Chartered Accountant

Role & responsibilities

A. Accounting & Financial Reporting

• Lead the month end and year end closing process in SAP, ensuring timely and accurate submission of financial statements to group HQ by the second working day of each month.
• Lead monthly/year-end SAP closing and timely Group reporting.
• Supervise accounting operations, reconciliations, provisions and financial statements.
• Ensure compliance with Accounting Standards and accurate accounting of imports, inventory, landed costs, FX and related transactions.
• Manage annual CapEx budget and quarterly forecasts.

B. Direct Tax, GST & Customs

• Manage TDS/TCS, advance tax, provisions, tax audits, ITRs, assessments and withholding tax.
• Ensure GST compliance, reconciliations, ITC, e-invoicing, imports, credit/debit notes and commercial schemes.
• Handle customs/import accounting, duty, classification, valuation and landed-cost analysis.
• Coordinate with tax, customs and external advisors and proactively identify tax/compliance risks.

C. Dealer Receivables & Working Capital

• Monitor collections across the 100+ dealer network and identify overdue/high-risk accounts.
• Work with Sales to drive collections, manage credit limits and escalate potential bad debts.
• Monitor deductions, claims, credit/debit notes and optimise the cash conversion cycle.
• Be comfortable challenging commercial decisions that adversely impact cash flow.

D. Pricing & Margin Management

• Analyse SKU-wise margins considering purchase cost, customs, freight, FX, discounts, dealer margins, schemes and logistics.
• Support pricing, discount and incentive decisions and monitor product/customer/channel profitability.
• Identify low-margin products and assess the financial impact of price changes.

E. Budgeting & Management Reporting

• Support annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and monthly Actual vs Budget analysis.
• Analyse variances across revenue, margins, Opex, EBITDA, working capital, inventory and cash flow.
• Prepare management reports for India and German HQ, providing actionable business insights and challenging assumptions.

F. Audit & Internal Controls

• Coordinate statutory, tax and internal audits and ensure timely closure of observations.
• Strengthen controls over sales, credit, collections, inventory, pricing, expenses and payments.
• Ensure compliance with policies and develop/improve SOPs where required.

Essential

• Qualified Chartered Accountant.
• Approximately 4 - 5 years of post-qualification experience.
• Strong Excel and financial analysis skills.
• Exposure to SAP based accounting.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership.

Preferred

Experience in any of the following would be an advantage:

• Trading / distribution
• Consumer products / FMCG / sanitaryware
• Import-oriented business
• Dealer/distributor network
• B2C business
• Pricing and margin analysis
• German / European multinational environment