Intercompany Sr Manager

Role Summary

The Intercompany Senior Manager is accountable for the accuracy, ageing hygiene, and dispute-resolution discipline of intercompany balances across NIQ entities.

This role ensures that:

• IC accounting, reconciliations, and settlement mechanisms are
• Accurate
• Independently supported
• Timely certified in OneStream
• Fully compliant with SOX / ICFR / IPE standards

The role drives end-to-end IC governance, ensuring counterparty alignment, disciplined escalation, and audit-ready outcomes across the global organization.

Role Purpose

To deliver clean, aligned, and controlled intercompany balances by:

• Owning IC close readiness, execution, and ageing performance
• Driving counterparty alignment and dispute resolution
• Ensuring high-quality reconciliations and certification discipline
• Leading teams and stakeholders to achieve first-time-right IC outcomes

Key Responsibilities

1. End-to-End IC Ownership

• Own end-to-end IC close readiness, execution, and ageing performance
• Ensure IC balances across entities are:
• Accurate
• Aligned
• Fully supported
• Drive consistency in IC accounting and reconciliation practices globally

2. Counterparty Alignment & Mismatch Resolution

• Drive alignment between counterparties across entities
• Ensure timely resolution of:
• IC mismatches
• Disputes between entities
• Enforce accountability and ownership for break resolution

3. Reconciliation Governance & Certification

• Govern IC reconciliations and maker-checker processes
• Ensure all reconciliations are:
• Complete and accurate
• Supported with audit-ready evidence
• Certified in OneStream within close timelines
• Maintain high standards of documentation and traceability

4. Dispute Management & Escalation

• Enforce disciplined IC dispute management framework
• Drive structured escalation and resolution of:
• Complex mismatches
• Cross-entity disputes
• Ensure clear ownership and decision-making for issue resolution

5. Journal & Adjustment Governance

• Ensure IC journals, adjustments, and corrections:
• Meet documentation and compliance standards
• Are accurately recorded and supported
• Validate consistency of IC accounting treatment across entities

6. Controls, Compliance & Audit

• Ensure compliance with:
• SOX / ICFR controls
• IPE evidence standards
• Maintain audit-ready IC processes and documentation
• Lead internal and external audit interactions and issue resolution
• Ensure complete evidence integrity, traceability, and control adherence

7. Stakeholder Management & Cross-Tower Alignment

• Partner with:
• RTR SDL / Close Governance teams
• Controllers and Regional Finance Leads
• Tax / Transfer Pricing teams
• AP / AR Tower Leads
• RTR Quality & Controls Lead
• Ensure alignment across:
• IC processes
• Settlement mechanisms
• Elimination and reporting requirements
• Manage dependencies impacting close and consolidation

8. Team Leadership & Performance Management

• Lead IC preparers, reviewers, and SMEs
• Establish clear accountability for IC quality, ageing, and controls
• Drive a culture of:
• Ownership
• Discipline
• Continuous improvement
• Build team capability and ensure succession readiness

9. Close Governance & Performance Delivery

• Ensure disciplined execution of month-end IC close activities
• Deliver against:
• SLA / CSL metrics
• Close timelines and quality checkpoints
• Monitor and improve IC performance metrics (match rates, ageing, breaks)

10. Continuous Improvement & Transformation

• Identify and implement improvements in:
• IC matching quality
• Ageing reduction
• Dispute resolution efficiency
• Drive automation, standardization, and process enhancements
• Reduce manual effort, errors, and repeat issues

Top Skills for Success

• Intercompany accounting expertise (eliminations, transfer pricing awareness)
• Controls, Compliance & Audit (SOX / ICFR / IPE)
• Reconciliation governance and certification discipline
• Dispute resolution and stakeholder alignment
• Problem solving (RCA / CAPA) and escalation management
• Close governance and SLA delivery
• ERP & reconciliation tools (SAP, OneStream, IC dashboards)
• Analytical skills (variance, ageing, mismatch trends)

Key Outcomes / Success Measures

• Healthy IC balances with disciplined ageing control and minimal mismatches
• Clean, audit-ready IC reconciliations with consistent OneStream certification
• Strong SOX/IPE compliance with complete evidence and traceability
• Faster IC dispute resolution through clear escalation and ownership
• Improved IC match rates and reduced repeat issues

Tools & Systems

• SAP / ERP (IC transactions & reporting) High
• OneStream (IC reconciliations & certification) High
• IC trackers & mismatch dashboards — High
• Microsoft Excel (analysis & ageing management) — High

Qualifications

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• CA / CPA / ACCA (preferred)
• 8–12 years of experience in R2R / Intercompany / Financial Accounting
• Strong understanding of:
• Intercompany accounting and eliminations
• Transfer pricing fundamentals
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP) and reconciliation tools (OneStream / BlackLine)
• Proven leadership experience in:
• Team management
• Stakeholder engagement
• Close governance