Job Description:The Senior Accounting Manager will be based in Hyderabad, India. In this position, you will report to the MEIAT Controller. The Senior Manager will be a key leadership role within the India Global Capability Centre, responsible for building and leading a high-performing team that supports global technical accounting, financial reporting, accounting analytics, close operations, and controllership transformation initiatives. This role will partner closely with Corporate Accounting, SEC Reporting, FP&amp;A, Tax, Treasury, FinOps, and regional controllership teams to ensure accurate, effective, and efficient accounting and reporting. The position will help elevate the India GCC from a transactional support model to a more strategic finance capability centre by combining deep U.S. GAAP technical accounting knowledge with data analytics, process excellence, automation, and business partnership. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical accounting experience, US public-company or Global Capabilities/Global Shared Service discipline, analytical mindset, project leadership skills, and the ability to operate effectively across global teams and time zones. This role will be expected to own complex accounting analyses, develop scalable processes, identify risk areas, support audit readiness, and deliver actionable insights through data-driven analytics.Watch “<a href="https://youtu.be/BtjIN9oHRMY?si=ONfWJ-vFlLZckjrE">Culture is our Passion</a>” to learn more about usWe are looking for someone who demonstrates:<ul><li>Passionate drive to innovate and create</li><li>Integrity to the core</li><li>Enthusiastic customer focus</li><li>Consistent interactive teamwork</li><li>Desire for continuous improvement and top performance.</li></ul>Here is a glimpse of what you will do:1. Technical Accounting Leadership<ul><li>Lead and support complex technical accounting matters under U.S. GAAP or applicable company accounting policies, including preparation of accounting memos, and management presentations.</li><li>Key responsibilities include:</li><li>Research, evaluate, and document accounting conclusions for complex or non-routine transactions.</li><li>Support global or regional accounting assessments related to revenue recognition, contract modifications, cost capitalization, inventory, warranties, leases, intercompany transactions, and other judgmental areas.</li><li>Partner with Corporate Technical Accounting to ensure global consistency in interpretation and application of accounting policies.</li><li>Assist in the development, maintenance, and rollout of global accounting policies, procedures, and playbooks.</li><li>Identify areas requiring accounting judgment, estimates, or management review and ensure appropriate governance is applied.</li><li>Support implementation of new accounting standards or policy changes, including impact assessment, system/process changes, controls, and training.</li><li>Prepare technical accounting summaries for senior management or auditors.</li><li>Act as a technical accounting escalation point for the Global Capabilities Center supporting the Global Corporate Controllership.</li></ul><div></div>2. Accounting Analytics and Insights<ul><li>Build and lead accounting analytics capabilities to improve visibility into financial results, close quality, accounting estimates, and risk areas.</li><li>Key responsibilities include:</li><li>Develop analytics to identify unusual trends, anomalies, outliers, unexpected account movements, and potential accounting misstatements.</li><li>Create dashboards and exception reports for high-risk areas such as reserves, intercompany, AP, AR, and manual journal entries.</li><li>Partner with FP&amp;A and Operations Finance to analyze accounting drivers behind margin movements, project profitability, supplier cost changes, tariff impacts, and estimate changes.</li><li>Use data analytics to support month-end close reviews, flux analysis, account reconciliations, journal entry reviews, and audit support.</li><li>Design repeatable analytics for accounting estimates, including reserves, accruals, warranty exposure, inventory valuation, E&amp;O reserves, contract assets/liabilities, and other judgmental balances.</li><li>Support predictive and preventive analytics to identify potential accounting issues before period-end close.</li><li>Translate accounting data into clear insights for controllership.</li></ul><div></div>3. Month-End, Quarter-End, and Year-End Close Support<ul><li>Support global close execution with a focus on complex accounting areas, close governance, analytics, and issue resolution.</li><li>Key responsibilities include:</li><li>Review journal entries, account reconciliations, close analytics, and supporting schedules prepared by GCC or regional controllership teams.</li><li>Ensure close activities are completed accurately, timely, and in compliance with company policies and SOX controls.</li><li>Support quarter-end and year-end reporting requirements, including audit support and preparation of schedules for Corporate Accounting and SEC Reporting.</li><li>Drive root-cause analysis for recurring close issues, post-close adjustments, and late audit inquiries.</li><li>Maintain clear documentation of close judgments, assumptions, approvals, and evidence for audit readiness.</li><li>Support governance forums such as close status meetings, accounting issue reviews, and post-close retrospectives.</li></ul><div></div>4. Financial Reporting and Disclosure Support<ul><li>Support internal and external reporting processes by ensuring accuracy, completeness, and consistency of accounting information.</li><li>Key responsibilities include:</li><li>Support SEC Reporting or Corporate Reporting teams with disclosure tie-outs, footnote support, MD&amp;A analytics, and quarterly reporting packages.</li><li>Assist in preparing clear explanations for significant accounting matters, adjustments, estimates, and unusual transactions.</li><li>Ensure accounting analyses and supporting documentation are complete, audit-ready, and aligned with reporting timelines.</li><li>Help standardize reporting templates, account analysis packages, and management review materials.</li></ul><div></div>5. Internal Controls, SOX, and Audit Readiness<ul><li>Strengthen the control environment by embedding robust controls, documentation standards, and audit-ready practices into GCC accounting processes.</li><li>Key responsibilities include:</li><li>Ensure accounting processes comply with SOX requirements, company policies, and internal control standards.</li><li>Design, execute, and improve controls over technical accounting areas, journal entries, reconciliations, estimates, analytics, and reporting support.</li><li>Identify control gaps, process weaknesses, and recurring audit issues; develop remediation plans and monitor progress.</li><li>Promote proactive issue identification and escalation</li><li>Build a culture of accountability, transparency, and strong documentation across the GCC controllership team.</li></ul><div></div>6. Process Excellence, Automation, and Transformation<ul><li>Lead continuous improvement initiatives that modernize accounting processes and enhance the GCC’s strategic value.</li><li>Key responsibilities include:</li><li>Identify opportunities to automate manual accounting processes, reconciliations, reporting schedules, variance analyses, and exception reviews.</li><li>Partner with IT, Analytics, Finance Transformation, and global process owners to implement scalable solutions using Oracle Fusion, reporting tools, workflow tools, RPA, and analytics platforms.</li><li>Support the design of future-state accounting processes for the GCC, including standard work, global process ownership, and service-level expectations.</li><li>Lead projects to improve close efficiency, reduce manual entries, improve reconciliation quality, and increase visibility into accounting risks.</li><li>Help define KPIs and operational metrics for accounting and analytics processes.</li><li>Promote adoption of AI-enabled and analytics-driven finance practices, while ensuring appropriate governance, controls, and data quality.</li></ul>Here is some of what you will need (required):<ul><li>CPA preferred or Chartered Accountant</li><li>(12-15) years of progressive accounting experience, preferably including public accounting and public-company controllership experience.</li><li>Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP; IFRS knowledge is a plus.</li><li>Experience supporting month-end close, financial reporting, technical accounting, audit, and internal controls.</li><li>Strong analytical skills with experience interpreting large data sets and identifying accounting risks or unusual trends.</li><li>Experience working in a global finance environment, shared services center, global capability center, or multinational organization.</li><li>Strong understanding of SOX controls, audit requirements, documentation standards, and control evidence.</li><li>Ability to prepare high-quality accounting memos, management summaries, and audit support.</li><li>Excellent stakeholder management skills across global teams and time zones.</li><li>Strong leadership skills with experience managing teams, developing talent, and leading process improvements.</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills.</li><li>Flexible to work in US time zone.</li></ul>Here are a few of our preferred experiences:<ul><li>Big 4 or national public accounting firm experience.</li><li>Experience with ERP systems such as Oracle (preferred) or SAP.</li><li>Experience with reporting and analytics tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, SQL, Workiva, or similar tools.</li><li>Experience supporting SEC reporting, 10-Q / 10-K processes, audit committee materials, or external reporting packages.</li><li>Experience building or scaling an India GCC, shared services center, or finance center of excellence.</li><li>Exposure to automation, RPA, AI-enabled analytics, or finance transformation initiatives</li></ul>At Nextpower, we are driving the global energy transition with an integrated clean energy technology platform that combines intelligent structural, electrical, and digital solutions for utility-scale power plants. Our comprehensive portfolio enables faster project delivery, higher performance, and greater reliability, helping our customers capture the full value of solar power. Our talented worldwide teams are redefining how solar power plants are designed, built, and operated every day with smart technology, data-driven insights, and advanced automation. Together, we’re building the foundation for the world’s next generation of clean energy infrastructure.<h1>We are Nextpower</h1>

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Job Description:The Senior Accounting Manager will be based in Hyderabad, India. In this position, you will report to the MEIAT Controller. The Senior Manager will be a key leadership role within the India Global Capability Centre, responsible for building and leading a high-performing team that supports global technical accounting, financial reporting, accounting analytics, close operations, and controllership transformation initiatives. This role will partner closely with Corporate Accounting, SEC Reporting, FP&amp;A, Tax, Treasury, FinOps, and regional controllership teams to ensure accurate, effective, and efficient accounting and reporting. The position will help elevate the India GCC from a transactional support model to a more strategic finance capability centre by combining deep U.S. GAAP technical accounting knowledge with data analytics, process excellence, automation, and business partnership. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical accounting experience, US public-company or Global Capabilities/Global Shared Service discipline, analytical mindset, project leadership skills, and the ability to operate effectively across global teams and time zones. This role will be expected to own complex accounting analyses, develop scalable processes, identify risk areas, support audit readiness, and deliver actionable insights through data-driven analytics.Watch “<a href="https://youtu.be/BtjIN9oHRMY?si=ONfWJ-vFlLZckjrE">Culture is our Passion</a>” to learn more about usWe are looking for someone who demonstrates:<ul><li>Passionate drive to innovate and create</li><li>Integrity to the core</li><li>Enthusiastic customer focus</li><li>Consistent interactive teamwork</li><li>Desire for continuous improvement and top performance.</li></ul>Here is a glimpse of what you will do:1. Technical Accounting Leadership<ul><li>Lead and support complex technical accounting matters under U.S. GAAP or applicable company accounting policies, including preparation of accounting memos, and management presentations.</li><li>Key responsibilities include:</li><li>Research, evaluate, and document accounting conclusions for complex or non-routine transactions.</li><li>Support global or regional accounting assessments related to revenue recognition, contract modifications, cost capitalization, inventory, warranties, leases, intercompany transactions, and other judgmental areas.</li><li>Partner with Corporate Technical Accounting to ensure global consistency in interpretation and application of accounting policies.</li><li>Assist in the development, maintenance, and rollout of global accounting policies, procedures, and playbooks.</li><li>Identify areas requiring accounting judgment, estimates, or management review and ensure appropriate governance is applied.</li><li>Support implementation of new accounting standards or policy changes, including impact assessment, system/process changes, controls, and training.</li><li>Prepare technical accounting summaries for senior management or auditors.</li><li>Act as a technical accounting escalation point for the Global Capabilities Center supporting the Global Corporate Controllership.</li></ul><div></div>2. Accounting Analytics and Insights<ul><li>Build and lead accounting analytics capabilities to improve visibility into financial results, close quality, accounting estimates, and risk areas.</li><li>Key responsibilities include:</li><li>Develop analytics to identify unusual trends, anomalies, outliers, unexpected account movements, and potential accounting misstatements.</li><li>Create dashboards and exception reports for high-risk areas such as reserves, intercompany, AP, AR, and manual journal entries.</li><li>Partner with FP&amp;A and Operations Finance to analyze accounting drivers behind margin movements, project profitability, supplier cost changes, tariff impacts, and estimate changes.</li><li>Use data analytics to support month-end close reviews, flux analysis, account reconciliations, journal entry reviews, and audit support.</li><li>Design repeatable analytics for accounting estimates, including reserves, accruals, warranty exposure, inventory valuation, E&amp;O reserves, contract assets/liabilities, and other judgmental balances.</li><li>Support predictive and preventive analytics to identify potential accounting issues before period-end close.</li><li>Translate accounting data into clear insights for controllership.</li></ul><div></div>3. Month-End, Quarter-End, and Year-End Close Support<ul><li>Support global close execution with a focus on complex accounting areas, close governance, analytics, and issue resolution.</li><li>Key responsibilities include:</li><li>Review journal entries, account reconciliations, close analytics, and supporting schedules prepared by GCC or regional controllership teams.</li><li>Ensure close activities are completed accurately, timely, and in compliance with company policies and SOX controls.</li><li>Support quarter-end and year-end reporting requirements, including audit support and preparation of schedules for Corporate Accounting and SEC Reporting.</li><li>Drive root-cause analysis for recurring close issues, post-close adjustments, and late audit inquiries.</li><li>Maintain clear documentation of close judgments, assumptions, approvals, and evidence for audit readiness.</li><li>Support governance forums such as close status meetings, accounting issue reviews, and post-close retrospectives.</li></ul><div></div>4. Financial Reporting and Disclosure Support<ul><li>Support internal and external reporting processes by ensuring accuracy, completeness, and consistency of accounting information.</li><li>Key responsibilities include:</li><li>Support SEC Reporting or Corporate Reporting teams with disclosure tie-outs, footnote support, MD&amp;A analytics, and quarterly reporting packages.</li><li>Assist in preparing clear explanations for significant accounting matters, adjustments, estimates, and unusual transactions.</li><li>Ensure accounting analyses and supporting documentation are complete, audit-ready, and aligned with reporting timelines.</li><li>Help standardize reporting templates, account analysis packages, and management review materials.</li></ul><div></div>5. Internal Controls, SOX, and Audit Readiness<ul><li>Strengthen the control environment by embedding robust controls, documentation standards, and audit-ready practices into GCC accounting processes.</li><li>Key responsibilities include:</li><li>Ensure accounting processes comply with SOX requirements, company policies, and internal control standards.</li><li>Design, execute, and improve controls over technical accounting areas, journal entries, reconciliations, estimates, analytics, and reporting support.</li><li>Identify control gaps, process weaknesses, and recurring audit issues; develop remediation plans and monitor progress.</li><li>Promote proactive issue identification and escalation</li><li>Build a culture of accountability, transparency, and strong documentation across the GCC controllership team.</li></ul><div></div>6. Process Excellence, Automation, and Transformation<ul><li>Lead continuous improvement initiatives that modernize accounting processes and enhance the GCC’s strategic value.</li><li>Key responsibilities include:</li><li>Identify opportunities to automate manual accounting processes, reconciliations, reporting schedules, variance analyses, and exception reviews.</li><li>Partner with IT, Analytics, Finance Transformation, and global process owners to implement scalable solutions using Oracle Fusion, reporting tools, workflow tools, RPA, and analytics platforms.</li><li>Support the design of future-state accounting processes for the GCC, including standard work, global process ownership, and service-level expectations.</li><li>Lead projects to improve close efficiency, reduce manual entries, improve reconciliation quality, and increase visibility into accounting risks.</li><li>Help define KPIs and operational metrics for accounting and analytics processes.</li><li>Promote adoption of AI-enabled and analytics-driven finance practices, while ensuring appropriate governance, controls, and data quality.</li></ul>Here is some of what you will need (required):<ul><li>CPA preferred or Chartered Accountant</li><li>(12-15) years of progressive accounting experience, preferably including public accounting and public-company controllership experience.</li><li>Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP; IFRS knowledge is a plus.</li><li>Experience supporting month-end close, financial reporting, technical accounting, audit, and internal controls.</li><li>Strong analytical skills with experience interpreting large data sets and identifying accounting risks or unusual trends.</li><li>Experience working in a global finance environment, shared services center, global capability center, or multinational organization.</li><li>Strong understanding of SOX controls, audit requirements, documentation standards, and control evidence.</li><li>Ability to prepare high-quality accounting memos, management summaries, and audit support.</li><li>Excellent stakeholder management skills across global teams and time zones.</li><li>Strong leadership skills with experience managing teams, developing talent, and leading process improvements.</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills.</li><li>Flexible to work in US time zone.</li></ul>Here are a few of our preferred experiences:<ul><li>Big 4 or national public accounting firm experience.</li><li>Experience with ERP systems such as Oracle (preferred) or SAP.</li><li>Experience with reporting and analytics tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, SQL, Workiva, or similar tools.</li><li>Experience supporting SEC reporting, 10-Q / 10-K processes, audit committee materials, or external reporting packages.</li><li>Experience building or scaling an India GCC, shared services center, or finance center of excellence.</li><li>Exposure to automation, RPA, AI-enabled analytics, or finance transformation initiatives</li></ul>At Nextpower, we are driving the global energy transition with an integrated clean energy technology platform that combines intelligent structural, electrical, and digital solutions for utility-scale power plants. Our comprehensive portfolio enables faster project delivery, higher performance, and greater reliability, helping our customers capture the full value of solar power. Our talented worldwide teams are redefining how solar power plants are designed, built, and operated every day with smart technology, data-driven insights, and advanced automation. Together, we’re building the foundation for the world’s next generation of clean energy infrastructure.<h1>We are Nextpower</h1>

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