Accounting and Finance Manager

Role & responsibilities

• Collaborate with business partners to effectively implement improved financial accountability, understanding, and support of business strategies and trends.
• Participate in strategic financial projects including system implementations.
• Lead the monthly financial statement close procedures:
• Prepare and analyze monthly financial reporting package
• Prepare journal entries for month-end close
• Job costing and project profitability analysis
• Actively participate in the Monthly Business Review
• Prepare summary feedback of financial statement variances to budget by partnering with budget owners and stakeholders to identify any trends or anomalies
• Assist in preparation of annual budget and forecasts
• Present monthly customer account reconciliation summary and Revenue Cycle KPIs to CFO and Controller.
• Lead and manage the customer account reconciliation process, ensuring all reconciling items are properly documented and resolved in a timely manner.
• Monitor KPIs for the Revenue Cycle to ensure performance is as expected and work to resolve variances as needed.
• Monitor DSO and collaborate with Account Teams and Accounting Teams to accelerate and improve collection process.
• Develop and maintain accounting policies for revenue recognition and ensure organizational compliance with accounting principles, US GAAP, and statutory regulations.
• Manage and review documentation of operational accounting processes (SOPs).
• Lead the implementation of the internal control structure, as developed by US Finance, and execute the internal controls within the department and organization.
• Provide supervision, direction, and leadership to accounting team members including direct reports.
• Preparation of annual evaluations
• Monitoring and approving work produced
• Mentoring, training, and coaching
• Prepare and/or review account reconciliations for assigned balance sheet accounts. Ensure reconciling items are properly documented, resolved timely and adjustments are properly documented and prepared.
• Oversee set-up of vendor portals and for new and existing customers.
• Lead and manage audit process with outside accounting firms, government agencies and customers, including corporate filings, in partnership with CFO and CLO, as applicable.
• Identify and lead process improvement initiatives to ensure efficiency of processes
• Other special projects and analysis as needed and requested

PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field required.
• At least seven years progressive accounting experience (some public and private preferred) in global organization(s).
• Ability to work in a team environment, manage teams and provide leadership and coaching.
• Clear and effective communication and people skills.
• Strong analytical and research skills.
• Ability to be proactive, manage simultaneous projects, work independently, and meet deadlines.
• Ability to manage highly sensitive and confidential information.
• Elevated level of professionalism.
• Position will be on-site Monday-Friday in main offices, currently located in Hyderabad.