Finance Lead - FMCG/Pharma/Manufacturing Firm - CA

Finance Lead

- Monthly Accounting Closing, IFRS

- Coordinate with Head costing for monthly variance analysis for reporting

- Annual & Quarterly statutory books and audits

- Ensuring Internal audits and J sox compliances across finance

- Monthly AR & AP activities and controls

- SAP roll out revisit and improve.

- Automation of GL processes, AP & AR

- Formulation of chart of accounts & financial policies documents

- Support to drive department projects for improvements

- Evaluating new business models

- Grooming the finance teams with training and mentoring

- Companies act compliances

- Driving working Capital Management

- Managing Direct & Indirect Tax

Essential Capabilities:

- Ensure the month end process for closing and make sure all deadlines are met.

- Provide commentary and analysis of costs against Budget

- Improvements to ensure that spending is recorded accurately in the books.

- Invoices are coded to the correct.

- Ensure maximum utilization of SAP & automation

- Drive RPA, Analytical tools for finance

- FA registers and depreciation workings, Physical verification of FA

- Maintain the integrity of the internal control environment (SOX) around the month end process.

- Full balance sheet reviews on a monthly basis, look to continually improve balance sheet reconciliations each month. Follow up on queries.

- Ensure that balance sheet accurately reflects current assets and liabilities of the relevant area of the business (i.e. accruals).

- Support the automation strategy of finance by assisting with implementations through testing of new system and of the business by assessing the impact of changes in technology on finance.

- Drive the annual audit process by working with the auditors to answer queries and provide analysis as required in a timely manner.

- Organize /Conduct trainings/courses for accounts, IT, automations implications and understandings.

- Manage a team of GL/AP/AR/ F-IT, day to day supervision, training and development of the team.

- Provide objectives and appraisals on periodical basis.

- Interact with cross function to enhance departments working capability

Education: CA first attempt

Experience: 9-13 years

Reporting: GM Finance

Location: Pune