Accounting, Finance Graduates, CA, CPA, MBA Vacancy at American Express

Overview:

American Express is hiring an experienced Senior Accountant – North America Controllership at their Gurgaon location. Senior Accountant – North America Controllership based in India will report to the US Record to Report Manager/Controller responsible for accounting and reporting functions primarily supporting North America Controllership in addition to the larger finance organization.

The complete details of this job are as follows:

Roles and Responsibilities:

• The Record-to-Report (R2R) organization, operates under the following principles:
• Ensuring monthly close activities get executed in a well-disciplined, consistent, timely and accurate manner
• Serving as the interface between the regional/local finance teams and shared services (internal and external)
• Driving and documenting consistent procedures across our general accounting activities and our use of the general ledger in accordance with our established corporate policies and standards
• Managing centralized accounting activities; assistance with ad-hoc activities determined on a need basis

What You’ll do on a Typical Day:

• Prepare journal entries and account reconciliations
• Manage timely completion of account reconciliation processes and follow-up/resolving open items for specified tasks.
• Support monthly, quarterly and annual processes under tight timeframes
• Ensure that accounting records are thoroughly maintained in preparation for audits.
• Maintain adequate and current documentation of the systems in support of internal control.
• Maintain a solid working knowledge of technical accounting skills.
• Participate in Finance related projects as needed.
• May assume overall responsibility for small size legal entity or regional tasks.
• Support external and internal audit requests
• SOX and Internal Control reporting
• Financial analysis, general analytics and accounting
• Process improvements (operational and system)

What they are looking for:

• 4-6 years of proven accounting and finance experience
• Bachelor’s degree with concentration in accounting or finance; CA/CPA/MBA is preferred but not required
• Strong understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Strong accounting and financial acumen with excellent communication skills
• Experience supporting audits
• Experience utilizing accounting and finance software (NetSuite and Blackline, preferred)
• Proficiency with Excel and other MS Office applications
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently from leader
• Ability to prioritize and coordinate multiple work requirements to meet deadlines.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, managers and clients.
• Professional demeanor with ability to interact with all levels of management

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