Role Purpose: The Global Finance Operations Record to Report Sr. Manager is responsible for the delivery of the Record to Report functions including general ledger accounting, monthly close, asset accounting, account reconciliations and various other processes performed by both onshore and offshore teams. Ensuring BPO performance complies with SLAs, provide excellent customer service to business units (act as first point of contact) and drive effectiveness through a shared service. The Record to Report Sr. Manager will manage monthly accounting activities to ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and corporate policies as well as play a key role in implementing process improvements and integrating new systems and businesses. Responsibilities: Closely manage the day-to-day accounting operations performed by both on & offshore teams; provide analytics to key business stakeholders for decision making; execute month end accounting close, review quarterly corporate submissions and reporting; provide support on both statutory and US financial audits and requests from participations and internal operational audits Ensure timeliness and accuracy of the overall monthly close activities including account reconciliations as performed by the off-shore teams; perform review and ad hoc analysis; identify areas to improve and streamline Provide excellent customer service to business stakeholders including addressing and resolving queries escalated by both on & offshore teams in a timely manner Serve as business partner by maintaining in-depth knowledge of the industry and accounting policies & principles Review monthly metrics with BPO and business stakeholders, to improve processes and resolve issues Work alongside R2R Global Process Owner to drive forward transformation initiatives Manage the transition of new processes from business units into Global Finance Operations via robust governance and documented standard operating procedures Develop operational plans, monitor progress and outcomes against plans, adjust priorities and resources accordingly Collaborate within and across organization on key company-wide initiatives and to support the Finance transformation roadmap (people, process, technology) Research US GAAP as it relates to significant matters and provide accounting guidance to ensure compliance with US GAAP Manage all applicable SOX documentation, compliance and providing audit support to both internal and external auditors Identify areas of control risk. Ensure that adequate and effective system of internal controls is maintained for reporting and analysis Successfully identify strategic opportunities Recommend optimization for the department Other duties and special projects as needed