Assistant Manager General Ledger

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Context & Purpose

JLL Business Services (JBS) operates in a matrixed global environment supporting multiple clusters across AMER, APAC & EMEA regions. Employees are expected to combine operational excellence during close cycles with strong analytical capabilities, stakeholder partnership, process governance, automation adoption and continuous improvement. The organization values ownership, transparency, collaboration, controllership mindset, problem solving and leadership at all levels.

Duties and Responsibilities

The focus of the role will be upon -

Completes assigned close tasks to the close calendar and checklist; confirms task completion in the tracker; flags risks to deadlines to the reviewer before the due date; supports cut-off and accrual data collection.

Fully accountable to the GL month end close (MEC) including Balance Sheet reconciliation preparation

Act as a strategic bridge between Business and executive leadership. Align departmental priorities with company-wide growth targets, analyze performance data, and advise leaders on operational improvements.

What the job involves

P2 is the core ownership level of the R2R role framework, sitting between the P1 &P3 roles, with independent ownership of close activities and balance sheet accounts. This document defines the P2 Assistant Manager General Ledger role within the R2R function, which delivers Month-End Close (MEC), Reconciliations, Financial Reporting, Governance and Continuous Improvement for global accounting operations. The role goes beyond execution: it investigates root causes, resolves issues without close supervision, performs meaningful variance and trend analysis, and partners regularly with entity controllers and business partners. P2s review the work of P1 analysts, support their onboarding, and begin to contribute to process improvement and automation. Success is measured by on-time, accurate delivery of owned deliverables, reconciliation health and the quality of insight provided to stakeholders

Detailed job responsibilities are mentioned in below table

Key Responsibilities

Area

Responsibilities at this level

Month-End Close (MEC)

Independently plans and executes owned close activities (accruals, provisions, intercompany, cut-off and allocations) to the calendar; tracks dependencies; escalates risks early with proposed solutions; contributes to post-close lessons learned.

Journal Entry Management

Prepares standard and moderately complex journals (accruals, reclassifications, provisions, FX revaluation) with full support; reviews journals prepared by P1s; ensures compliance with policy and approval thresholds.

Balance Sheet Reconciliations

Owns reconciliations for assigned accounts, including medium and high-risk accounts; ensures timely preparation, certification and evidence in Account Reconciliation Cloud Services (ARCS); investigates and resolves reconciling items; reviews P1 reconciliations.

Open Item Management

Manages aging and clearance of open items across owned accounts; drives action with owners in the business and finance; escalates items beyond threshold with root cause and a clearance plan; reports the aging trend.

Financial Reporting

Prepares and reviews management and statutory reporting inputs, schedules and disclosures; ensures reporting accuracy and consistency with the ledger; supports consolidation and group reporting submissions.

Variance Analysis

Performs month-on-month, actual-versus-budget and forecast variance analysis; identifies drivers and root causes; writes concise commentary for controllers and business partners; recommends corrective actions.

Governance & Controls

Operates and evidence key controls for owned processes; performs self-assessments; identifies control gaps and proposes remediation; ensures adherence to policy, SOX or equivalent requirements and segregation of duties.

Audit Support

Prepares audit documentation for owned accounts; responds to internal and external auditors directly on routine queries; supports remediation of findings.

Stakeholder Management

Acts as the day-to-day contact for entity controllers and business partners on owned areas; sets expectations on timelines and data needs; manages escalations on a first-line basis.

Continuous Improvement

Identifies recurring errors, bottlenecks and manual effort in owned processes; implements local improvements; updates procedures and desk instructions; participates in Lean or Six Sigma activities.

Digital & Automation Adoption

Maximises Account Reconciliation Cloud Services (ARCS) auto-matching and workflow features; builds and uses Excel and Power BI tools to improve analysis; documents requirements for automation candidates and supports testing and user acceptance.

Required Technical Skills

Skill

Expected capability

General Accounting

Strong command of the accounting cycle including accruals, provisions, fixed assets, intercompany, FX and cut-off; applies sound judgement on standard transactions.

IFRS / US GAAP

Working knowledge of the standards that affect owned accounts (revenue, leases, provisions, financial instruments, FX); applies policy correctly and recognises when to seek technical guidance.

MEC Management

Plans and manages own close deliverables, dependencies and cut-off; anticipates delays and recovers the schedule.

Balance Sheet Reconciliations

Applies reco