Senior Manager – Finance & Accounting

Job Information

Job Opening ID ZR_119_JOB

Number of Positions 1

Job Opening Status In-progress

Date Opened 10/28/2026

Industry BPO

Job Type Full time

Required Skills

taxation

english

+18

City Ambattur

State/Province Tamil Nadu

Country India

Zip/Postal Code 600058

About Us

Cognet HRO is a leading Business Process Outsourcing Services Company providing full range of HR and F&A services to US based clients ,With over 17 years of rich experience in Payroll Tax, Benefits S & HR Administration, Finance & Accounting , Sales Support. CogNet has been serving the PEO, ASO, HRO and HR Technology spaces since our inception. We help organizations extend their capabilities through simplified implementation, productivity performance measured to the minute, easy collaboration, and transparent pricing built around real time utilization. Our extensive expertise, data library, and workflow development tools accelerates the client implementation process .We have developed a deep expertise of process and technology in our Services , which allows us to rapidly deliver value to our clients. Cognet has been delivering outsourced solutions to the clients around the Globe.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager – Finance & Accounting with strong knowledge of US GAAP, payroll accounting and general ledger operations to lead and strengthen our F&A service delivery.

The successful candidate will combine technical accounting expertise with operational leadership. The role requires an understanding of how payroll transactions, payroll taxes, employee benefit deductions, employer liabilities and client billing interact with the general ledger and financial statements.

The individual will oversee multiple accounting processes and client portfolios, ensure the accuracy and timeliness of deliverables, strengthen internal controls, manage client relationships and drive standardization, automation and continuous improvement.

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring the ability to investigate complex accounting variances, establish effective reconciliation controls, review financial deliverables and develop a high-performing team.

Key Responsibilities

A. US GAAP and General Ledger Accounting

Apply a strong working knowledge of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) to accounting operations and financial reporting.

Oversee general ledger maintenance, journal entries, account reconciliations, trial balance preparation and month-end and quarter-end close activities.

Review accruals, prepayments, provisions, expense allocations, balance sheet schedules and adjusting journal entries.

Understand the appropriate accounting treatment for payroll expenses, employer payroll taxes, employee deductions, benefits, accrued compensation and related liabilities.

Review financial statements, management reporting packages and supporting schedules for accuracy, completeness and consistency.

Identify accounting discrepancies, investigate root causes and ensure appropriate resolution and documentation.

Support accounting policy implementation, audit requirements and client-specific reporting conventions.

B. Payroll Accounting and Reconciliation

Oversee payroll accounting activities for US-based clients, ensuring payroll transactions are accurately reflected in the general ledger.

Understand the accounting flow for gross wages, net pay, employer payroll taxes, employee tax withholdings, benefits deductions, retirement contributions and other payroll-related liabilities.

Review reconciliations between payroll systems, payroll tax systems, bank statements and general ledger accounts.

Ensure payroll registers, payroll summaries, tax liabilities, funding reports and accounting entries reconcile appropriately.

Investigate differences arising from payroll adjustments, voids, reversals, off-cycle payrolls, timing differences and prior-period corrections.

Monitor payroll clearing accounts, accrued payroll, payroll tax payable, benefits payable and other payroll-related balance sheet accounts.

Validate payroll-related accruals and period-end cut-off, ensuring expenses and liabilities are recorded in the appropriate accounting period.

Work with payroll operations and tax teams to resolve discrepancies and strengthen end-to-end controls.

Ensure reconciliations are supported by appropriate documentation and completed within agreed deadlines.

C. Finance & Accounting Service Delivery

Manage day-to-day delivery across multiple F&A processes and client accounts.

Oversee bank and balance sheet reconciliations, accounts payable, vendor payments, accounts receivable monitoring, journal entries and general ledger support.

Review client billing support, invoice reconciliations and financial data imports and exports between operational platforms and accounting systems.

Ensure accurate trial balances, financial reporting packages, management books and audit schedules.

Establish review mechanisms, maker-checker controls, escalation protocols and documented standard operating procedures.

Monitor service-level agreements (SLAs), turnaround times, accuracy, productivity and client-specific deliverables.

Manage accounting backlogs, aged reconciling items, exceptions and unresolved transactions through structured follow-up.

D. Client Management and Stakeholder Engagement

Act as a senior point of contact for US clients on accounting operations, payroll accounting reconciliations and financial reporting matters.

Participate in client review meetings, operational discussions, transition planning and process improvement initiatives.

Explain accounting variances, reconciliation differences, control gaps and corrective actions clearly to clients and internal stakeholders.

Coordinate with client finance teams, payroll teams, tax teams and technology stakeholders to resolve issues.

Manage escalations professionally and ensure timely communication of risks, dependencies and deliverables.

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