Senior Accountant

Overview

Senior Accountant on eBay's Shared Services Accounting General Ledger team in Bangalore, India, supporting the global Marketplace business.

What you'll do

• Prepare and post routine and recurring journal entries in SAP S4-HANA with accurate supporting documentation and appropriate approvals.
• Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations for assigned accounts; investigate balancing items, document conclusions, and follow items through to resolution.
• Complete assigned month-end close tasks to the close calendar, including accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, intercompany, payroll, lease, cash, and other GL activities as directed.
• Assist in preparing schedules and workpapers supporting statutory financial statements and external audit requests for eBay's affiliated entities.
• Validate source data and accounting support for completeness and accuracy; adhere to established accounting policies, procedures, and SOX internal controls.
• Identify unusual balances, aged balancing items, process breaks, or control concerns and bring them up promptly with clear facts and supporting detail.
• Ensure accounting treatments are consistent with US GAAP, IFRS, and applicable local standards in accordance with Company policies.
• Respond to audit and internal collaborator requests by providing complete, accurate, and timely schedules and evidence.
• Maintain process documentation and actively participate in cross-training and knowledge sharing within the team.

What you'll need

• Hands-on experience with SAP S4-HANA, ability to perform or coordinate role-appropriate accounting work in the system.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including clear communication of customer concerns, documentation, and collaboration with colleagues and partners across locations.
• Flexibility to work schedules that provide effective overlap with EMEA and North America time zones, especially during close and other business-critical periods.
• Strong integrity, ownership, customer focus, analytical thinking, and dedication to accounting policies, internal controls, confidentiality, and ethical conduct.
• Accounting or Finance degree or an equivalent pertinent qualification.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 2–3 years of general ledger accounting experience in public accounting or a corporate setting is required.
• Working knowledge of core accounting principles, month-end close, reconciliations, and journal entries.
• SAP S-4HANA experience is required.
• Strong focus on detail, organizational skills, quick learning ability, and capacity to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficient in English.

Nice to have

• Relevant professional certification (such as CA, CPA, CMA, or similar).
• Experience in a shared services or multinational environment.
• Basic knowledge of US GAAP and/or IFRS; familiarity with German GAAP (HGB).
• Strong Excel skills and familiarity with reconciliation or workflow tools.
• Additional language skills (German).

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.
• Schedule must provide effective overlap with EMEA and North America time zones, especially during close and other business-critical periods.