MANAGER CONTROLLERSHIP

JOB_POSTING-3-78580

Job Description

Organizational Overview:

Controllership organization within Finance COE responsible to monitor day-to-day accounting activities involved in Synchrony business. Controllership mostly covers Cash Accounting, general accounting, client accounting, reconciliations, closing & reporting, system maintenance, and 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 will support Cash Accounting processes including daily balancing of Cash in Bank, Cash in Transit and suspense accounts, month-end close and analysis, and month-end reconciliations. This role will assist with cash balancing process, projects, ad-hoc requests, and other duties as assigned.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform daily balancing, including resolution of variances, and preparation of daily and month-end reconciliation support.
• Research and resolve transaction variances for open items.
• Take part in process improvement ideas by collaborating with our internal cash team/RPA & BOT team.
• Work closely with various stakeholders and cross-functional teams on cash related tasks/deliverables
• Monitoring of all aged items in accordance with assigned thresholds and assisting in query resolution for the team.
• Understand and apply the concepts of the Cash accounting process flow of accounts and Blackline balancing procedures
• Research/follow up on all reconciling items for assigned accounts with strong root cause/action plans documented.
• Suggest/implement process improvement ideas for assigned accounts and implementation of small to medium scale improvements
• Manage month-end responsibilities including journal entry preparation and reconciliations in accordance with SYF standards
• Support Governance initiatives such as job aid reviews, updates, and SOX controls testing
• Support internal and external audits and internal control reviews
• Support ad-hoc reporting requests
• Other duties as assigned
  
  

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance with minimum of 1-3 years of accounting experience, or in lieu of a degree minimum of 4 years of accounting experience
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Software Skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Excellent organization and follow-up skills
• Excellent communication skills – both oral and written
• Ability to execute in a fluctuating environment
• Demonstrated commitment to quality and customer service
  
  

• Experience with reconciliation systems (Blackline)
• Experience with REVAL treasury management system
• Experience with checks/drafts processes
• Experience with Oracle
• Prior Banking Experience is a plus
  
  

• 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.
• L8 Employees who have completed 18 months in the organization and 12 months in current role and level are only eligible.
• L4+ Employees can apply