Senior Finance Specialist

Job Title: Senior Finance Specialist

Location: Bengaluru

Reports to: Head of Finance India GCC

About Ceres India

At Ceres India Private Limited, we support initiatives that help communities recover, rebuild, and strengthen resilience. As part of the Ceres Global network of companies, we contribute to disaster recovery, infrastructure restoration, environmental services, and critical response operations through engineering, technology, innovation, and operational excellence. From India, we help enable faster decisions, stronger delivery, and meaningful outcomes where they matter most. The purpose is at the core of what we do. We are building an environment where talent can do meaningful work, take ownership, grow with the business, and be part of something larger than themselves.

Driven by Purpose, Powered by People

At Ceres India, we believe you’re more than just an employee; you’re part of a team with a purpose and a meaningful mission. Every team member plays a vital role in restoring hope, helping communities recover and rebuild.

We value initiative, respect diversity, and give our people the freedom to lead. We offer competitive pay, growth opportunities, travel, and a culture built on resilience and teamwork. If you show up with compassion, share the commitment, react with urgency, and deliver solutions, you’ll fit right in. We don’t just respond to challenges; we rise to them.

What We Are Looking For

The Senior Finance Specialist is a senior individual contributor role responsible for owning and executing financial close, consolidation, and reporting processes for multiple Ceres US legal entities from the India GCC. The role requires deep US GAAP technical knowledge, hands-on experience with project accounting and job costing, and the ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, multi-entity environment.

Beyond BAU ownership, this role will periodically lead or support the transition of new controllership workstreams into the GCC — including scoping, SOP development, parallel runs, and steady-state handoff.

What You Will Do

Financial Close & Consolidation

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes across multiple legal entities
• Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, prepayments, and period-end adjustments
• Own the consolidation process — intercompany eliminations, minority interest adjustments, and group-level reporting
• Ensure close timelines are met consistently and exceptions are escalated proactively

Project Accounting & Job Costing

• Oversee accounting for project-based contracts including percentage-of-completion (POC) revenue recognition
• Maintain job cost ledgers — labour, materials, subcontractor, and overhead allocations
• Reconcile project actuals to budgets and flag variances to project and operations teams
• Support WIP schedule preparation and review

Intercompany & Multi-entity Accounting

• Manage intercompany transactions, reconciliations, and eliminations across entities, business units, and joint ventures
• Ensure intercompany balances are agreed and cleared within each close cycle
• Maintain entity-level balance sheet hygiene across the group

US GAAP Compliance & Audit Support

• Ensure all accounting activities comply with US GAAP standards relevant to the group's operations
• Prepare audit-ready schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation for internal and external audits
• Act as the primary India-side contact for audit queries on assigned workstreams

Reporting & Analysis

• Prepare monthly management reporting packs including P&L, balance sheet, and variance commentary
• Support budget vs. actuals reporting and contribute to forecast cycles as required
• Contribute to working capital and cash flow reporting

Transitions & SOP Development

• Lead or support migration of controllership processes from US teams into the GCC
• Develop detailed SOPs, process maps, and RACI frameworks for transitioned workstreams
• Manage parallel run periods and ensure sign-off from global finance leads before steady-state handoff

Team & Stakeholder Engagement

• Work closely with US-based Controllers, CFO, and entity finance leads
• Mentor and review the work of junior Finance team members in India
• Communicate proactively on close status, risks, and escalations

Required Qualifications

• CA Inter / CPA / MBA Finance from a reputed institution
• 8–12 years of progressive finance experience with a strong controllership or technical accounting focus
• Prior experience supporting US entities from an India GCC or shared services environment
• Deep working knowledge of US GAAP — revenue recognition (ASC 606), project accounting, consolidation
• Demonstrated experience with multi-entity close, intercompany reconciliation, and consolidation
• Strong ERP proficiency — NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, or equivalent
• Excellent written and verbal communication for senior US stakeholder interaction

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred: Experience with Trimble / Vista ERP (Candidates with Vista / Trimble experience are strongly encouraged to highlight this in their application)
• Background in construction, environmental services, or project-based contract businesses
• Prior experience leading F&A transitions or GCC process migrations
• Big 4 or mid-tier audit/consulting background with F&A transformation exposure

What to Expect

This is not a steady-state reporting role. The right candidate will be someone who can walk into an undefined situation, structure it, and hand it off in better shape than they found it — while simultaneously being rigorous enough to own complex accounting when embedded. If you have been a finance generalist who is tired of narrow roles, this is built for breadth.

Physical Requirements and Environment 

Ceres provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities and to applicants with sincerely held religious beliefs, as required by law.  The physical requirements listed below reflect the essential functions of this role.  If you need accommodation to perform these functions, please inform us during the application process. 

Why Join Ceres India?

At Ceres India, you won’t just have a job, you’ll have a mission. Your work will directly impact the speed and strength of community recovery after disasters.

We offer:

• A collaborative, mission-driven culture.
• Opportunities for professional growth and advancement.
• The chance to make a lasting difference for communities.