Time Inc - Assistant Manager - Corporate Accounting

Assistant Manager - Corporate Accounting

- Time Inc. (NYSE:TIME) is a leading content company that engages over 150 million consumers every month through our portfolio of premium brands across platforms.

- By combining our distinctive content with our proprietary data and people-based targeting, we offer highly differentiated end-to-end solutions to marketers across the multi-media landscape.

- Our influential brands include People, TIME, FORTUNE, Sports Illustrated, InStyle, Real Simple and Southern Living, as well as more than 50 diverse titles in the United Kingdom.

- Time Inc.has been extending the power of our brands through various acquisitions and investments, including Viant, an advertising technology firm with a specialized people-based marketing platform, The Foundry, Time Inc.'s creative lab and content studio, and the People Entertainment Weekly Network (PEN).

- The company is also home to celebrated events, such as the TIME 100, FORTUNE Most Powerful Women, People's Sexiest Man Alive, SportsIllustrated's Sportsperson of the Year, the Essence Festival and the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen.

- Business Unit Overview: Time Customer Service is a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Inc. which is one of the world's biggest and most exciting media companies

- Corporate Accounting at TCS is seeking an individual to transition and to manage the accounting operations in India.

Job functions are as follows :

- Oversee monthly operations for corporate accounting. Manage and review the timelines for accounting entries and financial record keeping.

- Manage, research and resolve stakeholder queries on revenue, expense, accrual and receivable numbers, provide explanations and take corrective actions as necessary.

- Analyze the impact of accounting policy changes and suggest system and accounting changes as necessary.

- Maintain timely communication with multiple groups about deliverables, timelines and technical issues.

- Maintain the utilization and error log on a weekly basis and send to US partners for their review and inputs, provide KPI reporting, and suggest and implement improvement areas.

- Implement better quality checking mechanism to ensure there are no errors.

- Manage and review transitions, provide regular project updates to all groups.

- Set up time and work towards troubleshoot the accounting and reporting issues.

Qualifications :

- C.A., M.Com, M.B.A. Finance, 5-7 years of experience, experience working with offshore teams on financial accounting groups preferred.

- This is a GL process; Balance Sheet Reconciliations & Journals is the major chunk of work.

Skills :

- Very good verbal and written communication Thorough grasp on accounting and financial reporting concepts

- Strong MS Excel and Access skills Self-Starter and ability to multitask and prioritize.

- Experience with Oracle or other such financial systems preferred Open/flexible to work late during financial close days.

Holidays : Candidate applying for this job will follow the US Holiday Calendar and following 3PM to 12 Midnight shift.