GBS Finance and Accounting Interface Manager

About the role

The GBS Finance and Accounting Interface Manager leads global close governance by driving standardized, efficient month-end close processes and ensuring timely escalation and resolution of issues across locations. The role supports end-to-end R2R operations, ensuring compliance with accounting standards while managing risks, internal controls, audits and process improvements. It requires strong cross-functional coordination, stakeholder communication and project management. The position is hybrid, with a flexible split between office and remote work upon agreement with the supervisor.

Key responsibilities

• Own global close governance, readiness and escalation, and standardise the close process across locations for efficiency and consistency.
• Ensure issues and blockers are escalated and addressed immediately, and investigate, escalate and track issues while maintaining error logs.
• Identify process gaps, risks and improvement opportunities and drive assigned initiatives to completion.
• Support R2R operations, including review and approval of transactions and reports for complex activities or during entity transitions.
• Ensure transactions and reports comply with GAAP, accounting standards and Global Accounting Policies.
• Contribute to the management and development of the R2R tower, perform internal controls reviews and documentation per iPace requirements, and update SOPs to reflect process changes.
• Act as a point of contact for audit requirements and queries.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 6-8 years of R2R experience in a Shared Services or BPO environment.
• Proven track record in stakeholder management, crisis handling and process improvements.
• Strong written and spoken English.

Required skills

• General ledger, intercompany and fixed assets accounting, month-end closing, reconciliation, reporting and consolidation, lease accounting.
• Knowledge of IFRS and end-to-end finance processes.
• SAP background.
• Project and delivery management, governance, compliance and control, and stakeholder communication.
• MS Office proficiency.