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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in management accounting, financial control, and reporting, with a strong focus on month-end and quarter-end close processes. Proficient in balance sheet reconciliations, financial controls, and process improvement, leveraging tools like SAP and Excel for effective financial analysis.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA, ICAI)6+ Years of Management Accounting ExperienceMonth-End and Quarter-End Close ExpertiseStrong Excel SkillsHands-On Experience with SAP
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Hard Skills
Management AccountingFinancial ControlFinancial ReportingBalance Sheet ReconciliationsProcess ImprovementMonth-End CloseQuarter-End CloseVariance AnalysisAccruals and ProvisionsInventory Valuation
Soft Skills
Strong Communication SkillsStakeholder ManagementCoaching and FeedbackTeam CollaborationProblem-Solving
Tools & Technologies
SAPPower BIExcelConsolidation ToolsReconciliation Tools
Certifications & Qualifications
Chartered Accountant (CA, ICAI)
Industry Keywords
Consumer BrandsRetailWholesaleInventory-Intensive BusinessesIFRSStatutory RequirementsAudit SupportFinance Operating ModelsProcess TransitionFinance Systems Transformation
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Coordinate day-to-day delivery for the assigned EMEA Management Accounting work pod
- Allocate work, agree priorities and ensure accurate, timely deliverables
- Review reconciliations, journals, accruals, provisions and schedules
- Identify risks, resolve issues and escalate where needed
- Track close and quality KPIs and drive corrective action
- Lead monthly, quarterly and annual financial close activities
- Own the pod’s numbers and lead month-end review
- Prepare and review journals, accruals, prepayments, provisions, cut-off and close reconciliations
- Submit and review actuals and management accounts
- Investigate and explain P&L and balance sheet variances
- Ensure balance sheet reconciliations and financial controls are completed and evidenced
- Support internal and external audits and implement audit findings
- Support inventory valuation, standard costing, provisions, obsolescence, stock in transit, landed costs, freight, duty and purchase-price variances
- Reconcile inventory sub-ledgers to the general ledger
- Support cash, receivables, payables and other working-capital accounting
- Maintain process documentation and drive standardisation, process improvement and automation
- Support systems and process changes, testing and adoption
- Partner with Finance, FP&A, Commercial Finance, Supply Chain, Operations and Group Reporting stakeholders
- Provide process guidance, coaching and feedback to colleagues
- Cross-train colleagues and build backup coverage
- Support the team through change and evolving ways of working
Requirements
What you’ll need- Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA, ICAI)
- 6+ years of relevant experience in management accounting, financial control or financial reporting
- Proven experience of month-end and quarter-end close and preparation of management accounts, ideally within a multi-entity, multi-currency international organisation
- Strong knowledge of balance sheet reconciliations, accounting policy and financial controls
- Experience reviewing the work of others, leading month-end reviews, explaining actuals, movements and variances, and delivering to tight deadlines
- Demonstrated delivery of process improvement or automation
- Hands-on experience of SAP and a close, consolidation or reconciliation tool
- Strong Excel skills
- Working knowledge of Power BI or equivalent analytics tools
- Strong communication and stakeholder skills
- Desirable: experience in consumer brands, retail, wholesale or inventory-intensive businesses
- Desirable: experience of finance operating models involving India-based GCC
- Desirable: process transition, automation or finance systems transformation experience
- Desirable: experience with IFRS, statutory requirements and audit support
- Desirable: exposure to analytics or AI-enabled finance tools
Benefits
Comp & perks- Discretionary bonus
- Generous holiday allowance
- Hybrid and flexible working
- Employee transportation
- Pension and gratuity contributions
- Wellbeing support
- Medical insurance cover
- Personal accident insurance cover
- Term life insurance cover