Role Summary The Intercompany Senior Manager is accountable for the accuracy, ageing hygiene, and dispute-resolution discipline of intercompany balances across NIQ entities.

This role ensures that

- IC accounting, reconciliations, and settlement mechanisms are
- Accurate
- Independently supported
- Timely certified in OneStream
- Fully compliant with SOX / ICFR / IPE standards

The role drives end-to-end IC governance, ensuring counterparty alignment, disciplined escalation, and audit-ready outcomes across the global organization. Role Purpose To deliver clean, aligned, and controlled intercompany balances by:
- Owning IC close readiness, execution, and ageing performance
- Driving counterparty alignment and dispute resolution
- Ensuring high-quality reconciliations and certification discipline
- Leading teams and stakeholders to achieve first-time-right IC outcomes

Key Responsibilities
1. End-to-End IC Ownership

- Own end-to-end IC close readiness, execution, and ageing performance
- Ensure IC balances across entities are:
- Accurate
- Aligned
- Fully supported
- Drive consistency in IC accounting and reconciliation practices globally

1. Counterparty Alignment & Mismatch Resolution

- Drive alignment between counterparties across entities
- Ensure timely resolution of:
- IC mismatches
- Disputes between entities
- Enforce accountability and ownership for break resolution

1. Reconciliation Governance & Certification

- Govern IC reconciliations and maker-checker processes
- Ensure all reconciliations are:
- Complete and accurate
- Supported with audit-ready evidence
- Certified in OneStream within close timelines
- Maintain high standards of documentation and traceability

1. Dispute Management & Escalation

- Enforce disciplined IC dispute management framework
- Drive structured escalation and resolution of:
- Complex mismatches
- Cross-entity disputes




- Ensure explicit ownership and decision-making for issue resolution

1. Journal & Adjustment Governance

- Ensure IC journals, adjustments, and corrections:
- Meet documentation and compliance standards
- Are accurately recorded and supported
- Validate consistency of IC accounting treatment across entities

1. Controls, Compliance & Audit

- Ensure compliance with:
- SOX / ICFR controls
- IPE evidence standards
- Maintain audit-ready IC processes and documentation
- Lead internal and external audit interactions and issue resolution
- Ensure complete evidence integrity, traceability, and control adherence

1. Stakeholder Management & Cross-Tower Alignment

- Partner with:
- RTR SDL / Close Governance teams
- Controllers and Regional Finance Leads
- Tax / Transfer Pricing teams
- AP / AR Tower Leads
- RTR Quality & Controls Lead
- Ensure alignment across:
- IC processes
- Settlement mechanisms
- Elimination and reporting requirements
- Manage dependencies impacting close and consolidation

1. Team Leadership & Performance Management

- Lead IC preparers, reviewers, and SMEs
- Establish clear accountability for IC quality, ageing, and controls
- Drive a culture of:
- Ownership
- Discipline
- Continuous improvement
- Build team capability and ensure succession readiness

1. Close Governance & Performance Delivery

- Ensure disciplined execution of month-end IC close activities
- Deliver against:
- SLA / CSL metrics
- Close timelines and quality checkpoints
- Monitor and improve IC performance metrics (match rates, ageing, breaks)

1.



Continuous Improvement & Transformation

- Identify and implement improvements in:
- IC matching quality
- Ageing reduction
- Dispute resolution efficiency
- Drive automation, standardization, and process enhancements
- Reduce manual effort, errors, and repeat issues

Top Skills for Success
- Intercompany accounting expertise (eliminations, transfer pricing awareness)
- Controls, Compliance & Audit (SOX / ICFR / IPE)
- Reconciliation governance and certification discipline
- Dispute resolution and stakeholder alignment
- Problem solving (RCA / CAPA) and escalation management
- Close governance and SLA delivery
- ERP & reconciliation tools (SAP, OneStream, IC dashboards)
- Analytical skills (variance, ageing, mismatch trends)

Key Outcomes / Success Measures
- Healthy IC balances with disciplined ageing control and minimal mismatches
- Clean, audit-ready IC reconciliations with consistent OneStream certification
- Strong SOX/IPE compliance with complete evidence and traceability
- Faster IC dispute resolution through clear escalation and ownership
- Improved IC match rates and reduced repeat issues

Tools & Systems
- SAP / ERP (IC transactions & reporting) High
- OneStream (IC reconciliations & certification) High
- IC trackers & mismatch dashboards — High
- Microsoft Excel (analysis & ageing management) — High

Qualifications Qualifications & Experience

- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- CA / CPA / ACCA (preferred)
- 8–12 years of experience in R2R / Intercompany / Financial Accounting
- Strong understanding of:
- Intercompany accounting and eliminations
- Transfer pricing fundamentals
- Experience with ERP systems (SAP) and reconciliation tools (OneStream / BlackLine)
- Proven leadership experience in:
- Team management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Close governance

📌 Intercompany Sr Manager (Pune)
🏢 NIELSENIQ INDIA
📍 Pune