Lead - General Accounting

Job Description:

Client-Facing Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary day-to-day accounting contact at the client location and build a strong working relationship with client finance and accounting stakeholders.
• Understand client requirements, priorities, processes, and accounting issues and communicate them effectively to the offshore team.
• Bridge communication and execution gaps between the client team and offshore accounting team .
• Attend client meetings, understand business requirements, capture action items, and ensure timely follow-up with the offshore team.
• Provide on-site support to resolve accounting questions, issues, and escalations.
• Proactively identify potential issues and communicate risks, dependencies, and delays to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Ensure client expectations are clearly understood and translated into actionable deliverables for the offshore team.

Accounting Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on support for complex accounting entries, journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end close activities .
• Review and analyze accounting transactions and supporting schedules prepared by the offshore team.
• Assist in resolving complex reconciliation items, variances, and accounting discrepancies.
• Support the client with accounting analysis and interpretation of financial information.
• Help ensure accounting activities are performed in accordance with applicable accounting policies, internal controls, and U.S. GAAP.
• Participate in month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities and help ensure deliverables are completed within agreed timelines.
• Provide accounting guidance and clarification to the offshore team when required.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field .
• 5+ years of accounting experience , preferably in a corporate, professional-services, or client-facing environment.
• Strong hands-on experience with: Complex journal entries General ledger accounting Balance sheet reconciliations Month-end close Variance analysis Accounting research and analysis
• Complex journal entries
• General ledger accounting
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Month-end close
• Variance analysis
• Accounting research and analysis
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and accounting principles .
• Experience working with offshore/shared-services accounting teams is highly preferred.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with both senior client stakeholders and offshore teams.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with ERP/accounting systems.

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