Lead Accountant
FIS · United States · 10d ago
Job Description
Financial Close & Accounting Operations
- Execute and support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities for assigned areas, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Prepare, review, and analyze journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, rollforwards, and supporting schedules.
- Manage accounting for significant operating expenses, including contractor, consulting, professional services, software licensing, and technology-related costs.
- Coordinate monthly and quarterly accrual processes, including analysis of spend trends and collaboration with budget owners.
Technology & Vendor Accounting
- Support accounting and financial reporting for software, cloud computing arrangements, SaaS subscriptions, implementation costs, and technology-related contracts.
- Review vendor agreements, statements of work, and purchase arrangements to determine appropriate accounting treatment under U.S. GAAP.
- Assist in evaluating capitalization versus expense determinations for technology investments and implementation projects.
- Partner with Procurement, Technology, Legal, and Finance teams to ensure proper accounting for new vendor arrangements.
Analysis & Reporting
- Perform detailed variance analysis and explain period-over-period fluctuations to management.
- Develop actionable insights from financial data to support business decision-making and cost management initiatives.
- Prepare executive-level reporting packages and management presentations.
- Analyze large data sets from multiple financial systems and develop efficient reporting solutions.
Audit & Compliance
- Support internal and external audits by preparing audit support, researching transactions, and responding to auditor inquiries.
- Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, SOX controls, corporate accounting policies, and financial governance requirements.
- Maintain documentation supporting accounting conclusions and key accounting estimates.
Process Improvement & Automation
- Identify opportunities to streamline accounting processes through automation and improved reporting solutions.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on efficiency, scalability, and control effectiveness.
- Leverage advanced Excel and financial systems capabilities to improve data quality and reporting accuracy.
Collaboration & Leadership
- Serve as a key accounting partner to stakeholders across Finance, Technology, Procurement, Legal, and Operations.
- Provide guidance and training to team members on accounting policies, close procedures, and best practices.
- Support special projects, acquisitions, system implementations, and strategic finance initiatives as assigned.
- Provide operational oversight and governance of offshore and third-party accounting resources supporting financial close, reconciliations, accruals, and reporting activities.
- Review and validate work products prepared by outsourced accounting teams, ensuring appropriate supporting documentation, accounting conclusions, and control execution.
- Establish expectations, monitor performance against service-level objectives, and ensure accounting deliverables are completed accurately, timely, and in compliance with company policies.
Privacy Statement
FIS is committed to protecting the privacy and security of all personal information that we process in order to provide services to our clients. For specific information on how FIS protects personal information online, please see the Online Privacy Notice.
EEOC Statement
FIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here supplement document available here
For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test. ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Sourcing Model
Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.
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