Beiersdorf - Finance Lead - Nivea

Nivea : Finance Lead - Location : Mumbai

Overall Obligation:

The incumbent will be responsible for whole area of financial reporting and treasury including planning, ensuring and driving Financial Controls through SAP or otherwise in the area of reporting. Generate business MIS in the area of general expense for meaningful interpretations. Ensure system hygiene by looking at both DC and PC data. Owing and leading the CIS closure on monthly, qtr and annual level including meeting all the statutory obligations as per the Indian regulation and compliance to global ACM. Front ending with the statutory auditors.

Successful performance requires

- Sound Understanding of the Financial Accounting and Controlling

- Sound understating of company law and accounting standards (IGAAP, IND AS, and IFRS)

- Understating of the accounts payables area and Risk and control around the same.

- Understating the banking process

- Thorough understanding of the SAP system & its end to end implications for both PC and DC template.

- Strong and practical understanding of the operations,

- Ability to get into details & work with cross functional department

- Abillity to convince people and knowledge transfer

- Strong interpersonal/communication skills

- Strong, analytical, drafting,

- a high degree of diligence,

- Compliance mindset and

- Ability to effectively manage reportees

Detailed Responsibilities (non-inclusive) :

1) Ensure accurate GL/CC accounting leading to correct COPA/B.one-CIS adherence.

2) Maintain Balance sheet control by driving correct and timely accounting as well as by ensuring hygiene of the books

3) Compile annual cost budget, track the same monthly by generating monthly MIS in the area of General expenses, lead and drive discussion with all the budget owners & ensuring GCCR compliance as per the company policy

4) Ensure monthly, Qtr and annual book closing by meeting all the statutory and Global HQ requirement including Indian GAAP and IND AS. Also lead the statutory audit process.

5) Working closely with PC team to support them in their operations due to dual system challenges. Also track the accounts to ensure PC maintains hygiene.

6) Develop off line processes for complex operations like service tax credit, dual books of accounts for meeting Indian regulation which are not supported by Global template.

7) Deliver on multiple complex engagements and work in collaboration with various stakeholders by driving process improvements which strengthens Controls and compliance as per company policy

8) Establishing and maintaining strong relationship with customers / business partners and other interface groups.

Required Qualification:

- Education: Fresher Chartered Accountant or CWA with 2 to 3 years of experience covering area of Accounting, Controlling, payables, banking and MIS.

- Preferred: Should have worked either in the implementation of SAP or have worked as super/key user in SAP.

- Ability to handle and manage people at different levels.

- An excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral.

- PC Know-how: excellent MS-Office skills (especially advanced knowledge of excel & Power point), quick grasp of accounting-software

Secrecy:

The incumbent is strictly obliged to keep company-information as a secret, especially after termination of the labor-relation.

Mariyam Warsi