The ATR GBS Coordinator leads global close governance by driving standardized, efficient month-end close processes and ensuring timely escalation and resolution of issues across locations. It supports end-to-end R2R operations, ensuring compliance with accounting standards while managing risks, internal controls, audits, and process improvements. The position requires strong cross-functional coordination, stakeholder communication, and project management to deliver high-quality outcomes and enhance overall R2R performance.
Responsibilities
- Owns global close governance, readiness, escalation.
- Standardize close process across locations, aiming for efficiency and consistency within the organization.
- Oversee successful close procedures by ensuring issues and blockers are immediately escalated and addressed.
- Investigate, elevate, and track issues; implement corrective actions and maintain issue/error logs.
- Identify process gaps, risks and improvement opportunities and drive assigned initiatives to completion with quality and timeliness.
- Support R2R operations, including review and approval of transactions and reports for complex activities or during entity transitions/stabilization.
- Ensure all transactions and reports comply with GAAP, accounting standards, and Global Accounting Policies.
- Contribute to the overall management and development of the R2R tower and achievement of its objectives.
- Perform internal controls review and documentation in line with iPace requirements.
- Act as a point of contact for audit requirements and queries.
- Update SOPs to reflect process changes.
Core Capability Requirements
A. Project & Delivery Management
- Coordinate cross-functional activities
- Manage timelines, dependencies, and deliverables
B. Governance, Compliance & Control
- Ensure quality and compliance adherence
- Assess risks, drive issue prioritization, and elevate when needed
C. Stakeholder Management & Communication
- Communicate effectively across teams
- Provide structured updates on close status, risks, and action plans
D. Decision-Making & Execution
- Demonstrate strong prioritization and assertiveness
- Drive actions across multiple stakeholders
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- CPA/CMA certification (preferred)
- 6–8 years of R2R experience in a Shared Services or BPO environment
- Strong experience in:
- General Ledger
- Intercompany and Fixed Assets Accounting
- Month-end closing (MEC)
- Reconciliation, reporting, and consolidation
- Lease accounting
- Knowledge of IFRS and end-to-end finance processes
- Experience in SAP
- Background in process migration, transitions, or continuous improvement initiatives is an advantage
- Proven track record in stakeholder management, crisis handling, and process improvements
- Proficiency in MS Office
- Strong written and spoken English communication skills
Hybrid - Upon agreement between you and your supervisor, you are entitled to a flexible arrangement where you will be able to split your time between working from the office and working remotely.