Merrill Corporation - Associate - Financial Analyst - CA

Associate - Financial Analyst

Requirement Criteria

- Position: To prepare the XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) financial information for filing with the SEC

- Essential Qualifications: Chartered Accountant

- Experience: 0.6 - 2 years of strong accounting and financial reporting experience

Responsibilities:

- Manage workflow, communications and timelines for assigned clients on multiple, concurrent projects.

- Understand client prepared financial statements and create XBRL by mapping the financial statements to the standard U.S. GAAP taxonomy.

- Produce and prepare XBRL-formatted financial statements for client companies.

- Provide financial services by understanding and organizing information in client financial disclosures and structuring the XBRL taxonomy accordingly.

- Utilize the internal job management system to facilitate information workflow.

Technical Skill Sets:

- External financial reporting experience, preferably with SEC reporting companies.

- Public accounting experience, particularly in auditing role, preferred.

- Strong knowledge of accounting and financial disclosures across a breadth of industries.

- Strong understanding of US generally accepted accounting principles (US GAAP).

- Knowledge of SEC filing and reporting requirements.

- Awareness of XBRL software for tagging and viewing financial information preferred

Other Skill set and Experience Required:

- Experience with external client relationships.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Experience and aptitude with technical software applications.

- Proven success in providing exceptional service levels in a fast-paced environment.