Finance Accounting Manager - Intercompany GL and Cost Management

Title: Finance Accounting Manager Intercompany GL and Distributors

Location: Mumbai, India

Position Summary

The Finance Accounting Manager over Intercompany GL and Distributors is a global role focused on maintaining the general ledger related specifically to Intercompany transactions as well as accounting for transactions with third party international distributors.  The role has a dual focus on ensuring the elimination of Intercompany loans and transactions as of period end as well as ensuring settlement payments are correctly processed and accounted for. The Manager coordinates with regional teams around the world to help solve any issues in reporting and intercompany balances.

The other core responsibility is managing and reviewing the accounting for our third-party distributors and resellers network. The Manager is responsible for various responsibilities including managing various resources (both internal and outsourced) in order to achieve timely and accurate results and utilizing strong technical accounting skills to ensure that transactions are appropriately accounted for in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Coordinate and execute the global close to ensure an on-time and accurate completion of the monthly internal and external financials.
• Manage various resource teams across multiple regions in order to complete period end timely.
• Lead in the Finance-wide goals to learn and understand the intercompany accounting process from beginning to end and then manage the process and address issues as they arise.
• Assist with the preparation of the monthly internal management reporting package for the CFO and other finance leadership team members.
• Review and approve recurring and adjusting journal entries.
• Review and approve balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support the execution of statutory audit for any relevant entities.
• Coordinate with regional teams to solve accounting issues and classification questions.
• Coordinate directly external auditors and internal auditors with their reviews of various journal entries and/or account reconciliations.
• Serve as a point of contact for global results questions from FP&A teams.
• Review and prepare SOX internal controls self-testing and documentation of that testing for the consolidations group. Liaise with internal audit to provide access to the controls testing documentation and answer general questions.
• Assist external and internal auditors with audit inquiries and testing.
• Prepare ad-hoc requests and participate in other projects as needed.

Basic Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Accounting
• Active CPA license (or International Equivalent)
• 5+ years of related corporate accounting experience in a large multinational company
• Experience in US GAAP accounting and reporting
• Microsoft Excel advanced user
• Ability to use a variety of software programs and tools to analyze and work with large data sets and accomplish tasks efficiently
• Strong analytical skills, ability to research issues in a complex accounting structure to resolve problems; detail-oriented, yet able to identify issues and grasp concepts at broader level
• Must be a highly motivated individual with the ability to multi-task while working with a variety of individuals in both team and self-directed environments
• Strong ability to effectively communicate, both written and verbal, with all levels of management
• Ability to work within defined time constraints and within deadlines during month end financial close while driving longer-term projects to successful completion

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with international consolidation accounting
• Interaction/ presentations with senior management
• Public accounting experience or Industry / corporate accounting experience
• Experience with Oracle Cloud and Smartview tools
• Experience supporting an outsourced relationship
• CPA certified preferred.