Job Description:

The Assistant Vice President - Financial Reporting & Consolidation will be responsible for the preparation, review, and delivery of financial reporting for the firm's corporate entities. The role will focus on the consolidation of financial information across multiple legal entities and investment structures, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and compliance with applicable accounting standards.

The AVP will play a key role in maintaining a strong financial control environment, supporting governance frameworks, and driving best practices across financial reporting and consolidation processes.

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

Financial Statement Reporting & Consolidation:

- Prepare and review consolidated financial statements across multiple entities and investment structures, including consolidation of underlying funds and special purpose vehicles.

- Support preparation of statutory financial statements in accordance with applicable accounting standards (US GAAP)

- Support the quarterly and annual financial close processes, including preparation of:

- Consolidated balance sheets

- Profit & loss statements

- Cash flow statements

- Supporting disclosures and schedules.

- Perform consolidation activities including elimination entries, intercompany reconciliations, and consolidation adjustments.

- Ensure accuracy and completeness of financial information used in consolidation processes.

- Deliver financial analysis and commentary on key variances and financial performance.

Accounting Governance & Control:

- Ensure adherence to accounting policies, internal controls, and financial reporting standards.

- Maintain strong balance sheet substantiation processes and review key reconciliations.

- Participate in strengthening governance frameworks around financial reporting and consolidation.

Process Improvement & Best Practices:

- Identify opportunities to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and transparency within financial reporting and consolidation processes.

- Support automation initiatives and process improvements within the finance function. Drive the evolution of the Workday ERP environment, automating manual processes.

- Drive adoption of best practices in financial reporting and control frameworks.

- Manage and develop the accounting team in the Hyderabad office.

Stakeholder Engagement:

- Partner with global finance teams, and other stakeholders to support financial reporting requirements.

- Collaborate with internal teams including Tax, Treasury, Corporate Finance and Legal to ensure alignment on financial reporting matters, tax planning, and capital markets transactions.

- Support external and internal audit processes related to financial reporting and consolidation.

Experience Required:

- Chartered Accountant with 8+ years of accounting and financial reporting experience

- Strong experience in financial statement preparation (US GAAP) and consolidation accounting

- Ensures compliance with corporate financial standards and internal control requirements

- Understanding of investments entities, multi entity consolidation or fund structures is preferred

- Demonstrated experience supervising accounting teams

- Strong reconciliation and analysis skills

- Advance Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, ability to work with new tools

- Experience with Workiva and Workday financials is a plus

Personal Attributes:

- Outstanding organizational skills with strong attention-to-detail;

- Team-oriented with strong integrity and professionalism.

- Strong leadership presence with the ability to manage and mentor teams

- Ability to work in a collaborative manner and elicit corporation from and gain the confidence of a wide variety of participants including other departments.

- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.

- Proficient at working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment; able to drive issues to closure, is a self-starter committed to achieving results and has a strong sense of ownership and follow-through.

- Ability to work well under pressure and with time constraints; and,

- Ability to take the lead on various projects and communicate on follow-up items and progress for completion as scope of work expands, if necessary.

Education:

- A Chartered Accountant with 8+ years of experience.

- Bachelor's/PG degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience)