IFS RTR
Role Purpose:
RTR
Key Responsibilities:
- Support
timelymonth
endclose
with focus on completeness, accuracy, and quality of substantiation. - Review the financial statements andanalyzekey variances andprovideanalytical insights.
- Execute/support accounting operations across GL, AP, AR, billing, revenue accounting, accruals, expense accounting, intercompany, and reconciliations based on assigned scope.
- Prepare and review account reconciliations, ensuring clear explanations, support, aging follow ups follow-ups, and timely resolution of open items.
- Coordinate with shared services / operations teams to ensure smooth endtoend accounting flows and issue resolution.
- Act as an SME by providing guidance on appropriate accounting treatments for complex or non-routine transactions. Enforce compliance with internal controls and company accounting policies, maintaining an audit-ready environment with proper documentation.
- Identifyopportunities for
simplification, standardization, and automation
across close, reconciliations, validations, and reporting. - Drive initiatives to shorten the close cycle and enhance reporting accuracy, including exploring AI and advanced financial systems integration where beneficial.
- Partner closely with cross-functional teams – including FP&A, Accounts Payable/Receivable, Tax, Treasury, Operations, and local finance teams – to facilitate smooth end-to-end finance processes.
Success Measures (Key Outcomes):
- Timely & Accurate Closings: Consistently complete monthly and quarterly closings on schedule with high accuracy, yielding reliable financial statements and minimal post-close adjustments.
- Financial Integrity: Achieve strong balance sheet integrity through well-documented, fully reconciled accounts (no aged or unexplained items) and effective elimination of intercompany mismatches in consolidation.
- Process Improvements: Implement efficiency enhancements that reduce close timelines, streamline intercompany processes, or automate with a focus on automating or standardizing e routine tasks, demonstrating continuous improvement in the RTR function.
- Partnership and reporting, working as an extended arm of local Americas controllership team.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Chartered Accountant (CA) with 3-4 years postqualification experience in industry and/or audit environment (shared services / multinational exposure preferred).
- 3+ years of relevant post-qualification accounting experience (e.g., general ledger, financial close, auditing or financial reporting), preferably within a multinational company or global shared services environment.
- Strong foundationin
accounting principles
; exposure toUS GAAP
and awareness of local statutory requirements is an advantage.
Core Competencies & Skills:
- Strong accounting and reconciliation discipline; structured close execution.
- Experience with Oracle and Salesforce platforms is preferred. Exposure to Oracle EPM applications, including Financial Consolidation and Close (FCCS) and Account Reconciliation (ARCS), would be advantageous.
- Systems mindset: ability to understand process flows and controls end to end.
- Proactive in identifying opportunities for technology adoption and integrating innovative solutions to enhance workflow agility.
- Attention to detail – meticulous in financial data validation, reconciliations, and document preparation to ensure completeness and accuracy of reporting.
- Behavioral Competencies:
- Ownership & Accountability: Proactive “owner” mindset with a bias for action and closure; takes full responsibility for deliverables and outcomes.
- Communication & Collaboration: Clear and effective communicator able to explain financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders; skilled at working across teams, cultures, and time zones.
- Problem Solving: Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to resolve complex accounting issues and adapt to new challenges. Strong critical-thinking and analytical skills, with intellectual curiosity to investigate anomalies, identify root causes, resolve complex accounting issues, and make sound decisions in a dynamic environment.
- Time Management: Capable of managing multiple priorities and meeting strict deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Continuous Improvement: Innovative and adaptable, always seeking ways to improve processes, adopting new technologies or best practices, and champion efficiency in the controllership function.
Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer
