Accounting Specialist

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Accounting Specialist to support our finance operations through accurate financial reporting, strong R2R expertise, and efficient month-end close activities. The ideal candidate will bring strong analytical capabilities, deep technical knowledge, and hands-on experience in SAP and consolidation tools.

Key Responsibilities

General Accounting

• Execute end-to-end R2R processes with strong conceptual and process excellence.

• Manage month-end close activities, including preparation of journal entries (revaluation, accruals, reclass, recurring JEs).

• Deliver high-quality account reconciliations with no unexplained items.

• Ensure compliance with company policies, standards, and work procedures.

• Coordinate accounting methods and recommend/implement improvements in processes.

• Handle period-close tasks such as VAT clearing, payroll postings, accruals, and reconciliations.

• Work with tools like RPA, Power BI, and other analytical platforms.

Business Partnership & Process Improvement

• Collaborate regularly with key stakeholders to ensure US GAAP–compliant financials.

• Provide detailed financial analysis, reports, explanations, and insights.

• Maintain transparent and compliant accounting practices.

• Support business initiatives, transformation projects, and finance-related programs.

• Identify and propose process improvement opportunities.

• Support the transition of Controllership Operations for assigned entities.

• Handle ad-hoc requests from internal and external stakeholders.

• Be flexible with shift timings as per the business model.

Qualifications

Education

• MBA in Finance OR

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting

Experience

• Minimum 3+ years of overall finance experience.

• Strong technical and system expertise in accounting tools and reporting platforms.

Knowledge & Skills

Critical

• Hands-on experience with SAP (GL, AR, AP, MM, FA) and data analytics tools.

• Experience with Hyperion or similar consolidation/reporting platforms.

• Strong understanding of US GAAP and/or other GAAP frameworks.

• Deep knowledge of R2R concepts, best practices, and process excellence.

• Strong analytical and technical aptitude.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Banking domain expertise is an added advantage.

• Flexibility to work in different shift timings.

Preferred

• Experience managing full close cycles for multinational organizations.

• Proactive mindset with the ability to take initiative and lead problem-solving.

• Audit background is a plus.

• Strong MS Office proficiency (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).