Accounting Manager - 2

Overview

Senior Accounting Manager (Manager 2) in eBay's Shared Services Accounting team, leading strategic direction across several General Ledger process areas in Bangalore, India.

What you'll do

• Set operating direction and priorities for multiple GL teams or a large, complex portfolio; translate business objectives into clear plans and measurable outcomes.
• Guide managers and supervisors, developing a robust leadership pipeline, succession strategies, team involvement, and a culture focused on responsibility and ongoing development.
• Serve as the primary contact for the General Ledger Operations team in India and provide updates to the Senior Manager in the U.S., seeking mentorship when needed.
• Maintain end-to-end oversight of global close and statutory reporting risks, ensuring timely communication of blocking issues and reliable financial statement support for eBay's affiliated entities.
• Provide oversight for complex accounting matters and significant judgments, aligning decisions with Accounting Policy, Controllership, Legal, Tax, Consolidations, and business finance partners.
• Own the control environment across the portfolio, including SOX control build and operation, risk assessment, audit outcomes, and balanced remediation of deficiencies.
• Confirm that accounting treatment across all assigned entities aligns with US GAAP, IFRS, German GAAP (HGB), and other relevant local standards as well as Company policies.
• Sponsor cross-functional initiatives such as M&A integration, global process redesign, system implementations, and automation; manage dependencies, adoption, and benefits realization.
• Establish and review performance measures for close timeliness, reconciliation quality, control health, efficiency, and collaborator experience; act on trends and systemic issues.
• Influence senior collaborators across regions, explaining complex issues and trade-offs and recommending decisions that balance compliance, accuracy, efficiency, and business needs.
• Strengthen talent and process resilience through standardization, documentation, scalable operating models, and leadership-level cross-training.

What you'll need

• Master's degree or equivalent experience in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Over 12 years of accounting or finance experience, with a minimum of 5 years leading managers or several accounting groups in a complex, multinational setting.
• Deep understanding of GL operations, month-end close, statutory reporting, internal controls and SOX, and applicable accounting standards such as US GAAP and IFRS.
• Demonstrated experience supporting statutory financial statement preparation and external audit processes across multiple entities or jurisdictions.
• SAP S4-HANA experience, with hands-on ability to perform and coordinate role-appropriate accounting work in the system and demonstrated ability to sponsor system-enabled process and control improvements.
• Strong executive communication, careful planning, change leadership, risk management, and cross-functional influence skills.
• Strong Excel skills and an analytical approach; self-motivated with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, global environment.
• Proficient in English.
• Experience leading, mentoring, and developing accounting professionals and building high-performing, resilient teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including clear communication of customer concerns, documentation, and collaboration with colleagues and partners across locations.
• Strong integrity, ownership, customer focus, analytical thinking, and dedication to accounting policies, internal controls, confidentiality, and ethical conduct.
• Flexibility to work schedules that provide effective overlap with EMEA and North America time zones, especially during close and other business-critical periods.

Nice to have

• Professional qualification such as CPA, CA, ACCA, CIMA, or an equivalent certification.
• Familiarity with German GAAP (HGB).
• German or other language skills.
• A relevant professional certification (for example, CA, CPA, CMA, or similar) is beneficial.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.
• Direct people management responsibility.
• Schedule flexibility for overlap with EMEA and North America time zones, especially during close and other business-critical periods.