Service Delivery Leader - Technical Accounting (Record to Report - R2R)
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About the Position
Service Delivery Leader - Technical Accounting (Record to Report - R2R)
- Employment Type: Full-time
- Location: India
- Salary: Not specified
Role Summary
The Technical Accounting Service Delivery Leader (SDL) is responsible for end-to-end R2R operational delivery, technical accounting governance, financial controls, and service performance across various towers in the R2R Team. This role serves as the primary bridge between Global Finance Operations and Corporate Controllership, ensuring alignment with accounting policies, financial reporting requirements, SOX/ICFR expectations, and enterprise governance standards.
Responsibilities
Technical Accounting Governance & Leadership
- Provide technical accounting leadership across Banking, Consolidation, Fixed Assets, IDSW, Lease Accounting, and Intercompany towers.
- Partner with Corporate Accounting and Accounting Policy teams on new accounting standards, policy changes, and technical accounting guidance.
- Lead resolution of complex accounting issues, accounting judgments, and non-routine transactions.
- Ensure consistent application of accounting policies across all entities and regions.
Executive Stakeholder Management
- Act as the primary interface between Global Finance Operations and Corporate Controllers, Regional Controllers, Treasury, Tax, FP&A, Corporate Accounting, External Reporting, and Audit leadership.
- Lead executive governance forums and service reviews.
- Influence enterprise decisions through technical accounting expertise and operational insights.
Close Governance & Execution Control
- Lead monthly, quarterly, and year-end close governance through structured execution, dependency management, and close readiness reviews.
- Confirm readiness across all technical accounting towers before critical close milestones.
- Ensure timely completion of reporting, certification, and close activities.
Service Performance (CSL/SLA) Ownership
- Own CSL/SLA delivery across all technical accounting towers.
- Monitor performance trends, identify root causes, and drive sustainable improvements.
- Ensure consistent performance measurement through standardized reporting.
SOX / IPE Compliance & Audit Readiness
- Ensure controls are executed consistently across all towers.
- Enforce audit-ready execution, evidence retention, and certification standards.
- Drive remediation where control performance or evidence quality is insufficient.
Risk, Controls & Governance
- Maintain enterprise risk and issue management framework across all technical accounting towers.
- Drive proactive identification and mitigation of financial reporting, operational, and compliance risks.
- Lead remediation of audit findings, control deficiencies, and recurring operational issues.
People Leadership & Talent Development
- Lead and develop Directors, Associate Directors, and Senior Managers.
- Drive succession planning, leadership development, and organizational capability building.
- Build a culture of accountability, technical excellence, transparency, and continuous improvement.
Transformation & Continuous Improvement
- Drive automation, standardization, and process simplification initiatives.
- Partner with GPO, Enablement, and FinTech teams to implement transformation roadmaps.
- Sponsor AI, automation, and digital finance initiatives.
Financial Stewardship
- Manage resource plans, productivity targets, and operational efficiency initiatives.
- Support cost-to-serve optimization and workforce planning across the organization.
Requirements
- Experience: 15–20 years in R2R/RTR, Technical Accounting, Controllership, or Financial Reporting, including leadership of large global teams.
- Qualifications: CA, CPA, ACCA, CMA, or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
- Skills:
- Strong expertise in Consolidation & Reporting, Banking, Fixed Assets, Lease Accounting, Intercompany Accounting, and Technical Accounting.
- Deep knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS, SOX/ICFR, audit readiness, and financial controls.
- Proven experience leading global close governance, close orchestration, and service delivery (CSL/SLA) performance.
- Demonstrated success managing multi-layer organizations and partnering with senior stakeholders across Controllers, Treasury, Tax, FP&A, and Audit.
- Hands-on experience with SAP, OneStream, Nakisa, ServiceNow, Coupa TM5, Power BI, and finance automation tools.
- Strong track record of driving automation, AI-enabled transformation, process standardization, and operational excellence.
- Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, risk management, and problem-solving skills.
Nice to Have
- Experience with additional tools and technologies relevant to finance and accounting.
We Offer
- Flexible working environment
- Volunteer time off
- LinkedIn Learning
- Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)
About the Company
NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights-delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms-NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.
For more information, visit NIQ.com.
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