S&P Global

Job Description Summary

The Team: The Center of Excellence Accounting team within Corporate Controllers is responsible for accounting across S&P Global related to variable expense and centralized accounting support across the income statement. The team values collaboration and the ability to think critically while problem solving.

The Impact: The individual will be part of a team of 3-4 accrual specialists and perform the third- party variable, unstructured expense and royalty expense accruals, expense reconciliations, invoicing, and other related expense related activities, as needed. The individual and his/her team is responsible for accrual calculation model building and related reconciliations. The individual should understand AP/P2P reporting and the reconciliation processes in order to perform the duties. This position will assist the Associate Director of Unstructured Expense for the recording of the month end close entries. The individual will also be helping with the ad hoc reporting and audit requests and ensure the adherence to our SOX policies and procedures related to AP and Expense accounting.

The role will assist with the calculation of complex expense accruals impacting multiple business units across S&P Global. Accounting is dependent on using data form multiple sub-systems across the company that are organized and linked to calculation models that drive expense accruals and vendor invoicing.

The candidate will perform general ledger control reconciliations and work closely with the Business Unit Finance / Corporate Controllers teams to complete the reconciliations meeting the reconciliation policy requirements. The candidate should be proactive in getting the reconciliation items cleared on a timely manner.

Understand subsystems such as SAP, Oracle Cloud, AP modules and our legacy systems that impact expense to ensure overall end to end process works continuously and effectively. Adhere to accounting, audit, systems controls, and procedures ensuring compliance with corporate policies and SOX controls.

What’s in it for you:

• Opportunity to be part of S&P Global, a growing global organization that powers the markets of the future.
• Be part of a global accounting team and collaborate with domestic and international staff, third parties; AP and OTC teams and all global business units focusing on achieving team / company objectives.
• To work in the latest cutting edge technologies including working with software to analyze large data sets.

Responsibilities:

• Learn, absorb, and perform accrual models across various business groups.
• Night shift required, same hours as New York team.
• Key contributor to the month-end close and monthly unstructured expense reporting.
• Calculation of complex expense accruals using data from multiple sub-systems across S&P Global.
• Assisting with reporting to internal FP&A teams.
• Preparation of purchase orders, accounts payable royalty invoice payment processing and tracking.
• Assist in the preparation of the accounting close and financial reporting including journal entries and balance sheet account reconciliations.
• Work closely with other team members across the S&P Global Corporate Controllers team.
• Use broader knowledge of financial principles and theories to continually improve processes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to interact and collaborate with internal (employees) and external customers at all levels including third parties to achieve results.
• Strong ability to analyze and resolve issues timely and efficiently while ensuring SOX compliance is imperative.

Qualifications:

• 4-6 years of expense accounting experience preferred.
• College level accounting degree required.
• Experience with SAP/Oracle and strong Excel skills such as Pivots and formulas.
• Willingness to learn our new systems, legacy systems and data management tools like Alteryx and Tableau at a fast pace.
• Experience in Alteryx or databases a plus.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required.
• Ability to interact and collaborate with internal and external customers at all levels of management and staff globally.
• High degree of accuracy and management of heavy workload; understanding of contributions to the overall end to end process.
• Knowledge of all Microsoft Office Products specifically Outlook, Excel and Word.
• Must be assertive to follow up on resolving issues, ability to multi-task in a fast paced and

ever-changing environment.

Grade/Level (relevant for internal applicants only): 08

The Location: Hyderabad, India

About Company Statement:

S&P Global Corporate

At S&P Global, we don’t give you intelligence—we give you essential intelligence. The essential intelligence you need to make decisions with conviction. We’re the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks and analytics in the global capital and commodity markets. Our divisions include S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Market Intelligence, S&P Dow Jones Indices and S&P Global Platts. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com

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Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment. 

If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.  

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