# Sr Analyst Accounting

**Company**: Target
**Location**: Bangalore
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Retail

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## Description

As a Senior Analyst Accounting at Target, you will be responsible for maintaining the integrity of balance sheet accounts through timely reconciliations, financial analysis, and month-end close activities.

You will serve as a subject matter expert (SME) and partner with Headquarters and cross-functional business teams to support accounting governance, process standardization, automation initiatives, and continuous improvement.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Maintain Financial Integrity:

- Perform timely and accurate preparation, review, and certification of Balance Sheet reconciliations for assigned accounts.

- Ensure completeness and accuracy of month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities.

- Investigate, analyze, and resolve reconciliation variances.

- Ensure compliance with US GAAP, Target accounting policies, and corporate financial reporting requirements.

- Internal Controls & Risk Management:

- Analyze balance sheet accounts to identify financial risks, unusual trends, and control gaps.

- Maintain a strong SOX-compliant control environment.

- Identify process control deficiencies and implement corrective actions.

- Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement:

- Prepare reconciliation metrics, aging analysis, and key performance indicators (KPIs) for leadership reporting.

- Identify automation opportunities and process improvements.

- Leverage system capabilities and analytical tools to improve reporting accuracy and reconciliation effectiveness.

- Audit & Compliance:

- Serve as the primary point of contact for internal, external, and SOX audit requests.

- Ensure timely preparation of audit schedules, reconciliation support, and documentation.

- Problem Solving & Stakeholder Management:

- Act as the subject matter expert for assigned reconciliation processes.

- Lead discussions with cross-functional stakeholders to resolve complex accounting and reconciliation issues.

- Projects & Transitions:

- Lead or participate in cross-functional projects involving process transitions, system implementations, and accounting transformations.

**Requirements:**

- B.Com with CA / ACCA / CPA / CMA / CIMA qualification.

- Minimum 8 years of accounting experience with at least 5 years of General Ledger and Balance Sheet Reconciliation experience.

- Hands-on experience with ERP systems such as SAP (preferred) and financial reporting tools.

- Strong understanding of US GAAP, SOX controls, and financial reporting requirements.

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## Skills

### Required
- US GAAP
- SOX controls
- financial reporting
- reconciliation
- financial analysis
- SAP

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