Senior Accountant I

We are looking for a Senior Accountant to join our Finance team in Hyderabad, India. As a Senior Accountant, you will be responsible for various general ledger activities, including finance system-related projects, lease accounting, inter-company accounting, fixed assets accounting, bank reconciliations, manual journal entries, and VAT computation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strong understanding of accounting and finance concepts, with hands-on experience as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Record to Report (R2R) on finance systems, preferably Oracle and Cadency Reconciliation.
• Experience in finance system implementation, such as Oracle, leases, and reconciliations.
• Advanced to expert knowledge in preparing and documenting accrual and prepaid journal entries, compliant with journal entry policy.
• Experience with balance sheet reconciliations, including cash, fixed assets, inter-company, current assets, and current liabilities.
• Knowledge of lease accounting, with implementation of ASC 842 being an added advantage.
• Familiarity with prepayments and periodical amortization of prepayments.
• Understanding of fixed assets accounting cycle, including capitalization, depreciation accounting, disposals, and retirement.
• Analyze movement in GL balances and assist in balance sheet commentaries.
• Thorough knowledge of balance sheet items and income statement line items.
• Adherence to internal controls and support for review of key controls and SOX compliance.
• Assistance with preparation and coordination of the audit process.
• Willingness to continuously evaluate, recommend, and implement changes to all processes impacting the GL to simplify while improving transparency.
• Demonstrated technology-enabled mindset with the ability to identify opportunities for process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement.

Desired Candidate Profile:

• Qualified CA/CMA with a minimum of 3+ years of relevant business experience.
• Semi-qualified Chartered Accountant/Bachelor/Master degree in Commerce with a minimum of 6 to 8 years of relevant business experience.
• Advanced accounting and financial skills required, with experience in USGAAP concepts and IFRS knowledge being a plus.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle R12 and Cadency certification, HFM tool being an added advantage.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to be adaptable and flexible, meet deadlines, and work well in a team.
• Excellent organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills, with attention to detail and accuracy a must.
• Customer-focused, with the ability to adapt to changing schedules and multiple work plans with moderate supervision.