S&P Global India | Specialist, Center of Excellence Revenue Accounting

Responsibilities

• The Team: The Centre of Excellence Accounting team within Corporate Controllers is responsible for accounting across S&P Global related to revenue and centralized accounting support across the income statement.
• The team values collaboration and the ability to think critically while problem solving.
• The Impact: The individual will perform the revenue accruals, accounts receivable (AR) and deferred revenue postings and reconciliations along with maintenance of revenue accrual models.
• The individual should understand Order to Cash (OTC) reporting and reconciliation processes to perform their duties.
• This position will assist the Director, Centre of Excellence Accounting, for the recording of the month end close entries.
• The individual will also be helping with the ad hoc reporting, audit requests and ensuring adherence to our SOX policies and procedures related to AR and Revenue accounting.
• The candidate should be proactive in getting the reconciliation items cleared on a timely manner.
• Calculation of complex revenue accruals using data from multiple sub-systems across S&P Global.
• Review and analyse contracts to determine appropriate revenue recognition treatment.
• Conduct in-depth analysis of revenue trends, variances, comparisons to forecasts and reporting to internal FP&A teams.
• Assist in the monthly accounting close process by preparing accrual journal entries based on US GAAP standards, financial reporting requirements and balance sheet account reconciliations.
• Prepare dashboards to communicate revenue performance to stakeholders.
• Work closely with OTC and FP&A team members within the S&P Global Corporate Controllers team.
• Engage actively in the transition of new business and create standard operating procedures (SOPs) as required.
• Assist in internal and external audits by providing necessary documentation and explanations related to revenue accounting.
• Provide training and support to team members on revenue recognition policies and procedures.
• Interact and collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Sales, Operations, and Finance, to gather relevant data and insights.
• Analyse and resolve issues timely and efficiently while ensuring SOX compliance is imperative.
• Accounting is dependent on extracting and using data from multiple sub-systems across the company that are organized and linked to calculation models that drive revenue accruals and customer invoicing.
• Adhere to accounting, audit, systems controls, and procedures ensuring compliance with corporate policies and SOX controls.
• Use broader knowledge of financial principles and theories to continually improve processes.
• Working Hours: 2pm-11pm IST

Qualifications

• College level accounting degree preferred.
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and revenue recognition principles (ASC 606).
• Experience with Oracle and the willingness to learn data management tools like Alteryx and Tableau.
• Comfortable working with large data sets and able to interpret and analyse data accurately and efficiently.
• Ability to understand and follow complex process and identify possible areas for improvement and automation.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel skills such as utilising pivot tables and formulas.
• Experience in Alteryx or databases an advantage.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required.
• Ability to interact and collaborate with internal and external customers at all levels of management and staff globally.
• High degree of accuracy and ability to manage heavy workloads; understanding of contributions to the overall end to end process.
• Knowledge of all Microsoft Office products specifically Outlook, Excel and Word.
• Must be assertive and proactive on resolving issues, ability to multi-task in a fast paced and dynamic environment.

S&P Global

S&P Global Inc. is a US financial information and analytics company listed on the New York Stock Exchange as SPGI and headquartered in New York. Its roots go back to 1860, when Henry Varnum Poor published his first guide to American railroads; the company took its present name in 2016 and combined with IHS Markit in 2022. Its businesses include credit ratings (S&P Global Ratings), financial data, research and analytics (S&P Global Market Intelligence, home of Capital IQ), commodity and energy information (S&P Global Energy, formerly Commodity Insights) and index services (S&P Dow Jones Indices, which maintains the S&P 500). In India it is also the majority owner of the rating and analytics company CRISIL.

India is one of S&P Global's largest employee bases outside the United States, with offices in Gurugram, Noida, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Chennai. These teams support the global business in credit ratings and research, company and market data, financial modelling and analytics, index operations, corporate finance and controllership, risk and compliance, and technology. Work of this kind suits CA, CFA, MBA (Finance), M.Com and B.Com profiles, alongside its large engineering and data teams.

• Industry: Financial information — credit ratings, benchmarks, market data and analytics
• Headquarters: New York, USA
• In India: Offices in Gurugram, Noida, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Chennai