Global Head - Finance Controller - Shared Services

Role : Finance Controller

Managing multiple entities in India and other global locations.

This role will be responsible for Financial Control, Financial Reporting and Tax activities within the respective entities.

- Oversee and take ownership for the accounting and financial reporting for the entities within the region

- Ensure robust processes are executed and relevant reporting output is validated Responsibility for month end and year end close process

- Oversee effective operation of financial controls within the area

- Deliver technical accounting updates on new accounting and financial reporting developments

- Ensure adoption of appropriate accounting standards for each jurisdiction

- Review papers on technical accounting issues

- Review balance sheet reconciliations and or review processes

- Management of the process functions within the India entities and review of the reports prepared

- Review and challenge of reporting submitted by entities

- Review tax computations and take ownership for their submission

- Analysis and identification of tax risks and opportunities

- Continuously identify and implement opportunities for improvements

- Compliance with external regulatory requirements, internal control standards and group compliance policy

- Timely implementation of recommendations made by internal/external auditors and external regulators

- The role has primary responsibility to manage and report Financial Control activities in a true and fair manner

- The role will require significant influencing skills to support successful delivery of role objectives by leveraging the wider Finance team

- The jobholder will have significant exposure to senior management; as such the jobholder will require a level of gravitas and credibility.