Manager - Record To Report - FMCG - CA

Role: R2R Manager

Work Location: Bangalore

Job Type: Permanent

Your Role:

- End to end responsibility of supporting the Record to Report processes and operations across management units of the business, both Financial and Management reporting.

- Strong knowledge in analyzing the numbers and write meaningful business commentaries about the company performance.

- Should have an excellent coordination, verbal and written communication skills.

- Involvement of handling finance controllership role.

- Involvement of handling markets/ finance controllers and R2R Shared Service Centre operations.

- Management of Month Close Process within Finance system, Preparation, presentation, inputs, and submissions. Validating Financial Reports, reconciliation, and query resolution.

- Management of Intercompany Accounting (Billing, Allocations, Recharges and Reconciliations).

- Management of Fixed Assets Accounting (Additions, Transfer, write off and month end deliverables).

- Management of general accounting transactions, including opening balance roll forward, working with third party providers and local markets.

- Experience in balance sheet account reconciliations review, approval, and enhancements.

- Working knowledge of R2R upstream and downstream experience (AP, AR, SCF and Management reporting).

- Experience in Tax accounting - Preparation of tax pack and Differed tax calculations.

- Leading the 3PSP organization for entire R2R month end operations.

Key Responsibilities:

- The individual has a natural bias for action and is willing to make a positive difference to achieve higher levels of performance.

- Takes direct ownership of objectives with high levels of self-assurance to achieve goals.

- Bringing powerful analysis to issues and rapidly absorbing new information and knowledge to apply new techniques, technology, and procedures.

- Fully involve in design set up and automation initiatives including testing.

- Impactful and flexible in communicating and influencing the issues with the ability to work across metrices of functions.

- Accountable and responsible for ensuring Global finance controls.

- Accountable for third party service provider / managed services operations.

Skills and Experience:

- Should be able to lead and develop a team.

- Should have a positive attitude and should be able to proactively get work done.

- Strong problem solving, and analytical skills.

- High Stakeholder Management - Must have the ability to effectively communicate with senior leaders inside and authorities outside of the company.

- Must be a self-starter with proven ability to take ownership of job responsibilities.

Professional Qualification / Experience:

- A chartered Accountant/semi qualified CA or MBA (Finance).

- Minimum 8 - 14 years experience preferably in FMCG industry.

- Strong understanding of accounting standards, (IFRS, Indian GAAP, US GAAP) and global accounting policies.

- Strong financial and business acumen.

- Experience in Financial accounting, corporate finance, Global Shared services desirable.

- Having working knowledge in Finance operations of SAP ECC / S4 Hana preferable.