Accountant

What You'll Do
In this role, the candidates will be having dual responsibilities of Accounting and providing vital support related to GST for Indian legal entities. The ideal candidates will have the flexibility, cross-functional communication skills, and the ability to adapt and learn independently in the team-oriented and innovation-focused culture of the Cisco enterprise. This is a great opportunity for the right person to expand their experience and hone their skills, in a global organization, that offers a broad horizon for career advancement.
The candidate will be responsible for the following:
Review process and system changes/requirements to comply with USGAAP/ local GAAP. Work with IT, Tax, or other cross-functional teams to resolve issues.
Reconciliation of books of accounts (USGAAP & IGAAP)
Review of Trial Balance for each state and do necessary accounting for closing the books
Lead month-end book closure in compliance with USGAAP
Drive statutory and Tax audits and other compliance activities
Review intercompany accounting and ensure regular settlement in compliance with FEMA
Prepare and approve Balance sheet reconciliations and drive closure of open items
Who You'll work with:
- You will be part of the Cisco Global Accounting and Reporting (GAR) team, which is committed to being a valued Finance business partner focusing on controllership oversight, delivery of accounting services, and compliance assurance.
- You will collaborate seamlessly with partners, internal COEs, stakeholders like Tax, Legal, compliance, and other relevant functions.
Who You Are:
A qualified Chartered Accountant with a minimum of 2-3 years of experience
- Hands-on experience in USGAAP and IGAAP accounting.
Exposure to GL accounting, reconciliation of balance sheet accounts.
Audit assurance experience in handling & completing audits of large US MNC subsidiaries in the IT/Telecom industry and/or other industry experience first-hand on exposure of statutory audit and tax audit.
Adept and comfortable working through matrix organizations with controllership and compliance goals.
Teamwork, collaboration, stakeholder management, and project management.
Excellent communication skills, ability to present data as meaningful information to leadership teams as well.
Communicate effectively internal teams & external stakeholders
Hands-on knowledge of Oracle Financials ERP, Microsoft XL, PPT, Word, and other office tools
Why Cisco:
We connect everything: people, processes, data, and things. We innovate everywhere, taking bold risks to shape the technologies that give us smart cities, connected cars, and handheld hospitals. And we do it in style with unique personalities who aren't afraid to change the way the world works, lives, plays, and learns. We celebrate the creativity and diversity that fuels our innovation. We are dreamers and we are doers.
We Are Cisco.
Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.
Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.