The Role
Owns accounting, controllership, compliance, and month-end close for South India entities under US GAAP. Responsibilities include financial statement finalization, audits, balance sheet and variance reviews, reconciliations, statutory reporting, impairment testing, internal controls, SOX compliance, and stakeholder support. The role also leads process improvements, automation initiatives, and controllership projects while providing accounting analysis and guidance to business partners and auditors.
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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
- 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
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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
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Build Exceptional Talent
Skills Required
- Chartered Accountant or equivalent qualification with strong academic achievements
- Minimum 5–8 years of accounting experience, preferably in a Big Four accounting firm or industry
- Experience handling financial statements for companies with international presence
- Hands-on knowledge transition experience
- Exposure to listed entity reporting compliances and consolidations or business combinations
- Hands-on experience with SAP and HFM
- Extensive knowledge of US GAAP and IGAAP
- Knowledge of record-to-report concepts, processes, and best practices
- Working knowledge of US GAAP, Local GAAP, and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements
- Knowledge of internal control frameworks and SOX in a multinational environment
- Strong technical, analytical, communication, problem-solving, and business skills
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