Senior Accountant - Fintech Accounting

• Accounting activities for certain areas of the fintech financial close not limited to, daily cash, receivables from payments/fintech service providers, prepaids, strategic partnerships transactions with 3rd parties and group companies, wallet liability and unrealized incentives, accruals, partner liabilities to accommodation properties, as well as attractions and flights providers, PSP fees and city taxes transactions
• Ensuring timeliness and accuracy of monthly fintech accounting close activities
• Providing support on US GAAP financial audits and requests from internal and external auditors
• Managing monthly (quarterly, annual) closing process related tasks
• Reconciling assigned balance sheet accounts monthly; resolve any reconciling items on a timely basis
• Preparation of the balance sheet and profit and loss and the commentary for the variance analysis for the fintech accounts
• Preparation of monthly closing reports, variance analysis and reconciliations in accordance with US GAAP and covering the SOx framework, and own the compliance aspect regarding this
• Timely delivery and the integrity of the internal and/or external financial reporting
• Provide input and details for SEC filing footnotes, as well as information for regulatory reporting and filings
• Preparing governmental regulatory reports and statistical filings on fintech accounts for multiple entities in accordance with all internal policies and external requirements and ensuring the SOx control framework is in place
• Overseeing all applicable SOX documentation, compliance and provide audit support to both internal and external auditors
• Ensuring adherence for defined tasks/areas assigned, all compliance requirements including SOx, regulatory and statistical filings and US GAAP audits are met to fullest satisfaction
• Implement and maintain robust internal controls over financial transactions to ensure compliance with SOX and non-SOX requirements
• Perform periodic accounting impact assessments and ensure the accuracy and completeness of financial data transfers between systems
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and automation within the FinTech accounting function.
• Collaborate with FinTech, Financial Systems, various Product teams, other non-finance stakeholders, and external stakeholders (such as PSPs) to implement system enhancements, streamline accounting processes, and to ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial data Partnering with other key Finance departments such as Treasury, P2P, Financial systems, Risk & Controls on tasks and projects with a cross functional impact

• Ad-hoc projects as they arise (e.g., automation, ERP implementation, etc.), identify challenges and initiate improvement projects for utmost automation
• Provide support and guidance to junior accountants and other team members.
  

• Sound knowledge of US GAAP/IFRS and SOx with minimum 6 years of experience
• Qualification : Specialized Diploma - Chartered Accountant
• FinTech experience, Project management and/or transformation experience
• Experience in working with BigData and Data Analytics teams
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, rapidly growing and fluid
• organization
• Ability to effectively communicate at various levels of the organization tailored appropriately to the audience
• Candidates should demonstrate effective collaboration skills up, down and across the organization
• Experience in working with tech and product teams
• Maintain effectiveness in a continually evolving environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Candidates should demonstrate proactive approach and strong critical thinking to identify any risks or errors in complex journal postings and reconciliations
• Experience with the BigData environment, and using Internally developed FinTech systems, SAP, Blackline.

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