Accounting Manager

Overview

The RTR Accounting Manager, Americas leads month-end financial close activities in a multinational and shared services finance environment, ensuring accuracy and compliance with US GAAP and internal policies, with strong exposure to process improvement and transformation initiatives.

What you'll do

• Support timely month-end close with focus on completeness, accuracy, and quality of substantiation.
• Review the financial statements, analyze key variances, and provide analytical insights.
• Execute and support accounting operations across GL, AP, AR, billing, revenue accounting, accruals, expense accounting, intercompany, and reconciliations based on assigned scope.
• Prepare and review account reconciliations, ensuring clear explanations, support, aging follow-ups, and timely resolution of open items.
• Coordinate with shared services and operations teams to ensure smooth end-to-end accounting flows and issue resolution.
• Act as an SME by providing guidance on appropriate accounting treatments for complex or non-routine transactions.
• Enforce compliance with internal controls and company accounting policies, maintaining an audit-ready environment with proper documentation.
• Identify opportunities for simplification, standardization, and automation across close, reconciliations, validations, and reporting.
• Drive initiatives to shorten the close cycle and enhance reporting accuracy, including exploring AI and advanced financial systems integration where beneficial.
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams, including FP&A, Accounts Payable/Receivable, Tax, Treasury, Operations, and local finance teams, to facilitate smooth end-to-end finance processes.

What you'll need

• Chartered Accountant (CA) with 3-4 years post-qualification experience in industry and/or audit environment (shared services or multinational exposure preferred).
• 3+ years of relevant post-qualification accounting experience (e.g., general ledger, financial close, auditing or financial reporting), preferably within a multinational company or global shared services environment.
• Strong foundation in accounting principles; exposure to US GAAP and awareness of local statutory requirements is an advantage.
• Strong accounting and reconciliation discipline; structured close execution.
• Systems mindset: ability to understand process flows and controls end to end.
• Attention to detail: meticulous in financial data validation, reconciliations, and document preparation to ensure completeness and accuracy of reporting.
• Ownership and accountability: proactive owner mindset with a bias for action and closure; takes full responsibility for deliverables and outcomes.
• Communication and collaboration: clear and effective communicator able to explain financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders; skilled at working across teams, cultures, and time zones.
• Problem solving: strong critical-thinking and analytical skills to investigate anomalies, identify root causes, resolve complex accounting issues, and make sound decisions in a dynamic environment.
• Time management: capable of managing multiple priorities and meeting strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Continuous improvement: innovative and adaptable, always seeking ways to improve processes, adopting new technologies or best practices, and championing efficiency in the controllership function.

Nice to have

• Experience with Oracle and Salesforce platforms.
• Exposure to Oracle EPM applications, including Financial Consolidation and Close (FCCS) and Account Reconciliation (ARCS).
• Proactive in identifying opportunities for technology adoption and integrating innovative solutions to enhance workflow agility.

Details

• Hybrid work model: four days in-office each week in most locations.