JOB SUMMARY:

As part of the Center of Excellence (CoE) Finance team, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring accurate and timely financial closuresmonth-end, quarter-end, and year-endwhile supporting Accounts Payable operations, including statutory and vendor payments.

You will prepare and maintain MIS reports, dashboards, and management insights, enabling effective business decisions.

The role involves data collection, reconciliation, and analysis, while supporting audit readiness, compliance, and continuous process improvement.

You will also handle ad-hoc and periodic reporting requests, ensuring transparency, accuracy, and efficiency across financial operations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Take ownership of month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing, ensuring flawless reconciliations, accruals, and compliance.

- Transform financial data into actionable insights through dashboards, reports, and trend analysis that drive strategic decisions.

- Lead variance analysis and financial reviews, highlighting opportunities, risks, and key business trends.

- Validate Purchase Orders across PAN India locations and manage statutory payments (GST, TDS, TCS, VAT, Excise, Import Fees) with precision and SLA adherence.

- Ensure audit readiness by providing timely documentation, reconciliations, and supporting analyses for internal, statutory, and external audits.

- Identify, implement, and champion process improvements and automation across closing, reporting, and AP functions.

- Collaborate with CoE, business finance, operations, supply chain, and IT teams to ensure accurate, aligned, and transparent reporting.

- Mentor and guide a team of associates, fostering accountability, continuous learning, and high-performance culture.

- Monitor and report on key finance KPIs, SLA adherence, and AP performance, turning metrics into insights for business excellence.

- Drive GL hygiene and reconciliations, ensuring data accuracy and reliability for all statutory and management reporting.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDEX:

- Timely and accurate financial closures.

- 100% GL reconciliation and hygiene.

- Insightful MIS and variance analyses.

- Audit readiness with zero delays.

- SLA-compliant payments and PO validation.

INTERACTIONS:

INTERNALLY:

- Senior Manager Accounts Payable.

- Senior Manager Closing & Reporting.

- COE AP, Tax and C&R Teams.

- Supply Chain Team.

- Factory Teams.

- CFC and Treasury Team.

EXTERNALLY:

- Bank.

- Auditors (Internal and External).

PROFILE DETAILS:

QUALIFICATION:

- Chartered Accountant, preferably with a Big4, MNC/New generation Indian company.

EXPERIENCE:

- Minimum 3 yrs. of experience.

- Experience in Accounts Payable and Closing & Reporting function in a manufacturing company with a sales and distribution setup is preferred.

- Exposure in Shared Service environment preferably in the manufacturing sector/FMCG.

- Experience of working in a fast moving and multicultural environment is preferred.

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS:

- Fluent with MS Office (specifically Excel and Word) and related tools like Power BI.

- Exposure to ERP environment preferably (SAP, JDE etc.

- Sound accountancy knowledge.

- Hands-on experience in dealing with voluminous booking & Posting process in Shared Service environment.

- Good knowledge of financial/business processes.

BEHAVIOURAL SKILLS:

- Good written and verbal communication skills.

- Good at coordination and multitasking.

- Adherence to SLA timelines.

- Should be a team player.

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