Temporary Accountant (m/f)

The Dow Chemical Company is looking for Temporary Accountant (m/f) to be based in Turkey.

As a member of the Controller’s Financial& Statutory Accounting organization, the individual performing this job is responsible for performing the role of Financial accountant for a variety of subsidiaries.  The accountant will have responsibilities for overall data integrity of the subsidiary’s financial statements, USGAAP compliance, client satisfaction, cross process coordination, account reconciliation coordination, individual reconciliation responsibilities as well as being a focal point for audits, schedules, income statement forecasting, and other related duties. The employee will be asked to participate in various Financial Accounting team projects for the purpose of improving efficiencies and client satisfaction.

• Ensure the integrity of the financial statements for the legal entity under his responsibility. This is achieved by defining accounting procedures in compliance with local accounting policies, running SAP reports required to review Income Statement, Balance Sheets and Trial Balances, performing account reconciliations, analyzing trends and completing fluctuation analysis, comparing USGAAP and local books and analyzing differences, follow-up on unusual items, reviewing and approving significant or unusual accounting entries, ensure corrections required are correctly recorded, etc.
• Perform account reconciliations of the accounts under his ownership .
• Act as focal point for external financial and statutory filings necessary to meet internal auditing and governmental requirements, in compliance with USGAAP and local accounting principles and with various laws and official requirements. Incomplete or missing data can cause serious consequences.
• Ensure timely and successful completion of the external audit of the Financial Statements by acting as focal point for communications with the external auditors, ensuring information required by the auditors is provided on time, participating in review meetings, answering audit comments, etc.
• Responsible for producing the Income Statement Forecast (ISF) at a legal entity level. This is achieved by coordinating the efforts of the different processes and businesses required to meet the Income Statement Forecast requirements. The ISF is a key element for Tax to estimate the corporate tax rate and tax provision and for Treasury to plan cash flow and dividend distributions.
• Prepares quarterly reporting of foreign debt required by Central Bank regulations and necessary to be able to process payment of imports
• Coordinate statutory presentations and responses to information requirements from the Companies Inspection Board related to Financial Statements and legal books in electronic format
• Must be able to identify root causes of issues and discover/implement practical solutions
• Open to and proposes new ideas to improve existing work processes.
• Helps to drive change to reduce complexity
• Uses customer/client information to improve work processes
• Recognizes cross-functional as well as cross-Finance impacts and takes action to address needs
• Demonstrate initiative and leadership in role

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree
• Proficiency using SAP and other technology and systems. Work process aptitude is critical to success.
• Interpersonal Effectiveness - Values people; relates and communicates well with partners in both business aligned and functional roles as well as other members of the Financial and Statutory organization; builds appropriate rapport; listens, understands, and responds to others' concerns; builds effective relationships.
• The ability to manage conflicting priorities
• Must have strong, mature teamwork skills and a desire to work within a team environment. Must be willing to share ownership of successful improvement methods and teach others for the benefit of the organization.
• Internal Control and Compliance - Ability to evaluate the appropriateness of controls to business and internal processes and enforce compliance to these controls and other regulations.
• Analytical Thinking - Thinks analytically and logically solves problems by collecting the appropriate data, processing it into relevant information, and forming meaningful conclusions.
• Teamwork - Actively participates and contributes to the success of the broader controller organization.
• 3 years work experience in a similar role

Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines the power of science and technology to passionately innovate what is essential to human progress. The Company is driving innovations that extract value from material, polymer, chemical and biological science to help address many of the world's most challenging problems such as the need for clean water, clean energy generation and conservation, and increasing agricultural productivity. Dow's integrated, market-driven, industry-leading portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences and plastics businesses delivers a broad range of technology-based products and solutions to customers in approximately 180 countries and in high-growth sectors such as packaging, electronics, water, coatings and agriculture. In 2015, Dow had annual sales of nearly $49 billion and employed approximately 49,500 people worldwide. The Company's more than 6,000 product families are manufactured at 179 sites in 35 countries across the globe. References to "Dow" or the "Company" mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly noted. More information about Dow can be found at www.dow.com.

Dow Offers

• Competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits
• An annual variable pay program that rewards team and individual performance while sharing success across the company
• Employee stock ownership - and the commitment to long-term success that it brings
• On-going learning opportunities within a diverse, inclusive and rewarding work environment
• Career experiences that can span different Dow businesses and functions with opportunities for personal and professional growth
• The chance to work within a global company and interact with colleagues from around the world
• Opportunities that spark your imagination and ignite your passion to help others
• Dow is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer