What would I be doing?
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the day-to-day liaison between the Corporate Accounting team and Accenture’s BPO R2R team, overseeing execution of journal entries, reconciliations, and close tasks.
- Provide review, approval, and final sign-off on journal entries and reconciliations completed by the BPO team across corporate accounting areas, specifically payroll accounting.
- Monitor BPO task completion and escalate delays or quality concerns to the appropriate Leadership.
- Lead daily or recurring check-ins with the BPO lead to track status of close deliverables, issue logs, and resolution progress.
- Validate that BPO-prepared entries meet the Company’s documentation, backup, and control standards prior to posting.
- Partner with each Corporate Accounting Manager to ensure their BPO support is properly aligned, trained, and monitored across O&T accounting and Corporate Accounting.
- Coordinate across teams to prioritize high-impact or time-sensitive close activities supported by the BPO.
- Maintain BPO task trackers, support documentation audit trails, and prepare status updates for leadership as needed.
- Contribute to the development of SOPs, training guides, and continuous improvement feedback loops for BPO-supported activities.
- Support SOX compliance by ensuring BPO-prepared activities align with documented controls and walkthroughs.
- Collaborate with the R2R Accounting Operations team to enforce process ownership and standardization across close cycles.
What would make me qualified?
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA preferred.
- 4+ years of experience in financial reporting, accounting, or audit, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience working in a publicly traded company or a Big 4 accounting firm is preferred.
- Understanding of SEC reporting, U.S. GAAP, and SOX compliance requirements.
- Proficiency in ERP systems is preferred.
- Excellent analytical, leadership, and communication skills.
- High attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy and transparency.
Additional Information
Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office, a minimum of three days per week.
This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other benefits and perks.