglasalle.com.cn/en/careers/candidate-privacy-statement" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color:#005cb9">Candidate Privacy Statement</span></a> and <a href="http://www.joneslanglasalle.com.cn/en/careers/candidate-privacy-statement/supplemental-privacy-statement" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color:#005cb9">Supplemental Privacy Statement for Individuals in China</span></a>.</p><p></p><p>For additional details please see our career site pages for each country.</p><p></p><p>Jones Lang LaSalle (“JLL”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.  If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process – including the online application and/or overall selection process – you may email us at <a href="mailto:HRSCLeaves@jll.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color:#005cb9"><u><span style="font-size:14.6667px">HRSCLeaves@jll.com</span></u></span></a>. 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