Global Financial Controller - Shipping

Opening for the position of a Global Finance Controller in a Shipping Company.

Job Description

Designation: Global Finance Controller

Level: Manager (Senior Manager comparable in the industry)

Reporting to: Global Finance Manager (General Manager)

Summary:

- To head and manage the Controllership function in the organization

- To strengthen the overall accounting, taxation, legal, secretarial, including strategic risk management as well as internal control system

- To focus on continuous improvement and bring efficiencies in the organization

- To facilitate alignment with CEN Finance in CPH and smooth implementation of Global initiatives for the organization

- To ensure error - free accounting and accurate reporting 8-

Key Responsibilities: key responsibilities

- To review organization activities in all organization sites and ensure proper accounting in line with IFRS and Local GAAP (Indian, Philippines and Chinese)

- To ensure proper implementation of Accounting to Reporting practices in the organization support function, including creation of SOPs for organization.

- Effective and periodic assessment and clean-up of the organization assets and liabilities in Balance Sheet.

- Effective working capital management of the organization

- Review key contracts (vendor plus intercompany revenue contracts)

- Facilitate Legal consultancy for the organization.

- Ensure statutory compliances.

- Handle direct and indirect taxation including transfer pricing, dealing with lawyers, consultants, and Center Tax team in CPH, filing service tax refunds etc.

- Facilitate proper conduct of Board Meetings and pass appropriate resolutions.

- Deal with banks to avail appropriate facilities like bank guarantee, etc…

- Handle Statutory and Tax audits, deal with Group Internal Audit, BCO teams, as appropriate.

- Ensure proper internal controls within the accounting process

- Provide overview to GSLT with appropriate changes in all applicable laws like Company Law, Taxation, etc…

Primary internal stakeholder

- Site Finance teams

- Support Functions

- Processes

- CEN ORGANIZATION Finance

- Global Process Leads

- GSLTll

Primary external Stakeholder

- Statutory auditors

- Business Control team

- Group Internal Audit team

- Lawyers, consultants

- Country Tax Centerors

Experience and Skills

- Chartered Accountant (added Company Secretarial qualification will help)

- +8-10 years experience in Controllership function with exposure in Taxation, Legal and Corporate Secretarial work.

- +2-3 years experience in managing the internal audit function, finalisation of audit reports and discussions with stake-holders.

- Sound knowledge of IFRS / US GAAP and Indian GAAP, taxation and secretarial requirements

- Knowledge of ERP, MS-Office especially Excel and PowerPoint

- Good Understanding of audit and internal control systems, management reporting, accounting and financial reporting

- Good drive for results, problem solving, priority setting and having good integrity and trust as also good listening skills

Key Measures

- Quantitative – No. of times books are closed in time and error free.

- Quantitative and Qualitative -Number of SOPs introduced in line with IFRS and Local GAAP.

- Quantitative – Success in Legal, taxation and statutory compliances / cases.

- Quantitative – Refunds received from tax departments

- Qualitative – Facilitation of tax assessments and studies

- Qualitative - Maintenance of updated tracker on progress of audit recommendations

Location: Mumbai

Note: Interested candidates please send me your updated CV or call me on 9833815557.

Mansi Mehta
Adept Global