JD - Senior Manager, Accounting & Advisory

About Tickmarks Inc.

Tickmarks Inc. is a global advisory and technology firm specializing in finance transformation, accounting operations, governance, and cross-border reporting solutions. We partner with growth-stage and established organizations to build scalable finance functions with strong controls, operational rigor, and strategic insight.

Role Overview

We are seeking a qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) with a minimum of 7+ years of relevant post-qualification experience to join our Accounting & Advisory practice as a Senior Manager.

The ideal candidate should have prior Big 4 experience, along with strong exposure to Indian accounting practices, financial reporting, statutory requirements, technical accounting, and global client engagements.

The role requires the ability to independently manage complex engagements, own senior client relationships, review high-quality accounting deliverables, lead Managers and teams, and contribute to the continued growth of the Accounting & Advisory practice.

CTC: As per company norms

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and review preparation of financial statements and reporting deliverables under Ind AS / Indian GAAP, IFRS, UK GAAP, and US GAAP, as applicable.
• Oversee month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close, including reconciliations, variance analysis, management reporting, and financial schedules.
• Lead accounting advisory assignments including GAAP conversions, technical accounting memos, accounting policy documentation, and financial reporting assessments.
• Manage statutory reporting, audit coordination, audit queries, and supporting documentation, ensuring compliance with applicable accounting and reporting requirements.
• Independently manage multiple client engagements, including planning, resource allocation, timelines, risk management, review, and final delivery.
• Act as a senior point of contact for India, UK, US, APAC, and other global stakeholders, including Controllers, Finance Heads, CFO teams, auditors, and client leadership.
• Review complex accounting work and provide technical guidance to Managers and team members, ensuring accuracy, consistency, compliance, and high-quality client delivery.
• Lead, mentor, and develop Managers, Assistant Managers, and accounting professionals, including work allocation, coaching, performance feedback, and capability development.
• Identify and resolve complex accounting, reporting, operational, control, and client-delivery issues with limited supervision.
• Drive process improvement, standardization, automation, stronger controls, and finance transformation initiatives across engagements.
• Support client transitions, new engagement setup, process migrations, knowledge transfer, SOP development, and stabilization activities.
• Work with accounting and ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, QuickBooks, Xero, Microsoft Dynamics, and other financial systems.
• Monitor engagement quality, SLAs, risks, productivity, and client satisfaction, proactively managing issues and escalations.
• Contribute to proposals, client presentations, solution development, scoping, and business development initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen existing client relationships, expand engagements, and support the overall growth of the Accounting & Advisory practice.

Qualifications & Experience

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA).
• Minimum 7+ years of relevant post-qualification experience in accounting, financial reporting, audit, controllership, accounting advisory, or finance transformation.
• Prior Big 4 experience is required, with strong exposure to professional-services and complex client engagements.
• Strong experience in Indian accounting practices, including statutory reporting, audit requirements, Ind AS / Indian GAAP, financial reporting, and accounting advisory.
• Experience working within an Indian accounting/audit/advisory practice is strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Ind AS / Indian GAAP and IFRS, with exposure to UK GAAP and/or US GAAP highly desirable.
• Proven experience in financial statement preparation/review, close activities, reconciliations, management reporting, audit support, and technical accounting.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple client engagements and senior stakeholders independently.
• Proven experience leading, reviewing, coaching, and developing accounting teams.
• Strong understanding of internal controls, governance, accounting policies, and quality-review processes.
• Excellent analytical, documentation, presentation, and Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience with major ERP/accounting platforms such as SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, QuickBooks, Xero, or Microsoft Dynamics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact confidently with senior client stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, stakeholder-management, and escalation-management capabilities.
• Experience in finance transformation, process improvement, ERP migration/implementation, or accounting process transitions is an advantage.
• Exposure to proposals, solutioning, client expansion, or business development is desirable.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver consistently in a fast-paced professional-services environment.
• Willingness to support UK, US, APAC, and other global time zones based on client requirements.

Senior Manager Success Profile

A successful Senior Manager should be able to:

• Independently own client relationships and engagements
• Review complex accounting and financial reporting work
• Lead Managers and multi-level accounting teams
• Protect engagement quality, compliance, controls, and delivery timelines
• Handle senior client stakeholders and critical escalations confidently
• Provide technical accounting guidance and sound professional judgment
• Drive finance transformation and process improvement
• Develop future Managers and team leaders
• Identify opportunities to expand client relationships
• Contribute to proposals, solution development, and practice growth