Team Lead - Regional Accounting

Booking.com · Bangalore

Collected role description

The Team Lead Corporate Accounting will be responsible for the following: <ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Leading and be responsible for all of the accounting activities for all corporate entities</li><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Overseeing the day-to-day corporate accounting operations of Corporate team</li><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Ensuring timeliness and accuracy of the overall monthly corporate close activities </li><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Providing support on both statutory and US financial audits and requests from internal and external auditors</li><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Overseeing the team with the monthly (quarterly, annual) closing process, review the teams work and take ownership for their performance </li><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Take full ownership and responsibility of the accounting for a defined set of entities, in accordance with US GAAP, local GAAP and compliance with both internal and external requirements</li><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Managing the balance sheet and profit and loss and the variance analysis for the corporate entities and complete the overall (Corporate) analysis</li><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Signing off on the regular and timely preparation of all required financial reports and schedules for defined entities</li><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Guiding the team in handling and solving complex bottlenecks and issues, for all matters impacting accounting. Own final issue resolution for items with potential global impact</li><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Cross-functional accounting activities (e.g. daily cash, prepaids, fixed assets, intangibles, intercompany transactions, accruals, leases, investments, dividends, and debt transactions of the parent corporation.</li><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Monthly closing reports, variance analysis and reconciliations in accordance with US GAAP and covering the Sox framework, and own the compliance aspect regarding this</li><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Collaborating closely with senior stakeholders within Finance</li><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Timely delivery and the integrity of the internal and/or external financial reporting. </li><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Managing footnote information for SEC filings, as well as information for local statutory filings</li><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Managing the governmental reports, annual returns and / or various statutory and statistical filings for multiple entities in accordance with all internal policies and external requirements and ensuring the Sox control framework is in place</li><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Producing finance-related reports for Senior Management and for Head Office, internal and external auditors where applicable. Liaise with the regulatory authorities and maintain good relations with them. </li><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Overseeing all applicable SOX documentation, compliance and provide audit support to both internal and external auditors</li><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Ensuring adherence for a defined set of entities all compliance requirements including Sox, tax, statutory and statistical filings and statutory audits are met to fullest satisfaction</li><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Driving continuous improvement/harmonization and standardization, measuring of output process and input quality to achieve best-in-class performance</li><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Supporting and engaging in complex and cross-functional innovation and improvement projects in accounting and across finance</li><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Managing a team of people managers and drive operations, engagement and development within a large team located in diverse worldwide locations (BHI)</li><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Partnering with other key Finance departments such as Treasury, P2P, Financial systems, Risk & Controls on tasks and projects with a cross functional impact</li><li style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Ad-hoc projects as they arise (e.g., automation, ERP implementation, etc.)</li></ul> Required Skills & Qualifications: <ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><li style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Qualified Chartered Accountants; </li><li style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Sound knowledge of US GAAP/IFRS and SOx</li><li style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Minimum 8+ years of experience</li><li style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Project management and/or transformation experience, a plus.</li><li style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, rapidly growing and fluid organization. </li><li style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Ability to effectively communicate at various levels of the organization tailored appropriately to the audience. </li><li style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Candidate should demonstrate effective collaboration skills up, down and across the organization.</li><li style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Maintain effectiveness in a continuously evolving environment.</li><li style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Excellent written and verbal communication skills</li><li style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Strong experience managing teams, coaching, and providing training on the job</li><li style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Experience with Oracle, SAP, Blackline is preferred.</li><li style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #666666; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Experience with OneStream or Hyperion Financial Management is a plus.</li></ul> Pre-Employment Screening If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable law, a pre-employment screening may include employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the position.

Collected experience requirement

8+ years