About the role
Job Summary:
The candidate should have the experience:
1. Handling of Accounts of Corporate House with multiple entities.
2. Finalization of Accounts at monthly / quarterly and yearly intervals.
3. Good inter-personal skills and able to co-ordinate with various departments in getting the accounts audited.
4. Responsible for actively leading the month-end closing and finalization of statutory accounts, driving the budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis processes.
5. Have good understanding of IFRS, IND-AS, I-GAAP and US-GAAP)
Key Responsibilities:
1. Financial Statement Preparation: Finalize the Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss (P&L) statement, and Cash Flow statement.
2. Month-End Closing: Supervise month-end and year-end closing activities to ensure timely reporting.
3. Ledger Scrutiny: Conduct deep-dive reviews of general ledgers to ensure data integrity and classification.
4. Provisions & Accruals: Review and finalize journal entries, accruals, prepayments, and depreciation schedules.
5. Compliance: Ensure financial statements comply with relevant accounting standards (e.g., IFRS, US GAAP, or local GAAP) and tax laws.
6. Budgeting: Lead the annual operating budget process across multiple business units.
7. Variance Analysis: Compare actual performance against budgets, identifying root causes of variances.
8. Management Reporting: Prepare monthly management information systems (MIS) reports and executive dashboards
9. Automation: Streamline data flows between ERP systems (e.g., SAP, etc) and FP&A tools to accelerate closing cycles.
Key Skills Required:
1. Accounting: Deep knowledge of accounting principles, financial statement analysis, and consolidation.
2. Analytical Thinking: Strong problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail.
3. Software: Proficiency with ERP systems and BI tools (e.g., Power BI, etc).
4. Modelling: Advanced Excel skills (macros, complex formulas, structured financial modelling).
5. Communication: Ability to explain complex financial data to non-finance stakeholders.
Desired Work Experience and Qualification:
1. CA with 5–7 years of post-qualification experience preferably in real estate, infrastructure, or large corporates.
2. Strong knowledge of internal controls, auditing standards, corporate governance, and risk management practices.
Job Location: Powai, Mumbai
Reports To: CFO