Description
This is a Manager, Controller role in Inter company & Opex COE team within Global Financial Operations in Record to Report Controllership, India.
The position will be responsible for managing accounting for and leading the Investment Equity governance for American Express Entities. The incumbent will also be responsible for ensuring control & compliance in addition to driving Gen AI adoption.
The role will also require partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to assess and govern the accounting impacts of enterprise initiatives, legal entity restructurings and business changes, ensuring effective implementation, consistent application of accounting policies and meeting reporting requirements.
In this position, the incumbent will have an extensive engagement with varied Finance groups and would require valuable understanding of US GAAP requirements. The incumbent is required to maintain a qualitative control environment and partner to enhance governance around the existing accounting processes along with standardization.
The incumbent would manage a diverse team of accounting subject matter experts and is required to create, develop, train, motivate and communicate with a diverse work force.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Manage Effective / Effective Accounting for critical areas as listed above
Drive governance over Internal Investments, Chart of Accounts and key accounting balances, ensuring timely identification and resolution of accounting exceptions during the close.
Ensure Financial Integrity
Ensure solid controls and compliance to be able to meet and exceed all audit, regulatory & SOX requirements
Establish a strong culture to drive business insights
Eliminate waste / duplication
Manage stakeholder engagement and build relationships across wide spectrum of teams including LE Controllers, Segment Controllers, GCO, GAPA and other finance teams
Identify centralization prospects and build COEs for processes within the remi