Operations Controller - Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting and Wipro Infrastructure Engineering - CA

About the company

Wipro Enterprises Private Limited, is a global enterprise engaged in Consumer Care and Infrastructure businesses with over USD 2 B of annual revenue. Global Controllership function is based out of Bangalore and is responsible for the overall controllership environment across the company, manage the audit & close process, lead IFC and other initiatives. Wipro Enterprises has ~100 reporting entities across the globe which gets consolidated every quarter. Operations Controller role is based out of HQ having high visibility to leadership involving working on critical projects and consolidation.

Responsibilities:

Constitutes 40% individual contributor role and 60% team/stakeholder management. It is a critical role shaping and creating robustness in finance processes with impact across geographies.

1. Manage the close process with all the +100 reporting units. This involves framing the timelines, ensuring timely submission, publishing of dashboards, scheduling quarterly meetings between auditors and the finance leadership.

2. Ensure pre-close meeting with all the entities to identify any special transactions, key issues and flag the same to the leadership.

3. Complete and continuous coordination with the Statutory Auditors with the trackers to ensure the timelines are met for both quarterly and annual audits. Ensure all the variance analysis is prepared QoQ, YoY and VOP for audit as well as for board deck preparation. Coordinate with auditors of international entities to ensure annual pack submission to the Group Auditors on time.

4. Drive & operationalise controllership initiatives globally viz. increase automated journals, implementing intercompany applications, automation of processes and analytics.

5. Lead the continuous Internal Financial Controls (IFC) program to ensure no control deficiencies. Monitor 'governance' status of all the entities, venture investments with respect to the parameters.

6. Own the 'Tax Controllership'. This involves ensuring tax audits, support submission of information for tax assessments, ensuring TDS/TCS/tax masters are updated timely, understanding tax positions and conformity in coordination with Group Tax and Business Finance teams.

7. Lead the account reconciliation processes globally to ensure book hygiene. Ensure annual reserves reconciliation for all the reporting units with the consollidated books.

Requirement:

1. Must be a qualified Chartered Accountant with +12 years of experience.

2. Understand the implications of corporate laws, tax laws on accounting and consolidation is essential.

3. Experience in managing stat audit, SoX, IFC, tax audits and consolidation process. Reasonable understanding of IFRS/Ind AS.

4. Experience in and knowledge of various IT applications/tools/platforms

5. Experience in consolidation controllership, finalization and M&A accounting concepts would be an advantage.

6. Working knowledge of SAP/ERP and Hyperion would be an advantage.

7. Experience in Big 4/ Controllership function in large corporate is desired.