Accounting Senior Specialist

Overview

Senior Specialist – Inventory & Sales Management

About Catalyst Brands:

Catalyst Brands is a leading U.S.-based retail organization formed in 2025 through the merger of JCPenney and SPARC Group, combining multiple iconic fashion brands under one umbrella. The company manages a diversified portfolio of well-known brands including Aéropostale, Brooks Brothers, Nautica, Lucky Brand, and JCPenney. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Catalyst Brands focuses on delivering modern retail experiences while leveraging the heritage of established global brands. With a workforce of over tens of thousands and multi-billion-dollar revenue, the organization operates at a large scale across retail, e-commerce, and supply chain domains. The company emphasizes innovation, digital transformation, and customer-centric strategies to enhance brand value and consumer engagement. Catalyst Brands is expanding its global presence, including a growing capability centre in India that supports technology, digital operations, and analytics. It aims to drive operational excellence and business growth by integrating technology, data-driven insights, and efficient retail practices.

Responsibilities: 

• Review and reconcile sales transactions from stores, e-commerce platforms, and payment systems to ensure complete and accurate revenue reporting.
• Investigate payment discrepancies, chargebacks, and credit card exceptions. Partner with internal and external stakeholders to achieve timely resolution.
• Record accurate journal entries related to sales, payments, inventory adjustments, and other accounting transactions in compliance with company policies.
• Prepare, review, and maintain assigned account reconciliations. Research and resolve outstanding reconciling items to ensure financial accuracy.
• Review General Ledger activity, identify variances, investigate discrepancies, and ensure transactions are recorded correctly.
• Investigate recurring sales, inventory, and payment issues to identify underlying causes and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, eliminate manual activities, improve controls, and support automation initiatives across Finance and Sales Audit functions.
• Use data mining, analytics, and reporting tools to identify trends, anomalies, operational risks, and opportunities for process enhancement.
• Collaborate with Finance, Operations, Shared Services, and IT teams on system implementations, testing, process improvements, and business initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with accounting policies, audit requirements, and established business controls while recommending enhancements to strengthen governance.
• Serve as a Sales Audit resource for complex issues, support team members, and provide backup coverage for critical departmental functions.
• Present analysis, risks, root causes, and corrective actions in a clear and actionable manner to management and business partners, supporting informed decision-making.
• Develop and enhance operational metrics, dashboards, reporting, and monitoring tools under managerial guidance to support Sales Audit processes, identify trends and exceptions, improve visibility into business performance, and enable data-driven decision-making
 
Core Competencies & Accomplishments:  
• Improved accuracy and timeliness of sales audit and reconciliation processes.
• Reduced manual effort through automation and process simplification initiatives.
• Successfully resolved complex financial discrepancies and operational issues.
• Enhanced reporting, dashboarding, and performance monitoring capabilities.
• Strengthened internal controls and compliance with accounting policies.
• Delivered actionable insights through data analytics and root-cause investigations.
• Led cross-functional initiatives resulting in measurable efficiency and cost savings.
• Basic knowledge of SQL and data querying for transaction analysis and reporting.

Experience/Education:
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance is preferred. 
• 4- 6 years’ experience in roles with increasing responsibility AND analytical decision making

Pay Range

INR ₹0.00 - INR ₹0.00 /Yr.