Associate - Financial Accounting & Reporting

Associate-Financial Accounting and Reporting

Job and Person Specification

Job Role

Associate - Financial Accounting & Reporting

Location- Mumbai

Department Finance Shared Services

General

Job Purpose :

- Ensure that financial reporting to the Head Office and Management is complete, accurate and compliant with Group accounting policies

- Contribute to the pre-closing process

- Perform and document accounting controls and analysis

- Contribute to the automation of certain accounting processes and the standardisation of booking schemes among entities.

Key Responsibilities :

- Prepare the financial reporting sent on a monthly basis to the Head Office: P&L, balance sheet, off balance sheet, annexes, tax book, regulatory reporting schedules

- Prepare ad hoc Financial Reportings for Head office upon request

- Contribute to accounting controls and analysis as defined by the Companies Standard Accounting Control Plan.

- Contribute to inter-company transactions reconciliation.

- Ensure the good coordination with the Regional Financial Reporting team, in particular during the pre-closing process and whenever an accounting issue needs to be addressed

- Participate to Finance Projects linked to Head Office Financial Reporting

- Contribute to Companies operational permanent control framework.

- Monitor Financial Reporting through key performance and key risk indicators. In particular contribute to the elimination of manual reclassifications and warnings/missing items.

- Report incidents and accounting issues.

Qualifications

Candidate Requirements for the role:

Education Background:

- M.Com with 2-3 years

- CA with 1-2 years

Technical knowledge & Skills:

- Some Banking (mandatory)

- IFRS knowledge (preferable)

- Some commercial working experience would be an advantage

- Strong PC skill: advance Excel, Word

- Knowledge of data extraction (e.g. Business Objects) would be an advantage

Preferred Industry / Domain experience :

- Banking and Financial Services

Behavioural Skills / Competencies:

- Good communication skill

- Fluent English (mandatory)

- Strong analytical mind

- Team spirit

- Hard working

- Manages pressure and priorities during the closing process

Contact - bharti@seventhedge.co.in