About the Team
As a key member of the Accounting organization, you will join the OPEX Global Process Owner (GPO) team, leading high-impact initiatives aimed at driving process excellence, system enablement, and end-to-end transformation across all OPEX-related activities.
In this role, you will partner closely with Delivery Center leads, FinTech, Strategic Finance, Global Business Services (GBS), and cross-functional stakeholders to design and implement streamlined, standardized, and optimized accounting processes.
You will play a critical role in shaping the future-state roadmap for OPEX accounting. If you have a passion for automation, internal controls, scalability, and global consistency, get in touch!
Your Impact in Role
- Lead continuous improvement and process optimization initiatives across OPEX accounting systems and processes.
- Define, document, and enhance workflows that ensure timely, accurate, and efficient month-end close cycles.
- Collaborate with FinTech and product teams to evolve enterprise solutions, enhance the user experience, and drive adoption across global teams.
- Translate business needs into comprehensive requirements, aligning upstream and downstream process touchpoints to gain stakeholder alignment.
- Utilize large datasets to deliver insightful flux analyses and operational metrics to support business decisions.
- Act as a point of contact for stakeholder escalations, working to ensure swift resolution and effective communication.
- Identify and drive automation opportunities and design efficient, scalable end-to-end accounting processes.
- Own and execute key internal control activities; ensure documentation is maintained, tested, and enhanced regularly.
- Partner with external and internal auditors to facilitate timely and effective audit cycles.
- Provide support for special projects and cross-functional initiatives, offering subject matter expertise and execution excellence.
What You Will Need
- Extensive relevant experience, including Big 4 public accounting assurance/audit (Senior level) and/or Senior Accountant roles within large, high-volume corporate environments.
- Strong data analysis and Excel skills (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables, advanced formulas); experience with visualization tools (e.g., Tableau etc) is a plus.
- Bachelor's Degree
- Familiarity with FinTech platforms and enterprise automation tools (e.g., BlackLine etc) is preferred.
- Project Management certification (e.g., PMP, Lean Six Sigma) a strong plus. Exposure to tools like ASANA is preferred.
- Experience working in a Transformation-focused environment is preferred.
- CPA Certification is preferred.
- Prior experience leveraging AI tools (ChatGPT, Gemini, etc) to streamline and automate recurring process flows or assist in data analysis or manipulation is preferred.
- Experience working with Python is preferred.
- Strong understanding of US GAAP, SOX compliance, and public company audit requirements is preferred.
- Experience working with large-scale ERP systems (SAP or Oracle for example) is preferred.
- Strong knowledge of the end-to-end accounting lifecycle, including month-end close, journal entries, reconciliations, and reporting.
- Exposure to global operations and understanding of international accounting and compliance frameworks is a plus.
