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General Ledger Accounting
L26 | Accounting Manager 2 — Bangalore, India
The eBay Shared Services Accounting team is looking for a Senior Accounting Manager (Manager 2) to provide strategic leadership across several General Ledger process areas in Bangalore, India. This role offers a chance to build the operating direction of a high-performing team. It involves driving ongoing improvements in financial integrity and controls while supporting eBay's largest and most complex Marketplaces entities. The Accounting Manager 2 will lead managers and supervisors, influence senior collaborators across regions, and sponsor groundbreaking initiatives in a fast-paced, intellectually challenging, and collaborative environment.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with SAP S4-HANA; ability to perform and coordinate role-appropriate accounting work in the system.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including clear communication of customer concerns, documentation, and collaboration with colleagues and partners across locations.
- Flexibility to work schedules that provide effective overlap with EMEA and North America time zones, especially during close and other business-critical periods.
- Strong integrity, ownership, customer focus, analytical thinking, and dedication to accounting policies, internal controls, confidentiality, and ethical conduct.
- A qualification in Accounting or Finance or an equivalent relevant degree; holding a relevant professional certification (for example, CA, CPA, CMA, or similar) is beneficial.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Set operating direction and priorities for multiple GL teams or a large, complex portfolio; translate business objectives into clear plans and measurable outcomes.
- Guide managers and supervisors, developing a robust leadership pipeline, succession strategies, team involvement, and a culture focused on responsibility and ongoing development.
- Serve as the primary contact for the General Ledger Operations team in India. Provide updates to the Senior Manager in the U.S. and seek mentorship when needed.
- Maintain end-to-end oversight of global close and statutory reporting risks across assigned areas; ensure timely communication of blocking issues, coordinated resolution, and reliable financial statement support for eBay's affiliated entities.
- Provide oversight for complex accounting matters and significant judgments; align decisions with Accounting Policy, Controllership, Legal, Tax, Consolidations, and business finance partners.
- Own the control environment across the portfolio, including SOX control build and operation, risk assessment, audit outcomes, and balanced remediation of deficiencies.
- Confirm that accounting treatment across all assigned entities aligns with US GAAP, IFRS, German GAAP (HGB), and other relevant local standards as well as Company policies.
- Sponsor cross-functional initiatives such as M&A integration, global process redesign, system implementations, and automation; manage dependencies, adoption, and benefits realization.
- Establish and review performance measures for close timeliness, reconciliation quality, control health, efficiency, and collaborator experience; act on trends and systemic issues.
- Influence senior collaborators across regions; explain complex issues and trade-offs and recommend decisions that balance compliance, accuracy, efficiency, and business needs.
- Strengthen talent and process resilience through standardization, documentation, scalable operating models, and leadership-level cross-training.
- Ensure this complex and dynamic global accounting operation remains passionate about both accuracy and timeliness at all times.
Experience and Relevant Qualifications
- Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required. Professional qualification such as CPA, CA, ACCA, CIMA, or an equivalent certification, is preferred.
- Over 12 years of accounting or finance experience, with a minimum of 5 years leading managers or several accounting groups in a complex, multinational setting.
- Deep understanding of GL operations, month-end close, statutory reporting, internal controls and SOX, and applicable accounting standards such as US GAAP and IFRS; familiarity with German GAAP (HGB) is advantageous.
- Demonstrated experience supporting statutory financial statement preparation and external audit processes across multiple entities or jurisdictions.
- SAP S4-HANA experience is required; demonstrated ability to sponsor system-enabled process and control improvements.
- Strong executive communication, careful planning, change leadership, risk management, and cross-functional influence skills.
- Strong Excel skills and analytical approach; self-motivated with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, global environment.
- Proficient in English; German or other language skills are a plus.
People Management: This role carries direct people management responsibility. Candidates must demonstrate experience leading, mentoring, and developing accounting professionals and building high-performing, resilient teams.
Additional Details
eBay is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and disability, or other legally protected status. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please contact us at [email protected]. We will make every effort to respond to your request for accommodation as soon as possible. View our accessibility statement to learn more about eBay's commitment to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities.
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