Senior Associate, Accounting

About the role

The Senior Associate, Accounting supports the Americas Controllership team, focusing on the end-to-end intercompany lifecycle: internal agreement administration, billing, month-end close, partner balance reconciliation and issue resolution. The role ensures intercompany transactions are accurate, timely, compliant with company policies and fully documented, and also assists the Controllership team with general accounting, audit support and other activities. It works across Finance, operational teams, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and shared services.

Key responsibilities

• Manage intercompany agreements: draft, review, route, track and maintain documentation in line with internal controls and company policies.
• Support the intercompany billing cycle, from contract terms and supporting data through invoice preparation, approval, recording and follow-up.
• Perform monthly intercompany reporting, account reconciliation, balance confirmation and adjustments.
• Investigate the root causes of intercompany discrepancies, communicate findings and drive outstanding items to resolution.
• Work with intercompany contacts and operational Finance teams to confirm balances and resolve differences.
• Collaborate with Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and shared services on billing, settlement and aging issues.
• Prepare journal entries and contribute to an accurate, timely month-end close.
• Support internal and external audit requests and provide financial analysis for reporting, decision-making and trend/risk identification.
• Identify opportunities to streamline operations and strengthen controls, implement and document new procedures, and support acquisitions, integrations and organizational changes.
• Contribute to ad hoc projects and cross-functional initiatives.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• At least three years of relevant accounting or finance experience.
• Experience in a large, complex, international organization.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and reconciliation skills, with high attention to detail.
• Ability to manage deadline-driven work with minimal supervision and to collaborate across teams.

Required skills

• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel.
• Preferred: strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and understanding of IFRS.
• Preferred: experience with intercompany accounting, billing, reconciliations or financial close.
• Preferred: SAP, Hyperion Financial Management or comparable financial reporting systems.

What we offer

• Pay range of $85,000 - $105,000.
• Flexible vacation policy and 16 paid holidays.
• Parental leave and new parent transition program.
• Tuition reimbursement and corporate gift matching program.