Sr Analyst Accounting
Target · Posted Oct 27
General merchandise, apparel, grocery, and home goods retail services
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About the role
Target in India operates as a fully integrated part of Target's global team, with more than 4,000 team members supporting the company's global strategy and operations. The Sr Analyst Accounting role maintains the integrity of balance sheet accounts through reconciliations, financial analysis, and month-end close activities, ensuring compliance with US GAAP and SOX. The role partners with Headquarters and cross-functional teams to strengthen internal controls, drive process improvements and automation, and support audits and transitions.
What you will do
- Perform timely and accurate preparation, review, and certification of Balance Sheet reconciliations for the assigned accounts.
- Ensure completeness and accuracy of month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, including preparation and review of journal entries, accruals, reclasses, and supporting documentation.
- Investigate, analyze, and resolve reconciliation variances by partnering with upstream and downstream business partners to ensure timely resolution.
- Ensure compliance with US GAAP, Target accounting policies, and corporate financial reporting requirements.
- Prepare supporting schedules and account analyses for internal management reporting and external financial reporting requirements.
- Analyze balance sheet accounts to identify financial risks, unusual trends, and control gaps while recommending corrective actions.
- Maintain a strong SOX-compliant control environment by executing key financial controls and documenting evidence in accordance with corporate policies.
- Identify process control deficiencies and partner with stakeholders to implement sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
- Ensure reconciliation standards, certification timelines, and documentation requirements are consistently met.
- Prepare reconciliation metrics, aging analysis, and key performance indicators (KPIs) for leadership reporting.
- Identify automation opportunities and process improvements to reduce manual effort, improve reconciliation quality, and enhance operational efficiency.
- Leverage system capabilities and analytical tools to improve reporting accuracy and reconciliation effectiveness.
- Standardize reconciliation templates, documentation, and best practices across the accounting team.
- Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), process documentation, and knowledge repositories.
- Train, mentor, and support team members to strengthen technical accounting knowledge and reconciliation expertise.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for internal, external, and SOX audit requests related to assigned balance sheet accounts.
- Ensure timely preparation of audit schedules, reconciliation support, and documentation while addressing audit inquiries effectively.
- Support remediation of audit observations and implementation of corrective actions where required.
- Act as the subject matter expert for assigned reconciliation processes and provide guidance to accounting team members.
- Lead discussions with cross-functional stakeholders to resolve complex accounting and reconciliation issues.
- Drive root cause analysis of recurring reconciliation differences and recommend long-term process improvements.
- Support leadership with financial insights, issue resolution, and decision-making through data-driven analysis.
- Lead or participate in cross-functional projects involving process transitions, system implementations, reconciliation optimization, and accounting transformations.
- Support transition of new accounting activities into the team while ensuring strong governance, documentation, and operational readiness.
- Contribute to strategic initiatives focused on strengthening financial controls, automation, and operational excellence.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- B.Com with CA / ACCA / CPA / CMA / CIMA qualification.
- Minimum 8 years of accounting experience with at least 5 years of General Ledger and Balance Sheet Reconciliation experience.
- Hands-on experience with ERP systems such as SAP (preferred) and financial reporting tools.
- Strong understanding of US GAAP, SOX controls, and financial reporting requirements.
- Proven experience in reconciliation governance, financial analysis, risk identification, and issue resolution.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with attention to detail.
- Experience leading process improvements, automation initiatives, and cross-functional projects.
- Excellent communication, presentation, stakeholder management, and collaboration skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities while consistently meeting critical deadlines.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Target
Target Corporation operates an extensive chain of general merchandise and discount retail department stores across the United States. The company provides a broad assortment of owned and national brand products, including apparel, electronics, beauty items, groceries, and home goods. Through its physical stores and digital platforms, Target focuses on delivering style, design, and value to help consumers discover the joy of everyday life.
- Industry
- Retail
- Company size
- 415000+ employees
- Founded
- 1902
- Location
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Executive Chair of the Board
Jim Lee
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Prat Vemana
Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Product Officer
Mark Weinstein
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Guest Experience Officer
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