Sr. Manager, Accounting Center of Excellence

Job Description

The Role: Senior Manager, Revenue Center of Excellence Accounting

Grade (relevant for internal applicants only): 11

The Location: New York, NY/Princeton, NJ

The Team: The Business Unit Corporate Controller’s team is responsible for financial accounting across S&P Global related to Record to Report, Global Real Estate and centralized accounting support across the income statement. The team values collaboration and the ability to think critically while problem solving. The role reports to the Director, Revenue and Unstructured Expense Accounting, part of the S&P Global Corporate Controllers organization.

The Impact: This role will provide support to both the corporate finance and business unit FP&A teams. The Senior Manager will lead a team of 10 individuals who manage the month-end close in support of complex revenue accruals and contribute value added analysis across the S&P Global finance organization. The ideal candidate is adept at combining analytic tools and techniques with business expertise to identify the key drivers of performance and opportunities for growth. They must be able to translate information into actionable insights to find opportunities for product optimization and use models to test the effectiveness of different courses of action. The role requires experience building and implementing financial models using a variety of analytic tools based on data acquisition and data blending to drive decision making. The candidate will have the opportunity to present findings in group settings to members of the senior leadership team.

What’s in it for you?

• Within this highly visible role, the incumbent will interact with all levels throughout the organization

• Opportunity to develop a strong financial analysis foundation and learn about the organization

• Opportunity to enhance current processes and create efficiencies related to the financial close

• Develop your skills working with software to analyze large data sets with insights from visualization of financial data used to partner with business unit FP&A teams

Responsibilities

• Key contributor to the month-end close and monthly revenue reporting

• Partner with the business teams by understanding various complex products and providing actionable revenue solutions

• Create and update complex revenue accrual models

• Conduct research and synthesize large quantities of data into actionable analysis for management

• Provide in depth revenue analysis for various products and their impact on the bottom line

• Key point of contact for S&P Global’s ASC 606 accounting

• Understand and apply best practices related to revenue recognition and strong internal controls

What we’re looking for?

Basic Qualifications

• Strong written and oral communication skills, self-motivated, focused, creative, quick learner, ability to work with minimal supervision

• Adaptive to new technologies and platforms, passionate about solving business problems

• Experience analyzing data and creating visualizations to support business decision making though the use of either Tableau / PowerBI

• Strong Excel and data manipulation skillset

• Experienced in dashboard design and focused, thoughtful visual display of quantitative information

• Ability to juggle multiple tasks and see projects through to successful completion

• Work well both independently and as part of a team

• 4+ years of experience related to financial planning and analysis, public accounting, asset management or economic analysis

• CPA and a Bachelor’s in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated interest in financial markets

• Experience designing, building, and testing workflows in Alteryx to support analysis of large and complex data sets

• Proficiency/knowledge in PowerPoint, QlikView, TM1, Oracle, SAP, or other database tools a plus

Compensation/Benefits Information (This section is only applicable to US candidates):

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $72,300 to $143,800. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographical location as well as experience and qualifications for the role. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan.

This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, please click here.

Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.

If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability,  and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person. 

US Candidates Only: The EEO is the Law Poster describes discrimination protections under federal law.

20 - Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), FINANC202.2 - Middle Professional Tier II (EEO Job Group)

Job ID: 288874

Posted On: 2023-08-31

Location: New York, New York, United States.