Assistant General Ledger Controller - IT Services Firm - CA / CPA

Experience: 5+ Years

Role: Permanent

Location: Prabhadevi, Mumbai

Shift timings: UK Shift 12.00 pm -9.00 pm or 1.00 pm -10.00 pm

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Prepare monthly Financial Statement Package in accordance with GAAP. The financial statement package will include Balance Sheet, Income Statement and cash flow statement

- Lead and manage all due diligence on ad-hoc audits in conjunction with external auditors to ensure that audits are completed in a timely manner.

- Close books as required (back-up).

- Analyze and complete monthly narrative of GAAP financial statements including year-over-year, and sequential, complete with financial metrics.

- Balance sheet analysis to include adequacy of key balances

- Direct staff and close books as required.

- Conduct monthly review of results with SVP's as required

- Keep abreast of changes in accounting requirements and applicability to the Company

- Responsible for managing annual audit process to ensure that auditor's information requests and questions are responded to in a timely manner to meet annual reporting deadline.

- Review draft audited financial statement and footnotes for completeness.

- Make recommendations to improve the Company's financial performance.

- Ensure that the General Ledger is reconciled and maintained in accordance with GAAP

- Perform additional duties as assigned by the Controller.

Desired Minimum Qualifications:

Education and Experience: California CPA with a Bachelor's degree in Business

Administration/Accounting (Master's Degree is a plus) and 5+ years of experience leading accounting teams and knowledge of the monthly and annual closing process.

Necessary Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

- Current CPA with knowledge of current rules and pronouncements

- Strong managerial and leadership skills

- Use of financial systems applications, in particular, Oracle to close books

- Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills