Accounting Manager

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General Ledger Management L25 | Accounting Manager — Bangalore, India

eBay’s Shared Services Accounting team is seeking a motivated Accounting Manager to lead a Bangalore-based group of supervisors and accountants responsible for eBay’s General Ledger operations. This role supports eBay’s global Marketplace business, emphasizing financial reporting accuracy, statutory adherence, and ongoing enhancement. This position will manage assigned GL functions across cash, payroll, fixed assets, prepaids, intangibles, leases, and intercompany accounting. This role will also assist with month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, and statutory reporting, working closely with colleagues across Accounting, Controlling, Consolidations, Accounting Policy, Tax, Treasury, and Corporate Finance in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with SAP S4-HANA; ability to perform or oversee role-appropriate accounting work in the system.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including clear communication of customer concerns, documentation, and collaboration with colleagues and partners across locations.
• Flexibility to work schedules that provide effective overlap with EMEA and North America time zones, especially during close and other business-critical periods.
• Strong integrity, ownership, customer focus, analytical thinking, and commitment to accounting policies, internal controls, confidentiality, and ethical conduct.
• Accounting or Finance degree or an equivalent relevant qualification; relevant professional certification (such as CA, CPA, CMA, or equivalent) is a plus.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Lead and guide a team of supervisors and staff accountants; define clear objectives, ensure responsibility, manage capacity, and develop succession and cross-training coverage.
• Plan and oversee month-end and quarter-end close activities for assigned GL process areas, ensuring journal entries, reconciliations, analyses, and deliverables support accurate and complete financial statements.
• Assist with statutory accounting processes for eBay's affiliated entities.
• Own process performance, policy compliance, risk assessment, and SOX control execution; monitor issues and remediation through closure.
• Review complex accounting judgments, significant account analyses, and unusual transactions; collaborate with Accounting Policy, Controllership, Tax, Treasury, and Consolidations partners as appropriate.
• Ensure uniform and suitable accounting treatment across entities in line with US GAAP, IFRS, German GAAP (HGB), and other relevant local standards and Company policies.
• Interface and collaborate with management across departments, including finance, tax, treasury, and corporate accounting to guarantee appropriate handling of complex transactions.
• Coordinate internal and external audit requests; ensure evidence, responses, and remediation plans are complete and timely.
• Partner across functions and geographies to resolve close dependencies, improve effectiveness, and maintain consistent global processes.
• Manage cross-functional projects and process improvement initiatives, including automation, system enhancements, and successful collaboration with business partners to deliver customer-focused results.
• Communicate risks, performance, decisions, and recommendations clearly to senior collaborators.

Experience and Relevant Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.
• Professional qualification such as CPA, CA, ACCA, CIMA, or an equivalent certification, is preferred.
• 8–12 years of general ledger accounting experience, including a minimum of 3 years managing people directly.
• Strong technical accounting foundation with comprehensive understanding of US GAAP, IFRS, and relevant local standards; experience with German GAAP (HGB) is advantageous.
• Experience with SAP S4-HANA is required; familiarity with close management, reconciliation, lease, or workflow platforms is a plus.
• Proven judgment, analytical problem-solving, ability to influence collaborators, and capacity to achieve results through others in a fast-paced, multinational environment.
• Strong Excel skills and organizational abilities; able to manage competing priorities across a complex close calendar.
• Fluent in English; German or other language skills are a plus.

People Management

This position involves direct responsibility for managing personnel. Applicants should show experience in guiding, mentoring, and growing accounting professionals while fostering high-performing, resilient teams.

Additional Details

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