Finance Accounting Group Manager

U.S. Consumer Cards (USCC) is a core business unit within Citibank and includes several Card Product teams including Partnership Cards and Development.  Partnership Cards and Development Controllership provide accounting, control, and reporting support for USCC. Major partner relationships within Partner Cards and Development include Costco, American Airlines, The Home Depot (THD), Best Buy, Macy's, AT&T, LL Bean and numerous other smaller portfolios. The Partnership Cards Controllers organization is part of the Global Functions.  The partnership cards controllership organization provides critical support to the USCC business team.

The Finance Accounting Group Manager is a professional with strategic mindset, who stays abreast of developments within own field and the business in general. Such an individual is recognized for technical authority for their area within the business. The role requires good commercial awareness, development and utilization of clear communication and diplomacy skills. It also requires the ability to guide, influence and convince others, in particular, colleagues in other areas. Provides advice and counsel related to the technology or operations of the business. Work impacts an entire area, which eventually affects the overall performance and effectiveness of the sub-function/job family.

Finance Accounting Group Manager will report to the USCC Controller for Fiserv Portfolios. The primary responsibility includes compliance to contractual financial obligations, financial & partnership reporting and control related matters for the consumer credit card portfolio within Partner Cards and Development.  The individual in this role will work across functions including Controllers Organization, the Business, Lead Finance Officers (LFO), internal and external auditors, on matters related to portfolio reporting.

Responsibilities

• Manage Fiserv portfolios revenue share settlements in compliance with contractual financial obligations.

• Provide governance and oversight accounting operations to ensure accurate reporting.

• Review and examine key controls for accounting processes across portfolio reporting.

• Focuses on the implementation of policies and procedures.

• Partner with key stakeholders including legal entity managers, Balance Sheet control group (BSCG), Global process lead (GPL) & Global process owner (GPO) across multiple locations communicating progress on assigned process completion.

• Identify and appropriately highlight / escalate concerns to stakeholders such as Regional Balance Sheet control group / Global process lead (GPL) and Global process owner (GPO) and work with them for resolution.

• Applies in-depth understanding of concepts and procedures within own area and advanced knowledge of other areas to resolve issues that have impact beyond own area.

• Develop in-depth understanding of processes that collectively integrate around business goals.

• Influence leadership across multiple functions for business solutions.

• Ensures essential procedures are followed and contributes to defining standards.

• Provides assurance and partners with audit team to monitor controls and accuracy of accounting.

• Persuades and influences others through strong communication and people skills.

• Have an ability to operate with limited direct supervision.

• Ability to exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.

• Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.

• Appropriately assess risk during business decisions process

• Assists in the calculation of GL entries for monthly revenue share and various business accruals

• Participates in monthly income statement reviews during month end close process; identify drivers of the period over period variances

• Performs Balance sheet variance analysis throughout close process

• Prepares monthly partner settlement documents and revenue share calculations.

Qualifications:

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) / Master in business administration (MBA)/ Chartered Accountant (CA) or equivalent combination of education, desired but not required.

• 6+ years of experience in accounting management with commensurate stakeholder management experience

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred

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Job Family Group:

Finance

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Job Family:

Financial Accounting

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Accounting Processes and Financial Controls, Assessment, Credible Challenge, Financial Accounting, Management Reporting, Policy and Regulation, Risk Management.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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