Financial Analyst

The Team:
The Asia Controllership function is a high‑impact finance team that enables financial integrity, strong governance, regulatory compliance, and decision support across a complex, multi‑entity environment. We operate with a modern controllership mindset: build scalable processes, strengthen controls, improve close speed and quality, and deliver insights that help the business move faster-without compromising compliance.
Our work is anchored in four controllership pillars:

• Month‑End Reporting & Compliance (accuracy, timeliness, disciplined close)
• Statutory Audits & Governance (audit‑ready documentation, board/regulatory expectations)
• Treasury & Banking Operations (strong stewardship and controls)
• Stakeholder Partnership (responsive support to business, employees, and cross‑functional teams)

Role Summary:
We are looking for a high‑ownership Accountant to join the Asia Controllership team. This role will work across core accounting, close, controls, compliance support, and audit execution-with strong exposure to process improvement and transformation initiatives. You will partner with shared services and cross‑functional stakeholders to ensure financial records are complete, compliant (US GAAP / local requirements), and audit‑ready.
What makes this role different: you will not only "do accounting," you will help build the next‑gen controllership model-standardizing processes, improving close discipline, and adopting automation/AI and system improvements as part of the team's transformation agenda.
Key Responsibilities:
1) Month‑End Close, Accounting & Reporting (US GAAP aligned)

• Support timely month‑end close with focus on completeness, accuracy, and quality of substantiation (US GAAP aligned, with local statutory awareness
• Review the financial statements and analyse key variances and provide analytical insights
• Execute/support accounting operations across GL, AP, AR, billing, revenue accounting, accruals, expense accounting, intercompany, and reconciliations based on assigned scope.
• Coordinate and provide necessary guidance to the Financial Shared services team and work with them on processes from time to time including payment tracking & maintenance of coding files. The person will be responsible for ensuring smooth end‑to‑end accounting flows and issue resolution
• Prepare and review account reconciliations, ensuring clear explanations, support, aging follow‑ups, and timely resolution of open items

2) Controls, Governance & Documentation (audit‑ready by design)

• Ensure adherence to established global accounting guidelines and control processes, and proactively identify gaps/risks with proposed remediations.
• Identify and help implement process & controls improvements, accounts clean up, modifications or system enhancements.
• Strengthen process documentation (SOPs, checklists, evidence standards) to improve consistency, knowledge transfer, and audit outcomes.
• Participate in initiatives to improve controllership rigor, including close discipline and standardized reporting.
• Provide training and support to stakeholders/ BU users on timely basis on systems, policies, and processes.

3) Banking Operations/Treasury

• Review and validate expense classifications to ensure consistency, accuracy, and adherence to financial reporting standards
• Oversee day-to-day banking operations, including coordination with banks and internal stakeholders for payments, account management, and related activities
• Manage and review bank reconciliations, ensuring timely identification and resolution of reconciling items
• Act as a key point of contact with banks to resolve operational issues, discrepancies, and escalations efficiently
• Partner with cross-functional teams to address payment-related matters and improve process efficiency
• Respond to stakeholder queries on payments proactively, ensuring timely resolution and clear professional communication

4) Fixed Assets & Physical Verification

• Support fixed asset accounting, reconciliations, and reporting; assist with periodic physical verification planning and documentation of results and exceptions.

5) Compliance Support (India‑specific regulatory requirements)
Depending on assigned scope, support compliance execution and reconciliations including:

• TDS reconciliation and monthly/periodic tax payable support.
• Working knowledge of GST as needed for reconciliations, review of invoices etc as needed.

6) Audit & Statutory Reporting Support

• Support statutory and tax audits through schedules, reconciliations, audit support packs, and timely query resolution.
• Maintain audit‑ready documentation standards and support stakeholder readiness for board/regulatory submissions.

7) Process Improvement, Systems & Automation (thought leadership in action)

• Identify opportunities for simplification, standardization, and automation across close, reconciliations, validations, and reporting.

Contribute to the team's transformation agenda-automation enablement and adoption of new ways of working especially imbibing AI‑enabled solutions and workflows
Stakeholder & Interface (How you will work)
You will collaborate with:

• Shared services / operations teams for transaction processing and issue resolution
• FP&A for operational/close inputs and process clarifications
• External auditors, tax consultants/advisers, and internal stakeholders for audit and compliance execution

What Success Looks Like (6-12 months)

• Consistently delivers accurate, on‑time close activities with high‑quality reconciliations and clean substantiation
• Improves controllership outcomes through strong ownership, fewer recurring issues, and better documentation/controls.
• Improved efficiency in processes and collaboration internal and external stakeholders.
• Actively contributes to process improvement / automation initiatives aligned to controllership priorities.

Functional skills:

• Good working knowledge of accounting principles, direct & indirect taxes and accounting processes.
• Basic understanding of accounting system & workflows, including Oracle, Coupa, Blackline or other ERP & Reconciliation systems
• Logical & analytical thinking, problem-solving & can do attitude.
• Good communication skills and ability to manage multiple internal/ external stakeholders.
• Expertise in Excel is a must.
• Ability to take ownership and adherence to timelines.

Qualifications and Experience:

• B Com/ M COM with 5 years' experience in accounting and finance
• Inter-CA OR ICWA with 1-2 years of post-qualification experience
• MBA Finance with 1-2 years of post-qualification experience

Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer.
Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.
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