Sr Accountant

Job description

The Company PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers. We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards.  Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade. Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day.  We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities. Job Summary: The Senior Accountant, Accounting Governance & Reconciliation Controls will support hands-on execution of account reconciliation quality assurance, reconciliation policy compliance, SOX control activities, issue identification, remediation tracking, and governance reporting across Record-to-Report processes. This role is suited for a strong accounting and controls professional with experience in balance sheet reconciliations, journal reviews, SOX/ICFR testing, audit support, dashboards, SOP documentation, and stakeholder follow-up. The Senior Accountant will work closely with Accounting Governance leadership, control owners, process teams, Internal Audit, SOX PMO, and external auditors to maintain a disciplined control environment. Job Description: Essential Responsibilities: • Initiate accounting processes to ensure financial statements meet local GAAP • Monitor the accounting closing process and post journal entries for any required adjustments in the local ledger • Support the organization in meeting local and global regulatory obligations • Drive process control rigor to support quarterly certification on financials • Implement monthly financial reports and analytics to support structured risk-based monthly financial reviews • Implement statutory financial statements and ensure timely completion of statutory audits • Facilitate month-end, quarter-end, and year-end accounting close activities • Review and prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, roll-forwards, and month-end reporting packages Minimum Qualifications: • 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience. Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications: Account Reconciliation Quality Assurance • Perform quality assurance reviews over balance sheet reconciliations, journals, and related R2R activities in accordance with reconciliation policy and control requirements. • Review reconciliations for completeness, accuracy, timely preparation and approval, adequate support, aging items, reconciling items, and policy exceptions. • Identify unsupported balances, overdue items, recurring variances, documentation gaps, and potential control issues; escalate themes and risks to management. • Track remediation actions with preparers, reviewers, approvers, and process owners until closure. SOX, ICFR & Control Execution • Execute assigned SOX and non-SOX control activities related to account reconciliations, journal entries, close processes, and finance operations. • Prepare and maintain control evidence, testing support, walkthrough documentation, SOPs, process narratives, and governance trackers. • Support RACM updates, control owner certification, audit planning, evidence requests, and remediation follow-up. • Coordinate with Internal Audit, SOX PMO, external auditors, and control owners to resolve evidence gaps and audit queries. Policy Application & Governance Support • Apply reconciliation policies, finance policy manuals, and internal control standards consistently during QA reviews. • Support policy interpretation by documenting exceptions, identifying process gaps, and recommending practical improvements. • Assist in maintaining reconciliation review procedures, checklists, SOPs, training materials, and control documentation. • Provide guidance to reconciliation preparers and reviewers on documentation quality, support standards, and control expectations. Reporting, Dashboards & Stakeholder Follow-up • Prepare monthly reconciliation QA reports, KPI dashboards, variance reports, open item trackers, and audit status updates. • Summarize quality scores, aging trends, recurring exceptions, unsupported balances,