Manager - General Ledger Accounting

Role & responsibilities

Job Description:

Primary Responsibilities:

• Predominantly focused on Accounting and Reconciliations activities
• Balance Account Reconciliations
• Month-end Accounting"
• Own primary responsibility for the 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
• Analyzes and prepares financial statements, including balance sheets and statements of financial position. Involved in the monthly/quarterly 'close' process
• 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
• Assist with or lead the month end, quarterly end close process for assigned businesses or groups
• Should have end-to-end ownership and accountability of work performed at OGA
• Drive process improvements wherever possible in collaboration with US team
• Analytical skills & an inquisitive mind, strong communication skills and documentation ability, self-motivated and ability to proactively work toward a goal without significant structure or rules

Required Skills :

• B.Com/M.Com, MBA Finance, CA, equivalent experience ( 10+ years)
• 10+ years of professional accounting, reporting and analysis experience
• Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP and Financial Statements
• Comes with good experience working with reporting tools like Essbase, Smartview and PeopleSoft/Oracle General ledger
• Proficiency utilizing Microsoft Office Suite applications (Advanced Excel, Power BI, Word, Powerpoint)
• Past experience working with general ledger / sub-ledger accounting applications
• Analytical skills & an inquisitive mind with a point of view, hands on exposure to variance analysis & commentary writing
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently in self-directed manner and able to handle multiple tasks
• Anticipate customer needs and proactively develop solutions to meet them"
• Perform ad hoc reporting and analysis and investigate issues providing explanations and interpretation"
• Self-motivated and ability to proactively work toward a goal without significant structure or rules"

If you are interested, Please share your profile to Patricia.dsouza@optum.com