Circle Finance Operations - Auto/Consulting/Telecom

Role Purpose :

To oversee the running of finance and accounting operations, to interact with auditors and regulatory/statutory authorities and to lead the accounting team for smooth functioning of the circle finance operations.

Key Accountabilities :

Management Reporting :

- Work with the FP&A team in providing accurate management reporting to the HoF

- Analyze various reports related to revenue and profitability to gauge the financial health of circle operations

Financial statement closure :

- Approve period end closing figures

- Oversee timely and accurate closure of financial statements

- Approve the Regulatory and Statutory Financial Statements

- Ensure that the accounting departments adheres to all the regulations and policies setup by the corporate during the statement preparation process

- Ensure that the company is not subject to any undue risk related to statutory/regulatory compliance

Review of Financial Operations :

- Lead the GL (General Ledger) Accounting team, performing periodic reviews of entries prepared by GL team at Circle and SSC

- Lead the Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Fixed Assets, Treasury and Tax teams at the Circle ensuring timely and accurate recording of transactions via Circle and SSC teams.

Leadership and Team Building :

- Lead the accounting and finance operations team

- Interact with the team on regular basis and motivate them for highest performance

- Conduct team building sessions/events to develop strong team spirit

Recruitment and Appraisal :

- Play a key role in recruitment of accounting staff

- Play the role of Appraiser/approver for the employee appraisal process

Communication :

- Communicate the company policies and initiatives with accounting and finance operations team

- Communicate the key issues and concerns faced by the team to the management

- Communicate finance related issues with other departments

- Act as a key contact person for finance related issues for other departments

External Audits :

- Work with Auditors to analyze external audit results

- Analysis of open issues and work with SSC to close them

External Relationships :

- Interact with consultants, regulatory/statutory authorities on regular basis for matter related to accounting and finance

- Interact with other circle's finance teams for sharing best practices

- Take part in seminars and events related to accounting and finance to understand industry trends and issues