Revenue Accounting - Senior Manager

• Collaborate closely with the onshore team to understand expectations and deliverable timelines and ensure that deliverables of the team are load balanced as compared to team staffing
• Develop the team to adopt “owner’s mind set”, work independently, and effectively manage timelines
• Manage resources to assist with ad-hoc projects and new transactions to support the GAO Accounting controller group
• Lead the day to day activities of an accounting team that is performing Revenue Accounting
• Performing managerial reasonableness reviews and discussing reporting & analytics deliverables prepared by the team to ensure results make sense, that messaging is on point for the audience and ensuring the core objective of the deliverable is met
• Provide support to key stakeholders of the team to present analytical results, findings
• First point of escalation within the local reporting line for dealing with issues (people/process/technology) and ensuring that compliance requirements are adhered to (e.g. company policies surrounding standard of conduct, information security, employment regulations)
• May be required to participate in or conduct a wide range of accounting and financial analyses on critical and complex issues which may include variance analysis and accounting transactions
• May serve as a subject matter expert on particular accounting transactions. Coordinate with onshore team / Accounting Policy to determine appropriate accounting treatment for complex transactions
• Coaches the team and works with onshore leadership to establish the team member goals and gather feedback for performance appraisals
• Participate in or manage function specific projects as needed
• Ensure completion of deliverables within the committed timeframe including assistance with development of deliverable plans, attending deliverable specific or recurring meetings between the team and the onshore team
• Collaborate with Revenue Operations (Billing) teams on initiatives, errors, new contracts, etc
• Monitor General Ledger activity for accuracy based on US GAAP rules
• Preparation of manual journal entries for accrual and adjustment revenue activities
• Cash application of receivables
• Follow up with the Business on aged billed and unbilled items
• Maintain accuracy of revenue accrual process
• Coordinate month-end close including preparation / oversight of manual journal entries Oversight of account reconciliations and certifications
• Perform SOX controls
• Prepare Regulatory and Internal reporting
• Perform SOX control testing
• Fee Reserve Analysis
• Prepare and update process narratives/procedures and flow charts
• Response to internal and external requests including variance analysis and inquires
• Participate in Ad Hoc projects and new transactions
• Perform user access reviews & certifications
• Lead the process Re-Engineering, Standardization, Automation
• Responsibility for ongoing process improvements
• Responsibility for execution of right-placement strategy
• Implementation support of the GAO process re-engineering and automation efforts

• Master’s Degree in Accounting, Chartered Accountant (CA) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA)/MBA-Finance with 6-8+ years of progressive experience in R2R areas with major financial institutions
• Extensive practical experience and knowledge of the US GAAP and IFRS accounting standards
• In-depth knowledge of the supported products
• Understanding of international regulatory landscape, experience with statutory accounting/reporting groups across several major international geographies
• Experience of building and maintaining strong control environment (risk excellence, experience with SOX, RCSA controls, etc.), establishing policies, procedures and strong internal controls
• Demonstrated leadership in improving/building-out the above process groups for multiple geographies and business areas
• Extensive experience of managing teams performing day-to-day accounting operations, month-end and quarter-end activities for the above areas of accounting
• Experience of leading re-engineering of R2R (record-to-report) processes and driving similar centralization of the end-to-end activities for the major financial institutions
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Word, Visio), advance levels of Excel (pivot tables, formulas, excel workbook maintenance best practices)
• Knowledge of Hyperion Essbase, Oracle Financials
• Conceptual understanding of company-wide financial architecture (GL, sub-GL technology, specialized tools) applicable to the above process groups of processes
• Senior-level communication skills, presentation skills, prior experience of interacting with multiple stakeholders (Legal Entity and Geography controllers) in NA, EMEA, APAC
• First or second level management expertise required
• Independent decision-making capabilities, demonstrated thought leadership
• Pride of ownership with the ability to deliver high quality results timely
• Self-motivated, self-assured, and self-managed
• Strong analytical and ability to analyze and summarize complex financial transactions
• Strong attention to details
• Problem solving skill
• Highly organized with ability to multi-task and work under high pressure deadlines
• Must be able to work in a fast paced environment

Knowledge of Spotfire, Tableau, Cognos data analytics and visualization (or similar) a plus

• Inclusive development opportunities
• Flexible work-life support
• Paid volunteer days
• Vibrant employee networks