Head of Financial Accounting

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• Analysis of financials before month end finalization
• Analysis of sales accruals
• Analysis and finalization of profit centers & cost centers - expense provisions, credit notes to clients, client deductions, employee expenses, salary variance analysis
• Balance sheet reconciliation analysis, reporting correct P&L and all key MS metrices
• Compliance with IndAS and IFRS
• Adherence to Group Accounting Manual
• Providing the correct profit & loss
• Ensuring all the adjustments entries are recorded on timely basis
• Working with finance shared services to ensure timely and accurate closure of all accounting activities
• Audit
• Handling statutory, internal and group audits
• Ensuring correct data is provided to auditors on timely basis
• Preparing and finalizing Balance sheets along with all notes, intercompany details
• Calculation of CSR expenses, MSME interest, Gratuity and leave encashment actuarial valuations, ensuring posting of all adjustment audit entries
• Liaison with various other departments like legal, HR, IT, Tax for notes and reconciliation
• Addressing all audit queries and working with local management to address them
• Governance with Regional & Shared services Team
• Responsible for Governance with regional teams, co-ordination with regional finance managers (RFMs) & Shared Services Team to ensure governance related to P2P, O2C, R2R, T&E, FA activities, collections, ensuring RFMs are imparting their responsibilities on timely basis
• Compliances, audits and assessments
• Handling and co-ordination in various audits/ assessments related to HR (PF, ESI, etc), state VAT/ GST, Direct taxes – ensuring correct data is being prepared and provided to all authorities in a timely manner, liaison with authorities on a case to case basis and closing the assessments
• Other responsibilities
• Handling team and ensuring their deliverables on a timely basis
• Development of team skills, adopt new technologies to bring efficiencies
• Well versed with India AS
• Well versed with other laws related to GST, Labor laws, Direct tax, etc
• Co-ordination with key personnel in Operations, HR, Tax, IT to ensure correctness of reporting and timely resolution of issues
• Maintaining the Delegation of Authority (DOA) matrix and ensure that it is being complied with

• Good management skills and able to successfully manage a large, diversified team.
• CA preferably with bachelor’s degrees in accounting or related field with minimum 10+ years of relevant experience
• Good working experience of ERPs like SAP, Oracle, MS AX or equivalent
• Relevant Experience in similar roles of 2 to 3 years
• Ability to work under pressure for tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills, including ability to efficiently write emails and memos.
• Exhibit exceptional skills in organization, accuracy, consistency, and attention to detail.
• Excellent liaison skills