Finance Manager - General Accounting

Role: Finance Manager- General Accounting

Reports to: Regional Finance Controller India

Background and experience: CA/ICWA with atleast 7 years of experience in general accounting; Must have a solid background MIS and GL reporting

Key responsibilities:

- Review Journal Vouchers (JVs) prepared by other Finance Department members and supervise the encoding after approval by Finance Controller

- Create and update Vendor and General Ledger Account Master File

- Supervise reconciliation of bank accounts at month-end

- Supervise the Reconciliation Subsidiary Ledger totals with General Ledger balances at month-end; prepare reconciling items as needed

- Monitor month-end activities of the General Accounting Section; ensure that reports needed by FP&A Manager for Hyperion reporting are promptly submitted within the cut-off period

- Coordinate with tax dept. for timely resolution of assessments, indirect and direct tax requirements

- Revenue recognition in accordance with US GAAP

- Interface with Inter-companies and resolve quickly Out of Balances

- Prepare regional submissions for review by the Plant Finance Controller

- Own the Hyperion upload and monthly close schedule process with GL team

- Interface with operations for receipt of inventory, purchase cutoff, sales cutoff and other financial reports

- Perform special projects for the Plant finance Controller as needed

- Monitor for new accounting policies and procedures from the regional and training team

Secondary skills:

- Attend to audit requirements in coordination with the Internal Control Manager

- Ensure that all accounting records and files are properly managed for easy retrieval

- Meet with the Finance Director and other personnel in the department to identify and resolve issues/problems, work activities, as well as existing systems and procedures

- Answer queries regarding the general accounting’s responsibilities and interfaces with the different organizational units

- Attend training programs and other company-related activities sponsored by the organization to help enhance managerial skills

- Perform other tasks as may be assigned from time to time by the Finance Controller

- Manage a team member and display skills to grow the individual to become his/her successor

If this role interests you, please write to me at apandey@antal.com and I will get in touch with you to have a detailed conversation