What success looks like in this role:
Leadership & Team Management
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of GL Accountants
- Allocate work, set performance goals, and conduct regular performance reviews
- Drive a strong control, compliance, and continuous improvement culture
- Support talent development, succession planning, and team capability building
General Ledger Oversight
- Oversee end-to-end GL accounting for assigned Regions covering both balance sheet, P&L and Corporate Controls review – across all areas of the balance sheet
- Review and approve critical and complex accounting entries
- Ensure accuracy, integrity, and completeness of the General Ledger
- Own timely and high-quality month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes
- Lead the team for consolidated QAR & BSR reviews, proactively supporting Regional Directors
Financial Reporting & Compliance
- Ensure compliance with IFRS / US GAAP / Ind AS (as applicable)
- Review financial statements and supporting schedules
- Own SOX/internal controls for GL processes and ensure control effectiveness
- Lead internal and external audit engagements and address audit findings
- Lead migration and stabilization of GL processes into the COE
- Standardize accounting processes across regions and entities
- Drive automation, simplification, and digitization initiatives
- Identify and implement best practices and continuous improvement projects
Stakeholder Engagement
- Partner with cross functional teams such as AP, AR, Tax, Treasury, and Business Finance teams.
- Communicate financial issues, risks, and recommendations clearly to senior stakeholders.
- Effective communication skills expressed through conversation, Emails, instructing, written memos, written work instructions and flow charts
You will be successful in this role if you have:
Education
- Professional Accounting qualification: CA / CPA / CMA / ACCA
Experience
- 8 years of experience in General Ledger accounting
- Preferred at least 5 years of people management experience
Technical Skills
- Deep expertise in GL accounting and financial close
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP Accounting standards & regional consolidations
- Strong presentation skills including the ability to successfully represent data.
- Hands-on experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Workday, etc.)
- Excel and Exposure to reporting/automation tools
Leadership & Behavioural Skills
- Strong people leadership and decision-making skills
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and risk assessment abilities
- Ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Proactive approach to Change Management and process improvements
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Skills Required
- Professional accounting qualification (CA, CPA, CMA, ACCA)
- Minimum 8 years experience in General Ledger accounting
- At least 5 years people management experience
- Deep expertise in GL accounting and financial close processes
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS, Ind AS and regional consolidations
- SOX/internal controls ownership and audit engagement experience
- Hands-on experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Workday)
- Proficiency in Excel and exposure to reporting/automation tools
- Experience leading internal and external audits and addressing findings
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience driving process standardization, automation and continuous improvement
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Retirement Support — Retirement Support: A 401(k) plan with an employer match is commonly described as part of the core package. The match is often characterized as a meaningful component of total rewards relative to other benefits.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare Strength: Core medical, dental, and vision coverage is described as available and broadly in line with a large IT-services employer. The underlying carrier network is sometimes viewed as solid even when cost concerns exist.
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