Business Controller - CA - eCommerce

A leading e commere is looking for a finance professional charged with realizing this vision. This position is part of the team responsible for the overall financial and operational stewardship of business controls.

This team will be responsible for setting and driving the company's business controls, strategy and objectives. In addition to overseeing finance and accounting functions, this team member will work closely with the business leaders to set and execute short / long term business objectives and implement scalable processes to measure success along the way, and drive continuous improvement. The person is responsible for, and influential in, building an organization that embodies our customer obsession, an inputs-driven approach to operating results, and a relentless attention to detail.

The successful candidate will be a self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity, detail oriented and will possess the ability to work well with cross-functional teams including corporate finance; vendor management and category management teams; AR, Accounting, and software development teams, etc.

We are seeking a result-focused, quality-driven accounting professional who has demonstrated extensive experience in handling accounting, finance operations and reporting processes. Equally important for success in this role is the ability to work with diverse teams of professionals to new levels of success in a variety of complex tasks in accounting and related process as the business continues to grow. A candidate should have strong technical and hands-on experience in having handled finance control processes like Order to Cash, Purchase to Pay and Record to Report, etc.

Primary Responsibilities:

- Execute the vendor management process. Work closely with the vendor finance teams and own claims management and vendor disputes;

- Lead controls in the area of stock delivery; vendor returns, liquidations and ensure accuracy in recording of these transactions;

- Lead controls in the area of order to cash and ensure accuracy in recording sales receipts and recording transactions of sales and related claims - platform fees; promotions; collections etc. Primarily focused on identifying risks and establishing process controls in mitigating them, work closely with business teams and Finance Operations team to review and simplify processes in order to have better controls

- Identify key control gaps area and set up weekly / monthly review process to track the health of business control processes across Purchase to Pay; Order to Cash and accounting of these

- Track Cash Flow movements in the company and forecasts future cash flow requirements for short and long term.

- Ensure that financial accounting for all transactions are done timely and ensure monthly books close is done timely and with accuracy.

- Liaising with the outsourced accounting team to review financial schedules and provide oversight as it relates to issues on various accounting balances and policies on a regular basis, track on inventory issues, etc

- Part of the team responsible for supporting Statutory Audits of the entities, Internal audits, New initiatives e.g. ICFR, IFC, etc.

- Work closely with both FinOps teams and vendor management teams in tracking performance metrics like Invoices Paid on Time (IPOT), Payment Accuracy Metrics (PAM - invoices paid in full, on time) and ensuring vendor disputes are resolved timely, in order to ensure we maintain vendor trust.

- Processing of quit claims and work closely with SCM in ensuring the controls in the liquidation process are working appropriately.

- Responsibility for various banking and treasury functions. (e.g. raising BGs/LCs, handling import documentation and interaction with the bankers, etc)

Basic Qualifications:

- Chartered Accountant / Cost Accountant with 4-8 years of post-qualification experience in Business Controls / Corporate Accounting / Internal Audit / Financial Reporting

- Maintain a high level of attention to detail, the ability to work independently, adjust priorities, and work in a continuously changing environment.

- Strong analytical skills

- Experience working with cross-functional teams

- Fluency in Excel.

- Solid communication skills - written and verbal

- Understanding of the retail business would be preferable.