Manager of Corporate Accounting and Compliance

Powering the agentic revolution in travel. Sabre is an AI-native technology leader, backed by one of the world’s largest travel data clouds. Built on an open, modular, cloud-native architecture, Sabre serves as the backbone for both established leaders and bold, new disruptors, guiding them to the next age of travel retailing through intelligent, connected, and personalized experiences. With AI at its core and operating at unparalleled scale, Sabre transforms insights into innovation, empowering airlines, hoteliers, agencies and other partners to retail, distribute and fulfill travel worldwide.

As the Manager of Corporate Accounting and Compliance, you will play a crucial role in overseeing financial processes, maintaining and decision making regarding critical master data within financial processes and consolidations and maintaining and implementing internal control environments. This position leads processes and teams that impact all business units as well as leads the accounting for Corporate activities. In addition, this position coordinates efforts for enhancements and upgrades to critical accounting systems, such as SAP and HFM.

In this position, you will have the opportunity to interact with a broad and diverse group of stakeholders that includes Treasury, Finance, Human Resources, Global Business Systems, Internal Audit, and External Audit. Your direct reports are responsible for general accounting and close functions including cash and bank reconciliations, payroll, intercompany settlement, posting journal entries, account reconciliations, maintaining and monitoring compliance of segregation of duties and journal entry workflow.

You will report to the Senior Manager of Corporate Accounting. You welcome challenges and your focus is on adhering to processes and procedures, while challenging the status quo through best practices. You're continually looking for ways to help our team improve upon great performance. You have a passion for not only learning about processes but also sharing what you know in a way that is effective, engaging, and applicable.

Sabre offers an open and diverse work environment that emphasizes accomplishment through collaboration and diligence.

• Lead the team with management skills that focus on strengths and provide interactive oversight in areas of cash, payroll, prepaids, intercompany matters, reconciliation and journal entry practices in line with SOX compliance
• Manage SAP HANA GL master data governance and system changes including ensuring appropriate testing efforts across all accounting teams and processes
• Own, maintain and manage Sabre’s consolidation process, utilizing HFM tool
• Manage Segregation of Duties program, ensuring compliance utilizing SAP’s GRC tool
• Maintain and update corporate accounting policies
• Work with stakeholder organizations regarding compliance with internal control over financial reporting and other compliance initiatives
• Drive improvements to areas of oversight/responsibility that are prevalent across the stakeholder organizations
• Participate as a stakeholder and subject matter expert in new system implementations as required
• Manages agency incentive accounting for the Americas

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting required
• CPA license preferred

• Seven (7) or more years of accounting experience; combination of experience with a large accounting firm and industry is preferred
• Strong experience with public company compliance requirements
• Understanding of US GAAP, consolidations and SEC rules/regulations as well as related reporting requirements
• Strong ability to implement and improve processes
• Understanding of the role master data and governance plays within financial processes
• Supervisory experience required
• Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to continually prioritize workload and respond to top priorities with a sense of urgency
• Strong project management and oversight skills within the accounting function
• Detail-oriented with both the ambition and willingness to dive into the details necessary to…