Finance Controller - CA - Media

Job Description :

The Financial Controller reports to the CFO and contributes to the overall success of the organization by effectively managing all financial tasks, overseeing accounting, implementing and exerting budgetary controls.

Accounting Financial Planning and Implementation

- Functional areas would include Accounts, finance, Taxation, Legal, Audit, Company Secretary, Treasury Management

- Month End Financials like Balance Sheets, Profit & loss A/c As per Indian GAAP

- SOX and Internal controls

- Prepare the Annual Business Plan and ensures all company expenses are within budgets

- Plan, Implement, Coordinates and Control the budgets to achieve the Annual Business Plan & suggests corrective actions to the CFO in the event of Variances.

- Financial Analysis of all areas relating to P&L and Balance Sheet.

- Business plan/ Budget preparation & Comparisons (Monthly)

- Capital Budgeting and Fixed Assets Accounting

- Direct & Indirect Taxation

- Provide strategic inputs to management including maintenance of management reporting formats and tracking (Corporate Finance).

- Perform feasibility & investment analyses.

- Review and adapt Company's credit policy

Statutory Compliance :

- Work with Legal team and ensure legal compliance related to financial matters

- Interact with statutory and internal auditors.

- Ensures the timely preparations and audits year end statements as IAS per extant laws & regulations.

- Develops suggestions for tax planning to maximize returns.

- Ensures compliance to all financial and non-financial statutory regulations.

WOC Management :

- Monitors the liquidity and suggests measures in case of variances to the Management

- Assists sales and revenue generating teams in ensuring on-time collections and takes necessary measures to ensure collection of all customer over dues.

- Follow up and ensure funds are received from Corporate by month end.

Fixed Assets and Insurance Management :

- Ensures proper accounting of company's fixed assets including depreciation.

- Advise the CFO on financial implications of replacement/addition of fixed assets.

- Identifies insurance requirements for the company.

- Ensures Company's assets both IT and Non IT are suitably covered by insurance in agreement with CFO

Secretarial Function :

- Conducting and keeping up to date records of Board meetings as required by Law.

- Ensure compliance to all other statutory requirements under Company's Act.

- Require to prepare Presentations/Reviews etc. for all Board Meetings and Group presentations and reviews.

People Management :

- To train, guide and coach all reportee's in AOP, Budgets and Financial Policies

- Provide direction to team towards achieving desired results

- Identify training needs of team and coordinate with HR for trainings.

- Ensure work discipline and impart company culture, vision and values in all reportee's.

- Responsible to develop a cost conscious, ethical, goal/result oriented team

Reporting's :

- Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly reviews

- Other MIS reports as required

Job Specification :

- The Financial Controller will need to be extremely detail and process oriented.

- Finance Controller will be expected to operationally and functionally work closely with the Chief Finance Officer.

Qualification for the Job :

- Chartered Accountant with 12 years of working with Media & Entertainment or Telecom / New Media

- Knowledge of SAP - Finance Module Preferable

- Additional qualifications such as CISA, LLB, Lead ISO Auditor, Six Sigma certifications etc. will be an added advantage.

Technical / Job Related Core Competencies:

- Must have thorough knowledge of Accounts Finalization, Direct & Indirect Taxation

- Knowledge of Financial Accounting as per Indian GAAP in SAP

- Knowledgeable of best practices in Finance Department

- Willing to work till late hours (if needed)