Wrb - Financial Controller

Job ID: 35132

Location: Bangalore, IN

Area of interest: Audit, Accounting & Finance

Job type: Regular Employee

Work style: Office Working

Opening date: 28 Jul 2025

**JOB SUMMARY**
- LEC Controller role will be responsible to lead Legal entity financial controllership team for group of entities and will also support creating segmental controllership function. LE controller will be key member of country and Global Finance Services - India (GFS) leadership team and required in-depth understanding of how various functions contribute to achieving the organization goals and the commercial objectives of the business. The role will be accountable for integrity and accuracy of financial reporting in accordance with IFRS and various other local statutory requirements. The role will manage Ledger close process and Financial Reporting for the entities and segment under its remit by working closely with Product Control, Operations, Country based finance teams and other functions. This role provides extensive exposure across the Business and diverse network of markets with opportunity to enhance control framework around Financial Reporting.
The role will also have responsibility formulate and support right-shoring strategy for controller function under our Fit for Growth (FFG) program. Role will be responsible to have strong engagement model with country CFOs, Segmental CFO teams, and support local teams providing best in class financial reporting with provision of strong control governance framework. In addition to oversight across the breadth of day-to-day delivery, the broad areas covered within this role include:

- Managing, delivering, and governing Legal entity controller related reporting and analytics requirements
- Strategic direction and oversight of designing processes that will leverage and enhance existing LEC (legal entity controller) outcomes.
- Creating the strategy for change in operating model design and optimising processes and controls with Product Control and other Business Finance teams
- Support designing and execution of Finance Tech transformation journey

**RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Operating Model Strategy**
- Partner with GFS Finance Controllers, Segmental CFO & Country CFO leadership teams to formulate and execute Right-shoring strategy
- Collaborate with Product Control, Country Finance, and Finance leadership team to embed new controller Op Model, Control framework and process design.
- Design and implement team structure optimising core controllership processes and engagement to Country CFOs and Group Controllers teams.
- Partner with the Head of LEC Controller (India) and Group Controller Office to design and execute the controllers’ mandate for the Legal entities and Business segments with End-to-End responsibility and accountability by leveraging on best practices across GCCs in India.
- Partner with the GFS Finance Leadership team and Country CFOs to deliver a robust strategy to invest and grow talent / people Financial Control teams to enable delivery of operating model requirements.

Business and Processes (Global Process Ownership)
**Financial Controllership & Reporting**
- Work closely with Product Control, CFOs, Operations, and command centre to ensure Ledger closes in accordance with accounting standards and practices in timely manner.
- Perform Analytical review of IFRS Financials and disclosures to explain business drivers for Balance Sheet movement and ensure there are no material issues / errors.
- Ownership and governance over IFRS 9 related accounting, analytical reviews, and disclosures. Work closely with Credit risk, Business finance and modelling teams and establish strong controls.
- Develop strong understanding of firm’s accounting and governance policies and ensure compliance of same
- Help drive increased visibility on late entries with clear focus on how they need to be reduced over time.
- Establish clear guidelines that will drive decisions around close acceleration.
- Ensure Primary and Secondary financial statements are prepared in accordance with statutory and regulatory requirements in timely manner. Support Group Financial and Local Statutory reporting for LE
- Work with Segment Finance teams and colleagues at Group and product level to provide transparency and analysis on balance sheet drivers, effectively supporting substantiation and control discussions and timely tracking of risks and issues.
- Oversee Balance sheet substantiation process and remediate any risk and control issues.
- Create a business view of the balance sheet that is supported by the existing substantiation process.
- Manage key control forums at LE & Business segment level with appropriate KRI & KPI reporting with aim to monitor open items and its implications covering risks and audit issues.
- Collaborate with the Aspire change teams for upstream issue fixes to help resolve gaps.
- Work closely with business operations and tech teams to help drive a more comprehensive understanding o