Sr Accounting Specialist

Key Responsibilities

Critical activities of the job

• Preparation of standalone financial statements for private entities. Assist in carrying out internal and external audit related work i.e. statutory audit, tax audit, cost audit, transfer pricing audit, yearly filings and other compliance activities.
• Perform month close (GL Accounting) & Financial reporting there by identify non-standards & drive standardization partnering with Transformation & Operations team
• Strong conceptual skills and process excellence on R2R 
• Ensure relevant GAAP(Ind AS), HON accounting policies (US GAAP) and internal procedures are adhered to.
• Review, prepare, post and reconcile journal entries like costs and revenue, accruals, provisions, cross-charges and functional adjustments and other related tasks.
• Preparation of account reconciliations (Blackline) on monthly basis.
• Reduce exceptions through root cause analysis and implementation of solutions.
• Participate in process improvement reviews and projects.
• Data insights R2R practices, reporting and one standard approach 
• Drive the EDPMS/IDPMS compliance with respective functions and reporting to leadership periodically.
• Enable transformation opportunities through data and participate the automation/efficiency projects.
• Enable visibility of non-compliances to drive compliance and aid in decision making
• Maintaining central repository for records, challans, documents etc.
• Measure performance using reports against defined metrics and drive decision and results
• Exposure to controls compliance for Sarbanes-Oxley, IGAAP and US GAAP 
• Work closely with key stakeholders like Ops/commercial teams & Business Finance team
• Work on sharing the data to tax/respective teams for various assessment and external reviews/proceedings.
• Reduce exceptions through root cause analysis and partner to implementation of solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee various accounting functions, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, and financial reporting
• Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting in compliance with accounting policies and regulations
• Perform monthend and yearend closing activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial statement preparation
• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to drive process improvements and streamline financial operations
• Assist in the preparation of budgets, forecasts, and financial analysis
• Support internal and external audits, ensuring compliance with audit requirements
• Stay updated with accounting standards and regulations, and implement changes as necessary

• CA, CA Inter or bachelor’s in finance/accounting

• 0-2 years exp for CA, 4-6 years exp for CA Inter OR 5 - 7 + years of overall finance experience for bachelor’s in finance/accounting

Critical 

• Hands on experience with SAP GL and understanding of AR & AP subledger.
• Worked on consolidation platforms like Hyperion Reporting systems.
• Extensive knowledge of concepts, processes & best practice.
• Good knowledge of IGAAP (Ind AS) and US GAAP.
• Strong technical and analytical skills.
• Good understanding of TDS and FEMA compliances etc.
• Basic understanding of GST/Income Tax etc.
• Knowledge of R2R concepts, processes, best practices and value addition process initiatives and execution, & Banking domain expertise.
• Strong knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skill are desirous. 

• Having an audit experience will be an added advantage.

  Preferable

• Exposure to managing full close processes for a multi-national group.
• Proactive, ability to use own initiative and take lead to devise creative solutions.
• Exposure of working with global customers.

• · Drive Accountability Culture
• · Win Together
• · Embrace Transformation
• · Innovate and create Value for Customers
• · Be Courageous
• · Build Exceptional Talent