Financial Controller - FMCG - CA

This is an FMCG company based in Mumbai.

The role is a people manager role.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Accounting & Internal Compliance.

- Lead Compliance, Accounting and Taxation for the entity.

- Ensure compliance with accounting policies under US GAAP and local GAAP.

- Ensure conclusion of statutory audit with no qualifications and internal audits with no significant observations.

- Lead and ensure strong internal control environment in the organization.

- Implement strong accounting controls and drive standard work for month close, Balance Sheet reconciliations and exception reporting.

- Ensure timely accounting and compliance with all statutory obligations.

- Drive successful closure of Internal Audit / BS review actions for the legal entity.

- Develop accounting systems / ERP set-up to ensure compliance with all local regulations including tax requirements.

Taxation:

- Ensure compliance with various Direct tax and indirect tax compliance requirements for the legal entity in a timely manner.

- Ensure Transfer Price compliance.

- Drive and lead tax litigations for both direct tax and indirect matters in collaboration with tax consulting firms and cross-functional stakeholders.

- Management Reporting.

- Leading and ensuring accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end closes.

- Ensure Monthly P&L and Balance Sheet closing in line with Forecasts.

- Business Support.

- Support business projects for the company (eg: finance support for the shared service centre, Transitions, other adhoc projects etc.

- Provision of ad-hoc information as requested and duties assigned by CFO and other stake holders.

KEY REQUIREMENT:

- CA with 5-7 years of experience post qualification.

- Strong experience in Accounting & Taxation preferably in FMCG environment.

- People management experience.

- Great stakeholder management good interpersonal communication skills.

- Expertise in various IT systems (SAP/ Micro strategy).

- Cross functional understanding of the work processes between Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Finance, HR.

- Project Management lead with excellent analytical skills.

- Process oriented, very focused and rigorous.