Senior Accountant – Ovation Controllership (GPS)

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Senior Accountant – Ovation Controllership (GPS) will be based in India and will report to Manager of Accounting (Ovation), will be mainly responsible for accounting and reporting functions primarily supporting North America Controllership in addition to the larger finance organization. GBT Partner Solutions (GPS) refers to GBT’s program, whereby participating travel agencies can benefit from, among other things, GBT’s global supplier network, long-standing relationships with suppliers and access to GBT’s products, services, and technology.

What You’ll do on a Typical Day:

• Preparing and Posting Journal Entries in Agresso (Accounting Software)
• Calculating and reviewing Supplier Incentive, Accruals and Quarterly payouts to Affiliates
• Act as a liaison with Suppliers and a strategic partner to finance management in driving & streamlining process improvements.
• Providing ad hoc reporting, analysis, or assistance in other projects as needed as part of the larger corporate accounting organization.
• Work with various teams such as AP, AP, Supplier revenue teams etc.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual processes under tight timeframes.
• Ensure that accounting records are thoroughly maintained in preparation for audits.
• Maintain adequate and current documentation of the systems in support of internal control.
• Maintain a solid working knowledge of technical accounting skills.
• Participate in Finance related projects as needed.
• May assume overall responsibility for small size legal entity or regional tasks.
• Support external and internal audit requests.
• SOX and Internal Control reporting
• Financial analysis, general analytics, and accounting
• Process improvements (operational and system)

What We’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• 4-6 years of experience in Accounting/Finance function
• Preference will be given to travel industry experience.
• Customer Service/Client facing experience is an asset.
• Ability to work on and prioritize multiple projects while meeting goals and deadlines.
• Ability to work collaboratively across multiple functional units and levels within the organization.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Continuous improvement mindset with a proven ability to implement process improvements.
• Experience utilizing accounting and finance software (NetSuite and/or Agresso preferred)
• Proficiency with Excel and other MS Office applications.
• Professional demeanor with ability to interact with all levels of management.

Location

India - Virtual Location

The #TeamGBT Experience

Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.

• Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and more.

• Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.

• Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with global tuition assistance, access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.

• We strive to champion Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in every aspect of our business at GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global Inclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.

• Wellbeing resources to support mental and emotional health for you and your immediate family.

• And much more!

All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, gender identity (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, disability, veteran status, citizenship or marital status. It is our policy to maintain an equal-opportunity environment free from intimidation, harassment or bias for our candidates, colleagues, clients and suppliers.

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What if I don’t meet every requirement? If you’re passionate about our mission and believe you’d be a phenomenal addition to our team, don’t worry about “checking every box;" please apply anyway. You may be exactly the person we’re looking for!