Deputy Manager - General Ledger Accounting

This position requires the candidate to have solid accounting concepts and knowledge in month end close and Balance Sheet Reconciliations. Understand the blackline criteria & templates and reconcile General Ledger balances with valid supporting documentation. He/She need to perform thorough analyses, and prepare supporting documentation for research and explanation of variances. Identify any discrepancies, provide corrective action plan to resolve open items. He/She need to support Business Segments during month/quarter close activities, preparing and posting journal entries, extracting reports from multiple systems for analysis etc. He/she should assess and interprets customer need and requirements and identifies solution to non-standard request. Solves moderately complex problems and/or conducts moderately complex Analyses. Works with minimal guidance/or seeks guidance on only the most complex tasks.The candidate should exhibit innovation in process improvement and adaptability to ad-hoc tasks, alongside solid communication and teamwork skills crucial for success

Primary Responsibilities:

• Accuracy and completeness of deliverables assigned
• Maintain general ledger accounts and related activities for the production of financial statements and reports
• Reconcile, analyze and review general ledger accounts in preparation for month end close cycles
• Prepare journal entries and review accounting classifications, in accordance with generally-accepted accounting principles
• Prepares monthly balance sheet reconciliations (Blackline) and identifies and researches reconciling items
• Own primary responsibility for the fulfillment of audit (internal and external) requests, as needed
• Perform ad hoc reporting and analysis and investigate issues providing explanations and interpretation
• Perform work in a both team-oriented and self-directed work environments and demonstrate ability to work with less structured, more complex issues
• Serve as a resource to others within the Controllership, including staff based in US
• Collaborate with team members on special projects, as needed
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• B.Com/M.Com, MBA Finance, CA Intermediate
• 6+ years of professional accounting, reporting and analysis experience
• Good experience working with reporting tools like Essbase, Smartview and PeopleSoft/Oracle General ledger
• Experience working with general ledger / sub-ledger accounting applications
• Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP and Financial Statements
• Proficiency utilizing Microsoft Office Suite applications (Advanced Excel, Power BI, Word, Powerpoint)
• Proven analytical skills with a point of view, hands on exposure to variance analysis & commentary writing
• Proven good written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to work independently in self-directed manner and able to handle multiple tasks
• Proven ability to anticipate customer needs and proactively develop solutions to meet them
• Proven ability to perform ad hoc reporting and analysis and investigate issues providing explanations and interpretation

Preferred Qualification:

• Finance experience in any insurance industry (health insurance industry preferred)