Team Lead - General Accounting

Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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This Position reports to

Accounting & Reporting Manager - General Accounting

Your role and responsibilities (Mandatory)

In this role, you will have the opportunity to manage complete, accurate, and timely completion of accounting activities for the assigned area (e.g., reporting, consolidation, etc.) within the General Accounting (GA) team. Each day, you will ensure compliance with internal guidelines, procedures, and external regulatory requirements. You will also showcase your experience by overseeing, reviewing, and/or supporting the month-end close process including account reconciliation, preparation of journal entries, balance sheet review, etc.

The work model for the role is: hybrid

This role is contributing to the Finance Business Function

You will be mainly accountable for

• Overseeing the preparation of financial statements in the appropriate format to include in timely filings with regulatory agencies.
• Managing Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICoFR) compliance for specific areas (e.g., record- to-report, order-to-cash, etc.) to ensure that processes and controls are designed effectively and to address financial reporting.
• Analyzing accounts, identifying discrepancies or anomalies for correction, and acting as an escalation contact for resolving accounting transactions and reporting questions.
• Ensuring transparency in financial reporting and disclosures.
• Manage the team and delivery.

Qualifications for the role (Mandatory)

• Sound technical knowledge of US GAAP, SAP FICO module, HFM (Oracle), MS office and SAP GR/MR.
• Demonstrated experience managing teams.
• Qualified B.com or M.com from a reputed college. Semi qualified CA, or CA.
• The revised sentence is coherent, meaningful, and suitable as a drop-in replacement for the original sentence in American English.
• Demonstrated experience in finance transformation programs such as SAP implementation.

Core Skills

Ability to assess challenges thoughtfully and resolve them effectively.

Effective verbal and written communication skills, along with the ability to build positive working relationships.

Demonstrated skill in managing complex situations and implementing process consistency. Willingness to work shifts and respond to changing business needs.

Focused on continuous learning and process enhancement

More about us (Mandatory)

ABB is a leader in digital industries and power grids, supporting sustainable transformation throughout the industrial landscape. Our Finance division is widely regarded as a trusted partner that provides forward-looking insights to support sustainable growth. We cultivate a workplace centered on diversity, inclusion, and belonging across gender, ethnicity, LGBTQ+ identities, abilities, and generations, where every voice is valued.

We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com.

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