The Role
Owns accounting, controllership, compliance, month-end close, financial statement finalization, audits, balance sheet reviews, variance analysis, statutory reporting, and internal controls for South India entities. The role requires US GAAP, local GAAP, SOX, SAP, HFM, and technical accounting expertise. It also partners with finance and business stakeholders, supports treasury and tax initiatives, manages auditor queries, and leads process improvement and automation projects.
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Key Responsibilities
Critical activities of the job
Accounting, Control and Compliance
- Ensuring timely and accurate month end close under USGAAP for South India entities.
- Finalization of Accounts of Legal Entity & ensure smooth Audit completion.
- Overall end-to-end owner of accounting, control and compliance for the assigned entities.
- Ensure entity complies with HON policies.
- Exposure & understanding of technical accounting (Project, Revenue, cost accounting, assessment & distributions, COPA cycles)
- Own and/or support balance sheet review process. Completion of variance analysis of the B/S and P/L. Perform review of account reconciliations in blackline and drive better control.
- Ensure timely preparation/submission of all statutory compliance reports.
- Work on impairment testing of investments/Goodwill, as required.
- Reduce the time for local reporting and number of additional entries.
- Ensure a regular connection with extended team, key stakeholders in finance and business.
- Identify & propose process improvement/automation opportunities.
- Provide financial reports, analysis, explanations and advice based on knowledge of financial info, relevant GAAP & supporting SAP systems to SBU/auditors
- Maintain transparent accounting practices and ensure excellent relationships are maintained with internal and external stakeholders.
- Support implementation of Treasury, Tax and Controllership initiatives
- Identify and lead process improvement opportunities, lead the project and ensure completion
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Manage the ad-hoc queries from Auditors / other stakeholders.
Competencies
Specific knowledge, skills and experience needed to successfully undertake duties of the job
Education and Certifications- Chartered Accountant / equivalent with strong academic achievements.
- Min 5-8 years of experience with exposure to Accounting, preferably in Big 4 Accounting firm/ Industry.
- Experience of handling financial statements of companies with international presence and hands on knowledge transition experience preferred
- Good to have exposure to listed entity reporting compliances and consolidations/ business combination
Knowledge and Skills
Critical
- Hands on experience with SAP / Systems knowledge of SAP and HFM
- Extensive knowledge of US GAAP & IGAAP
- Knowledge of R2R concepts, processes and best practices
- Good working knowledge of US GAAP, Local GAAP and Sarbanes Oxley
- Good knowledge of internal control framework / SOX at multinational setup
- Process orientated with excellent problem solving skills
- Strong technical and analytical skills
- Good business acumen including company, legal entity, regulatory and compliance design
- Good communication skills
- Strong, proven Customer / Service orientation mindset
Ability to multi-task at different levels and work on simultaneously on multiple priorities.
- Drive Accountability Culture
- Win Together
- Embrace Transformation
- Innovate and create Value for Customers
- Be Courageous
Build Exceptional Talent
- Drive Accountability Culture
- Win Together
- Embrace Transformation
- Innovate and create Value for Customers
- Be Courageous
Build Exceptional Talent
Skills Required
- Chartered Accountant or equivalent qualification with strong academic achievements
- 5-8 years of accounting experience, preferably with a Big Four accounting firm or industry
- Experience handling financial statements for companies with international presence
- Hands-on knowledge of transition activities
- Exposure to listed entity reporting compliance and consolidations or business combinations
- Hands-on experience with SAP and HFM systems
- Extensive knowledge of US GAAP and IGAAP
- Knowledge of record-to-report concepts, processes, and best practices
- Working knowledge of local GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements
- Knowledge of internal control frameworks and SOX in a multinational environment
- Strong technical, analytical, problem-solving, communication, and multitasking skills
Honeywell Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Honeywell and has not been reviewed or approved by Honeywell.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are anchored by a strong 401(k) match with clear vesting and annual funding mechanics. Plan administration and education resources further reinforce long‑term savings support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away provisions include company holidays, flexible vacation for many exempt roles, and paid sick time. These policies contribute meaningful breadth beyond base pay.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is available to all parents with flexible usage options, and certain family‑building supports are included. Birth mothers can coordinate leave with short‑term disability for extended coverage.
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The Company
What We Do
Honeywell is a Fortune 500 company that invents and manufactures technologies to address tough challenges linked to global macrotrends such as safety, security, and energy. With approximately 110,000 employees worldwide, including more than 19,000 engineers and scientists, we have an unrelenting focus on quality, delivery, value, and technology in everything we make and do.
