Senior Accountant

Blackbaud India; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FinTech company is seeking a highly skilled Senior Accountant to join their Payments Accounting team. This role involves executing month-end close activities, reconciling transactions, ensuring compliance with SOX controls, collaborating with auditors, and streamlining accounting workflows. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience, preferably in public accounting or the technology industry, and is well-versed in US GAAP and ASC 606 compliance. The position offers flexible remote or hybrid working options.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant public accounting and/or industry experience.
• Big 4 audit experience preferred.
• Payments or technology industry experience preferred.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute monthly and quarterly close activities.
• Perform daily and monthly reconciliations for Payments solutions.
• Collaborate with auditors to ensure compliance.
• Develop and update standard operating procedures.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Interpersonal communication

Organizational skills

US GAAP knowledge

Education

Undergraduate degree in Accounting

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Workday

Blackline

Hyperion

Stripe

Alteryx

Job description

Blackbaud is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Accountant to join our Payments Accounting team. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Revenue, Payments & Technical Accounting, this role is ideal for a self‑motivated professional who thrives in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment and is passionate about process improvement, automation, and technical excellence. This role focuses on Blackbaud’s FinTech business and includes both the accounting for high volume transactions and technical review of partner, customer and supplier arrangements for appropriate accounting treatment.

What You'll Do

• Lead and execute monthly and quarterly close activities, including journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, variance analyses, financial reporting deliverables, and analytical reviews.
• Perform daily and monthly platform to processor reconciliations and analysis for Blackbaud’s various Payments solutions.
• Perform and document SOX controls related to accounting and reporting processes, including designing new processes and controls to support business or system changes.
• Collaborate with external and internal auditors to ensure compliance with quarterly and annual audit requirements.
• Develop, review, and update standard operating procedures for accounting processes and tasks.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams—including product, finance, and engineering—to streamline accounting workflows and implement or support automation.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to review new go‑to‑market offers and new arrangements with partners, customers, and suppliers for appropriate accounting treatment. Propose accounting operations to support those arrangements as needed.
• Research and prepare technical accounting analyses, with a focus on US GAAP and ASC 606 compliance.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of relevant public accounting and/or industry experience; Big 4 audit experience preferred.
• Undergraduate degree in Accounting.
• Payments or technology industry experience preferred.
• Fluency in US GAAP and ability to research complex accounting issues, especially ASC 606.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with a demonstrated drive for excellence.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities, both written and verbal, with a proven track record of effective collaboration in team and matrixed environments.
• Strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize work across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and excel in a fast‑paced environment.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel; experience with Workday, Blackline, Hyperion, Stripe, Alteryx and large data sets is highly desirable.

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