Sr Analyst Accounting

Overview

Responsible for maintaining the integrity of balance sheet accounts through timely reconciliations, financial analysis, and month-end close activities, serving as subject matter expert and partnering with Headquarters and cross-functional teams on accounting governance, process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement.

What you'll do

• Perform timely and accurate preparation, review, and certification of Balance Sheet reconciliations for assigned accounts.
• Ensure completeness and accuracy of month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals, reclasses, and supporting documentation.
• Investigate, analyze, and resolve reconciliation variances by partnering with upstream and downstream business partners.
• Ensure compliance with US GAAP, Target accounting policies, and corporate financial reporting requirements.
• Prepare supporting schedules and account analyses for internal management and external financial reporting.
• Analyze balance sheet accounts to identify financial risks, unusual trends, and control gaps, and recommend corrective actions.
• Maintain a strong SOX-compliant control environment by executing key financial controls and documenting evidence.
• Identify process control deficiencies and partner with stakeholders to implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Ensure reconciliation standards, certification timelines, and documentation requirements are consistently met.
• Prepare reconciliation metrics, aging analysis, and KPIs for leadership reporting.
• Identify automation opportunities and process improvements to reduce manual effort and improve reconciliation quality.
• Leverage system capabilities and analytical tools to improve reporting accuracy and reconciliation effectiveness.
• Standardize reconciliation templates, documentation, and best practices across the accounting team.
• Develop and maintain SOPs, process documentation, and knowledge repositories.
• Train, mentor, and support team members to strengthen technical accounting and reconciliation expertise.
• Serve as primary point of contact for internal, external, and SOX audit requests related to assigned balance sheet accounts.
• Ensure timely preparation of audit schedules, reconciliation support, and documentation, and address audit inquiries.
• Support remediation of audit observations and implementation of corrective actions where required.
• Act as subject matter expert for assigned reconciliation processes and provide guidance to accounting team members.
• Lead discussions with cross-functional stakeholders to resolve complex accounting and reconciliation issues.
• Drive root cause analysis of recurring reconciliation differences and recommend long-term process improvements.
• Support leadership with financial insights, issue resolution, and data-driven decision-making.
• Lead or participate in cross-functional projects involving process transitions, system implementations, reconciliation optimization, and accounting transformations.
• Support transition of new accounting activities into the team with strong governance, documentation, and operational readiness.
• Contribute to strategic initiatives focused on strengthening financial controls, automation, and operational excellence.

What you'll need

• B.Com with CA / ACCA / CPA / CMA / CIMA qualification.
• Minimum 8 years of accounting experience.
• Minimum 5 years of General Ledger and Balance Sheet Reconciliation experience.
• Hands-on experience with ERP systems and financial reporting tools.
• Strong understanding of US GAAP, SOX controls, and financial reporting requirements.
• Proven experience in reconciliation governance, financial analysis, risk identification, and issue resolution.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with attention to detail.
• Experience leading process improvements, automation initiatives, and cross-functional projects.
• Excellent communication, presentation, stakeholder management, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while consistently meeting critical deadlines.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with SAP.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.
• Reports to the Sr Manager.
• Maintains working relationships with Headquarters Finance, Financial Reporting, Technology and Internal Audit.