Financial Controller - CA

Main Responsibilities

Financial Accounting and Reporting

- Ensure monthly, quarterly and year-end regional and corporate reporting deliverables are completed within stipulated timelines.

- Ensure the completeness and accuracy of financial statements and ledgers ofthe India legal and reporting entities within Australia and New Zealand.

- Ensure the completeness and accuracy of the Indian financial submissions within Corporate financial systems.

- Oversee the Balance Sheet review and reconciliation processes in compliance with Corporate policies and procedures.

- Oversee the Revenue Accounting, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable sub-functions within the Financial Accounting team.

Payroll

- Oversee Finance Payroll responsibilities ensuring payrolls are processed in an accurate and timely manner.

- Coordinate with the region's HR function to ensure an efficient payroll process which has shared responsibility between the Finance and HR functions.

Treasury

- Monitor the region's cash flow position and forecasts and oversee the region's Treasury function/processes including funding requests, cash sweeps etc.

- Review/approve payments and transfers in line with approval thresholds.

- Maintain account management relationships with bank and credit card vendors.

- Coordinate with the Corporate Treasury team on deliverables, requests and initiatives.

Compliance

- Ensure compliance with US GAAP and local accounting standards as applicable, Corporate accounting policies and Sarbanes Oxley processes and controls.

- Ensure statutory filing timelines are met including audit, taxation and corporate secretarial requirements.

- Ensure employee related filings such asVAT, Employee social insurance and payroll taxes etc. are completed in an accurate and timely manner.

- Coordinate with the Corporate Tax team on deliverables, requests and initiatives.

Accounting Team

- Manage and lead theinternal management and financial accounting teams.

- Ensure all Associates within the team have clearly defined and documented Goals and Individual Development Plans which are regularly reviewed and discussed with respective reporting managers.

- Ensure all Associate reviews and appraisals within the team are completed within stipulated timelines.

- Ensure all Associates within the team complete mandatory Corporate Compliance courses within stipulated timelines.

Continuous Improvement

- Continually review Financial Accounting processes by challenging, analyzing and testing established methods, practices and procedures to validate their effectiveness; recognize continuous improvement opportunities and tackle these areas proactively.

Business Partnering

- Communicate and collaborate effectively with other business functions.

- Act as an influencer to drive common business initiatives and demonstrate leadership qualities.

Other

- Coordinate with external accounting and payroll firms where accounting and payroll processes are outsourced.

- Lead or participate in Regional and Global Projects as required.

- Liaise with Corporate Risk Management team and InsuranceAgents on company insurance matters.

Leadership

As a member of the Leadership team, have the ability to:

- Act as an influencer to drive common business initiatives demonstrating agreed leadership qualities.

- Drive company philosophies and culture in line with global and regional expectations.

- Execute company strategic goals.

- Be a valued participant and voice of the site leadership team.

Skills / Qualifications

- Chartered Accountant with 8 years experience in financial reporting and accounting.

- Excellent financial and accounting knowledge and skills supported by academic and professional qualifications, ideally with experience within medium to large sized organizations.

- Strong analytical, people-management, time-management, inter-personal and communication skills.

- Strong collaborative skills and ability to work in a dynamic, matrix based environment.

- Experience in managing a Finance team, ideally in an environment of change.

- Effective team player and team manager.

- Knowledgeof and experience with US GAAP and Sarbanes Oxley preferred.

- Strong understanding of revenue recognition concepts and preferably experience/exposure in a business environment where varying revenue recognition treatments are applied.

- Experience with enterprise financial systems.