*Job Description:** **Senior Manager, Technical Accounting \& Analytics** Location: India Global Capability Center / Corporate Controllership Reports to: Director, MEIAT Regional Controller Team Scope: Technical accounting support, accounting analytics, close governance, policy execution, automation, and special projects. **Position Summary** The Senior Manager, Technical Accounting \& Analytics will be a key leadership role within the India Global Capability Center, responsible for building and leading a high\-performing team that supports global technical accounting, financial reporting, accounting analytics, close operations, and controllership transformation initiatives. This role will partner closely with Corporate Accounting, SEC Reporting, FP\&A, Tax, Treasury, FinOps, and regional controllership teams to ensure accurate, effective, and efficient accounting and reporting. The position will help elevate the India GCC from a transactional support model to a more strategic finance capability center by combining deep U.S. GAAP technical accounting knowledge with data analytics, process excellence, automation, and business partnership. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical accounting experience, US public\-company or Global Capabilities/Global Shared Service discipline, analytical mindset, project leadership skills, and the ability to operate effectively across global teams and time zones. This role will be expected to own complex accounting analyses, develop scalable processes, identify risk areas, support audit readiness, and deliver actionable insights through data\-driven analytics. **Key Responsibilities** **1\. Technical Accounting Leadership** Lead and support complex technical accounting matters under U.S. GAAP or applicable company accounting policies, including preparation of accounting memos, and management presentations. Key responsibilities include: * Research, evaluate, and document accounting conclusions for complex or non\-routine transactions. * Support global or regional accounting assessments related to revenue recognition, contract modifications, cost capitalization, inventory, warranties, leases, intercompany transactions, and other judgmental areas. * Partner with Corporate Technical Accounting to ensure global consistency in interpretation and application of accounting policies. * Assist in the development, maintenance, and rollout of global accounting policies, procedures, and playbooks. * Identify areas requiring accounting judgment, estimates, or management review and ensure appropriate governance is applied. * Support implementation of new accounting standards or policy changes, including impact assessment, system/process changes, controls, and training. * Prepare technical accounting summaries for senior management or auditors. * Act as a technical accounting escalation point for the Global Capabilities Center supporting the Global Corporate Controllership. **2\. Accounting Analytics and Insights** Build and lead accounting analytics capabilities to improve visibility into financial results, close quality, accounting estimates, and risk areas. Key responsibilities include: * Develop analytics to identify unusual trends, anomalies, outliers, unexpected account movements, and potential accounting misstatements. * Create dashboards and exception reports for high\-risk areas such as reserves, intercompany, AP, AR, and manual journal entries. * Partner with FP\&A and Operations Finance to analyze accounting drivers behind margin movements, project profitability, supplier cost changes, tariff impacts, and estimate changes. * Use data analytics to support month\-end close reviews, flux analysis, account reconciliations, journal entry reviews, and audit support. * Design repeatable analytics for accounting estimates, including reserves, accruals, warranty exposure, inventory valuation, E\&O reserves, contract assets/liabilities, and other judgmental balances. * Support predictive and preventive analytics to identify potential accounting issues before period\-end close. * Translate accounting data into clear insights for controllership. **3\. Month\-End, Quarter\-End, and Year\-End Close Support** Support global close execution with a focus on complex accounting areas, close governance, analytics, and issue resolution. Key responsibilities include: * Review journal entries, account reconciliations, close analytics, and supporting schedules prepared by GCC or regional controllership teams. * Ensure close activities are completed accurately, timely, and in compliance with company policies and SOX controls. * Support quarter\-end and year\-end reporting requirements, including audit support and preparation of schedules for Corporate Accounting and SEC Reporting. * Drive root\-cause analysis for recurring close issues, post\-close adjustments, and late audit inquiries. * Maintain clear documentation of close judgments, assumptions, approvals, and evidence for audit readiness. * Support governance forums such as close status meetings, accounting issue reviews, and post\-close retrospectives. **4\. Financial Reporting and Disclosure Support** Support internal and external reporting processes by ensuring accuracy, completeness, and consistency of accounting information. Key responsibilities include: * Support SEC Reporting or Corporate Reporting teams with disclosure tie\-outs, footnote support, MD\&A analytics, and quarterly reporting packages. * Assist in preparing clear explanations for significant accounting matters, adjustments, estimates, and unusual transactions. * Ensure accounting analyses and supporting documentation are complete, audit\-ready, and aligned with reporting timelines. * Help standardize reporting templates, account analysis packages, and management review materials. **5\. Internal Controls, SOX, and Audit Readiness** Strengthen the control environment by embedding robust controls, documentation standards, and audit\-ready practices into GCC accounting processes. Key responsibilities include: * Ensure accounting processes comply with SOX requirements, company policies, and internal control standards. * Design, execute, and improve controls over technical accounting areas, journal entries, reconciliations, estimates, analytics, and reporting support. * Identify control gaps, process weaknesses, and recurring audit issues; develop remediation plans and monitor progress. * Promote proactive issue identification and escalation * Build a culture of accountability, transparency, and strong documentation across the GCC controllership team. **6\. Process Excellence, Automation, and Transformation** Lead continuous improvement initiatives that modernize accounting processes and enhance the GCC’s strategic value. Key responsibilities include: * Identify opportunities to automate manual accounting processes, reconciliations, reporting schedules, variance analyses, and exception reviews. * Partner with IT, Analytics, Finance Transformation, and global process owners to implement scalable solutions using Oracle Fusion, reporting tools, workflow tools, RPA, and analytics platforms. * Support the design of future\-state accounting processes for the GCC, including standard work, global process ownership, and service\-level expectations. * Lead projects to improve close efficiency, reduce manual entries, improve reconciliation quality, and increase visibility into accounting risks. * Help define KPIs and operational metrics for accounting and analytics processes. Promote adoption of AI\-enabled and analytics\-driven finance practices, while ensuring appropriate governance, controls, and data quality. * **Qualifications** **Required** * CPA preferred or Chartered Accountant * 12\+ years of progressive accounting experience, preferably including public accounting and public\-company controllership experience. * Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP; IFRS knowledge is a plus. * Experience supporting month\-end close, financial r