Senior Manager ? Financial Reporting and Financial Planning & Analysis

Job Summary

The candidate should have the experience:

• Handling of accounts of corporate house with multiple entities.
• Finalization of accounts at monthly/quarterly and yearly intervals.
• Good inter-personal skills and able to co-ordinate with various departments in getting the accounts audited.
• Responsible for actively leading the month-end closing and finalization of statutory accounts, driving the budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis processes.
• Have good understanding of IFRS, IND-AS, I-GAAP and US-GAAP.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Statement Preparation: Finalize the Balance Sheet, Profit Loss (PL) statement, and Cash Flow statement.
• Month-End Closing: Supervise month-end and year-end closing activities to ensure timely reporting.
• Ledger Scrutiny: Conduct deep-dive reviews of general ledgers to ensure data integrity and classification.
• Provisions Accruals: Review and finalize journal entries, accruals, prepayments, and depreciation schedules.
• Compliance: Ensure financial statements comply with relevant accounting standards (e.g., IFRS, US GAAP, or local GAAP) and tax laws.
• Budgeting: Lead the annual operating budget process across multiple business units.
• Variance Analysis: Compare actual performance against budgets, identifying root causes of variances.
• Management Reporting: Prepare monthly management information systems (MIS) reports and executive dashboards.
• Automation: Streamline data flows between ERP systems (e.g., SAP, etc) and FPA tools to accelerate closing cycles.

Key Skills Required

• Accounting: Deep knowledge of accounting principles, financial statement analysis, and consolidation.
• Analytical Thinking: Strong problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail.
• Software: Proficiency with ERP systems and BI tools (e.g., Power BI, etc).
• Modelling: Advanced Excel skills (macros, complex formulas, structured financial modelling).
• Communication: Ability to explain complex financial data to non-finance stakeholders.

Desired Work Experience and Qualification

• CA with 5-7 years of post-qualification experience preferably in real estate, infrastructure, or large corporates.
• Strong knowledge of internal controls, auditing standards, corporate governance, and risk management practices.

Job Location: Mumbai

Reports To: CFO