Global Accounting Manager

About the role

The Global Accounting Manager is a key member of the GICAR team, operating under the Global Accounting Director within the Global Accounting and Control (GAC) team. The role is central to BCG's global financial close, consolidation and reporting cycle, and acts as a subject matter expert on technical accounting while driving AI-enabled process improvements.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as the global controllership function, owning, authoring and enforcing accounting policies and procedures across all regions and offices.
• Consolidate and report financial information monthly, quarterly and annually on management and US GAAP statements, and support finance teams on technical accounting matters.
• Support the month-end close, working with affiliate offices on timely ledger submissions, and perform quarterly US GAAP reporting, compliance checks and reconciliations.
• Lead the global year-end close process memo and appendices, and oversee the annual consolidated financial statement audit process with external auditors.
• Leverage AI tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Power BI, Power Automate) to automate reconciliations, close workflows and reporting, and to review SAP results for inconsistencies and outliers.
• Champion AI adoption in the team, developing training and governance frameworks for responsible AI use in financial reporting.
• Manage, coach and develop junior team members, and partner with local finance teams, Treasury, Tax, Risk, Finance Systems and external auditors.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA/CA designation required; Master's degree or MBA a plus.
• 6-8 years of progressive accounting experience, including extensive US GAAP reporting; prior experience at a large public accounting firm required.
• Demonstrated experience managing and developing direct reports.
• Experience at a large multinational company in a multi-currency environment preferred.

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS and IFRS-based statutory frameworks.
• SAP accounting systems (S/4HANA Public Cloud and SAP Group Reporting) and Microsoft 365; SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC).
• Familiarity with AI tools for financial reporting and analysis.
• Data analysis and reporting tools such as Tableau, Alteryx, Power Query, Python, Power BI and Power Automate are a plus.