Senior Financial Leadership Role

We are seeking a seasoned finance professional to lead key functions including financial reporting, MIS, compliance, audit, taxation, and stakeholder management. This is a strategic role that requires strong leadership skills, analytical thinking, and attention to detail.

Responsibilities include:

• Preparation and finalisation of the monthly book closure along with Financials and Schedule preparations as per USGAAP and IGAAP.
• Responsible for driving internal audit and statutory audit at defined intervals and ensuring the closure on a timely basis.
• Support the definition of KPIs as well as keeping track of the measurements to meet the requirements.
• Perform month end closing activities, like accrual handling, cost accounting checks, cost allocations, etc.
• Work out key messages from in-depth analysis and recommend action items to the management.
• Ensure transparency and compliance with financial guidelines.
• Own the Fixed Asset Register and take responsibility over capitalization, deletion, depreciation, and retirement of the assets, both tangible and intangible.
• Comparison of monthly/quarterly MIS data with different benchmarks and provide comments/remarks with proper analysis.
• Validate accuracy of financial data and business information and reports by performing Reconciliation, review, and report exceptions.
• Adhering to the Controlling & Planning KPIs to ensure continuous improvement and maintain service quality.
• Prepare weekly/monthly performance analysis & business dashboard with detailed variance analysis vs forecast/plan for the business and operations.
• Support in designing systems to capture data at granular level to aid better analysis; strong analysis and critical thinking is a must here.

Accounting & Reporting:

1. Formalising the SOP for various accounting processes (both operations and control process) along with the necessary accounting treatments.
2. Preparing the RCM across processes at system and manual level and driving the ICFR control process review with the internal audit team along with the recommended system/process changes.
3. Driving Key programs with the tech for the development of Finance requirements related to reporting and operations.
4. Support transformation / change in respective units to achieve financial targets.
5. Drive cross-unit activities, projects, and special tasks in cooperation within the team and with key stakeholders outside the team.
6. Drive process efficiencies and automation initiatives to enhance operational excellence.
7. To drive process setup and ensuring implementation by coordinating with multiple teams.
8. Drive streamlining treasury function, putting controls on cash flow management, and adhering to banking / RBI guidelines.
9. Participate and drive standardization automation projects for process efficiency.
10. Drive productivity improvement and cost reduction initiatives with Business and Operations.
11. Ensure process controls through right data representation and logic, and by aligning the relevant stakeholders.
12. Own the P&L for the new business, lead the annual operating plan, forecasting, and variance analysis, and provide insights to leadership on business profitability & sustainability.

Planning & FPnA:

1. Drive financial planning activities and provide support in preparation of financial reporting, business planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
2. Must be able to work with different business stakeholders and prepare Bottom-Up and Top-Down approach budgets and must have prior experience in preparing those budgetary requirements.
3. Should have analytical skills working with the Planning team and drive strong communications on budget requirement.
4. Forecast periodically for different businesses, after taking inputs from stakeholders, and incorporate into planning tool for better presentation.

Regulatory:

1. In conjunction with the accounting team both in India and US, preparation and booking of tax provisions (monthly / quarterly) and monitoring tax accounts movements.
2. In conjunction with the Transfer Pricing study and TP advisors, review the quarterly calculation for TP margin and perform the true up calculation for local books.
3. Lead as appropriate in any tax audits as agreed with the Tax Department.
4. Prepare quarterly corporate income tax provisions and advance tax liability and coordinate the accounting team on posting of entries.
5. Preparation and filing of corporate income tax returns for the India Center, ensuring timely payment of tax liabilities, booking accounting journals for same.
6. Review monthly TDS payments, GST payments / returns, SEZ compliance, Quarterly Advance tax, balance sheet reconciliations, and associated journal entries, for India Center which will involve working with local service providers and in house accounting team.

Requirements:

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) with 4–7 years of relevant experience.
• Strong exposure to financial reporting, compliance, audit, and taxation.
• Solid understanding of Indian accounting standards and applicable tax regulations.
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills for effective stakeholder management.
• Proactive approach with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Privileges & Perquisites:

We offer a comprehensive benefits plan tailored to meet the needs and improve the overall experience of our employees, aiding in the management of both their professional and personal aspects.