Financial Controller - CA - FMCG

Position: Financial Controller

Location: Mumbai

We have been retained by one of our client to recruit a Financial Controller. The position reports to CFO and manages a team 20 plus people.

Reporting to the CFO, this is a critical role which is responsible for Finance Operations, Accounting and Reporting across India. Managing a team of 20 professionals, your responsibilities will include:

- Prepare accurate and timely financial statements that comply with IGAAP and local statutory requirements. Managing the relationship with the regulator on a regular basis.

- Direct the month-end close process and ensure detailed multiple sets of books are maintained to accommodate each legal entity local and tax statutory reporting and in compliance with Statutory Reporting Monitoring Program.

- Establish and maintain a strong controls environment. Implement risk-based finance wide controls to ensure strong controls over financial reporting are effective, manage internal and external auditors and resolve issues proactively to mitigate audit findings.

- Proactively anticipate and react to changing business needs and assess/implement the impact of these changes to systems, processes, and external/internal customers.

- Become a change agent by turning strategy into reality and providing education and effective communication to the business and impacted stakeholders.

- Partner with the business as the subject matter expert of US GAAP, local GAAP, local tax laws and other regulatory compliance matters.

The ideal candidate will be CA qualified with 10-15 years of post qualification experience.