Overview
Lead a key accounting and controllership function within the financial shared services organization, supporting the European business domains and underlying ledgers.
What you'll do
- Drive on-time and quality month-end and quarter-end closure together with the Record-to-Report (RTR) teams.
- Review month-end and quarter-end results for accuracy and completeness.
- Review Manual Journal Entries that are subject to significant judgment as part of Month End Closing (MEC) activities.
- Work with Business and R2R to identify explanations and drive corrective actions for balance sheet and P&L fluctuation analysis.
- Ensure accounting and reporting integrity and effective controls and compliance, confirming consistency to US GAAP and Company policy.
- Determine the appropriate accounting for transactions and/or contracts that exceed the required review threshold.
- Review completed account reconciliations, ensuring alignment with Company policy and identifying balances that require additional investigation.
- Partner with the RTR to assess the appropriateness of these balances and determine corrective actions, if required.
- Prepare and maintain communication material to provide status updates and ensure proactive visibility on concerns and issues for timely resolution.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, consistency, and standardization across the function.
- Perform other ad-hoc evaluation over balance sheet and P&L activity and balances.
- Serve as an advisor to business and operations leaders on accounting and reporting integrity, effective controls and compliance.
- Provide direction, training, and feedback to various stakeholders on a wide variety of financial and accounting issues.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
- 8+ years of experience in Accounting/Finance roles in an International Environment.
- Experience in Record-to-Report/General Ledger and background in Finance, Reporting and Accounting, including Intercompany processes.
- Understanding of US GAAP requirements for US-based, publicly traded companies.
- Excellent communication skills, including experience in presenting to high-level management.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to influence across the organization.
- Previous experience in change management, project management, or consulting.
- General accounting and controlling knowledge.
- Hands-on working style.
- Fluent in English.
Nice to have
- Other additional European languages.
- CPA, Chartered Accountant, or experience working in controllership functions.
- Previous exposure or experience in global or regional finance shared services.
- Familiarity with OneStream, Oracle, and ERP global templates.
Details
- Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India.
- Comfortable working European shift time.
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