Project Accounting

About us

ArcelorMittal is the world’s leading steel company with about 160,000 employees in more than 60 countries and steelmaking operations in 16 countries. Our material is part of the fabric of life: what we produce makes a difference - to individuals, communities, businesses, and society.

To help the world get to net zero, we must decarbonize the life of steel - from mining to manufacturing. To deal with this challenge, we have announced the launch of a vast decarbonization program.

Your role

Joining an ambitious and dynamic project, you will be part of the program Controls & Governance team as a n Accounting & Compliance Lead **.
The Accounting & Compliance Lead will be Accounting & Compliance lead in the decarbonization program managing 1 or 2 Accounting analyst to drive closing of the books as per the defined and agreed calendar. She/he will also liaise with Segment accounting responsible where it concerns accounting issues to adherence to the manual of accounting policy for the Group.

Main tasks
- Be the single point of contact for accounting and compliance in the Innovative DRI program.
- Drive monthly closing of books of the Central decarb team and assist in the closing of the CL decarb books where needed at Business Center of Excellence (BCOE).
- She/he will ensure GR#/SES# are booked on time for the monthly closing for the PR/POs. For this ensure proper coordination with the stakeholders.
- For monthly close, liase with stakeholders to see what services are delivered and what have not been GRed yet to book accruals.
- Liase with the stakeholders to ensure accruals for the monthly closing on cost by D+1 noon and revenue by D+1 eod are accurate and correctly booked.
- Liase with the Cluster team for inter-company accruals and inter-company reconciliations. Ensure alignment with all stakeholders and timely communication to all for booking of accruals in the correct WBS by the clusters.
- For this liase with the HR teams / OneHRIS, to ensure period costs are correctly booked / accrued taking into consideration the invoices received.
- Coordinate verification and validation of the monthly labor reports on EPCM / other vendors in the program. Ensure labor report and invoices as per the contracts and are matching with due approval from discipline leads.
- Verifies that invoices of vendors are correct as per approved labor reports and as per approved contract / travel policy caps. Ensure any deviation is approved by the appropriate stakeholders.
- Ensure invoices are paid on time at due date and ensures no invoices are over-due unless approved or agreed with the management following specific business requests.
- Help stakeholders to have a transfer pricing contracts in place on time.
- Always ensure alignment with the Innovative DRI Governance & Controls teams and as well as AM Europe Head of Accounting / AM Europe Controlling to ensure correct/aligned accounting and closing.
- Verifies and checks Inter-Company (IC) invoices before they can be approved by the cost center owner on web validation tool.
- Execute any other / ad hoc tasks as per the request of the management to drive accounting and compliance with the Innovative DRI scope.

What we’re looking for
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, business administration, or a related field.
- +5 years of experience as an accounting in project is a must.
- Familiarized with project management principles and controlling reports methodologies. Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to gather and interpret complex data from different sources.
- Proficiency in ERP / IT tools (SAP, Power BI, analytics), including advanced MS Excel, Power Point and SharePoint skills.
- Strong analytical, problem solving and attention to details skills, with ability to deliver with accuracy, on-time and reliability.
- Ability to deliver on deadlines, to handle multiple tasks (exceptional organizational and prioritization skills) and ability to handle pressure.
- Effective communicator, with ability to deal with a variety of stakeholders, suppliers, and different disciplines across the program, persuading them to meet deadlines.
- Proactive and self-motivated individual who can work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team.