Job Description The Cash and Deposit Accounting Subject Matter Expert (SME) is responsible for providing technical leadership and oversight across cash and deposit accounting activities. This role ensures accurate financial reporting, compliance with US GAAP, IFRS, and regulatory requirements, and robust governance over cash account management and lifecycle controls.
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• Ensure accurate classification, recognition, and reporting of cash and deposit accounts in line with US GAAP, IFRS, and applicable regulatory frameworks
• Review and assess external cash account agreements to confirm adherence to relevant accounting guidance and internal policies
• Conduct periodic reviews of dormant or unused client accounts and STT internal-use accounts, ensuring proper monitoring, validation, and timely closure where required
• Partner with cross-functional teams (e.g., Controllership, Regulatory Reporting, Treasury, Operations) to drive consistency and accuracy in accounting practices
• Identify control gaps and process inefficiencies, and lead initiatives to enhance governance, controls,



and operational effectiveness
• Support audit and regulatory inquiries by providing documentation, analysis, and subject matter expertise
• Responsible for coordination of Corporate Audit, SOX and external audit

Responsibilities & Tasks Include:
Business As Usual (BAU) Activities:
• To understand expectations and deliverable timelines and ensure that deliverables of the team are load balanced as compared to team staffing.
• Develop the team to adopt “owner’s mind set”, work independently, and effectively manage timelines.
• Assist with ad-hoc projects and recent transactions to support the GAO Cash and Deposit Accounting Governance group
• Lead the day to day activities of an accounting and reporting team that is performing Accounting, Reporting, Analysis and Tracking
• Performing managerial reasonableness reviews and discussing reporting & analytics deliverables prepared by the team to ensure re

📌 Global Accounting Operations (Bengaluru)
🏢 State Street
📍 Bengaluru