Sr. Accounting Manager

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers merchants financial institutions and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative convenient reliable and secure payments network enabling individuals businesses and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose to uplift everyone everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Job Description

The Senior Accounting Manager will be a part of COE ATR team responsible for the accounting and finance operations of Visas corporate activities This role will report to a Director and will manage the general accounting and corporate services accounting activities for North America.

Essential Functions

• Manage and mentor a team of two or more accounting professionals.
• Oversee general accounting and Corporate Services accounting activities for North America.
• Review US GAAP consolidated financial statements flux analysis for North America and global consolidated income statement balance sheet statement of cash flows and stockholders equity to ensure all results are fully reconciled and analyzed in a timely manner.
• Finance liaison to key business stakeholders across various levels of management including pre-close activities to ensure a smooth close cycle and providing finance operational support such as properly reviewing purchase orders and ensuring proper receiving and accruals.
• Train and review Balance Sheet reconciliation processes in Blackline.
• Train the team on manual journal entries and driving efficiency to reduce the numbers of manual journal entries.
• Manage the month-end close process ensuring accuracy and timeliness for the assigned functions.
• Conduct analytical reviews and research on technical and operational accounting issues.
• Collaborate with and provide accounting support to other Visa Finance business functions.
• Participate in close-the-books process improvement and system optimization projects.
• Assist in scaling accounting infrastructures and standardizing processes globally.
• Mentor and guide the accounting team fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

This position is open to locations in Bangalore India.

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership / site) with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Qualifications :

12 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or at least 10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters MBA JD MD) or 5 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications

12-15 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 10 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters MBA JD MD) or 5 or more years of experience with a PhD

CPA equivalent with clear progressive professional accounting experience preferably in a publicly traded company and / or with a public accounting firm

Strong accounting quantitative and analytical skills and ability to accurately apply key U.S. GAAP to different business situations. Consolidation and Intercompany accounting experience is a plus

Previous experience managing teams

Outstanding oral communication analytical and written skills

Ability to build teams strong cross-functional relationships and work collaboratively

Ability to manage through change and to lead change when appropriate

Attention to detail organized and thorough with the desire for continuous improvement

Demonstrated experience in driving process improvement

Proficient with Oracle or similar enterprise accounting system and proficient in utilizing Excel to efficiently analyze data.

Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced rapidly changing environment with expectation of increasing responsibility and scope over time as proficiency in position develops

Familiarity with the importance of Sarbanes-Oxley and internal control compliance

Welcomes challenging / complex projects and demonstrates an ability for working smarter not harder by making continuous improvement to the efficiency of processes

Adapts quickly to changes in a dynamic organizational structure and business processes

Additional Information :

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

Remote Work : Employment Type :

Full-time

Key Skills

Internal Audit,Supervising,Data Entry,Compliance,Customer Service,Accounting & Finance,General Ledger Accounting,IFRS,External Audit,Microsoft Excel,ERP,Payroll,Financial statement,ACCA,CPA

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1