Senior Specialist, Controllership (L07)

Job ID: E2404322

Job Description:

Role Title: Senior Specialist, Controllership (L07)

Company Overview:

Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industry’s most complete digitally enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet and more.

• We have recently been ranked #2 among India’s Best Companies to Work for by Great Place to Work. We were among the Top 50 India’s Best Workplaces in Building a Culture of Innovation by All by GPTW and Top 25 among Best Workplaces in BFSI by GPTW. We have also been recognized by AmbitionBox Employee Choice Awards among the Top 20 Mid-Sized Companies, ranked #3 among Top Rated Companies for Women, and Top-Rated Financial Services Companies.

• Synchrony celebrates ~51% women diversity, 105+ people with disabilities, and ~50 veterans and veteran family members.

• We offer Flexibility and Choice for all employees and provide best-in-class employee benefits and programs that cater to work-life integration and overall well-being.

• We provide career advancement and upskilling opportunities, focusing on Advancing Diverse Talent to take up leadership roles.

Organization Overview:
Controllership organization within Finance COE responsible to monitor day-to-day accounting activities involved in Synchrony business. Controllership mostly covers general accounting, client accounting, reconciliations, closing & reporting, system maintenance, governance related sub-processes. Every process contributes to our quarterly & annual financial close process and ensure that we have accurate external reporting.

Role Summary/Purpose:
This role is responsible for accounting related activities for controllership team. The candidate will use analytical skills and general accounting knowledge to apply to various areas related to reconciliation, accruals, manual journal entry process, month-end reporting. The responsibilities will also include daily balancing; and daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly reconciliations. The role will also be involved in completing various accounting mentioned above & working on adhoc projects as per business requirement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare assigned daily and month-end account reconciliations.

• Research and clear all suspense items.

• Clearing of rec items discovered during reconciliation process.

• Prepare daily, month and quarter-end journals.

• Perform weekly/biweekly reconciliations & respective matching process.

• Perform special projects and other duties as assigned.

• In addition, for the above areas, identify process improvements and simplification opportunities in processes. Once identified process improvements, drive the execution of those projects and work with others to drive to completion.

Qualifications/Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance with 1+ years of accounting or Finance experience, or in lieu of a degree 3+ years of accounting or Finance experience.

Desired Characteristics:

• Oracle GL & reconciliations experience.

• Personal computer proficiency – Microsoft Office product suite.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

• Controllership experience in a large organization or public accounting.

• Experience in financial services industry.

• Demonstrated team player with collaborative, facilitation and influencing skills.

• Experience working in a fast-paced, changing environment.

• Ability to manage multiple & varied priorities.

Eligibility Criteria:

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance with 1+ years of accounting or Finance experience, or in lieu of a degree 3+ years of accounting or Finance experience

Work Timings: 3 PM – 12 AM IST

For Internal Applicants:

• Understand the criteria or mandatory skills required for the role, before applying

• Inform your manager and HRM before applying for any role on Workday

• Ensure that your professional profile is updated (fields such as education, prior experience, other skills) and it is mandatory to upload your updated resume (Word or PDF format)

• Must not be any corrective action plan (First Formal/Final Formal, PIP)

• L4 to L7 Employees who have completed 12 months in the organization and 12 months in current role and level are only eligible.

• L04+ Employees can apply

Grade/Level: 07

Job Family Group:

Finance