Finance Controller

Arthan; Shillong; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading finance firm in Shillong, India, is seeking a senior finance professional responsible for all financial matters. The role includes ensuring compliance with regulations, leading audits, and managing the ERP system. Candidates should have 12-20 years of experience and be a Chartered Accountant. Strong bookkeeping skills and knowledge of India GAAP are essential. This position provides an opportunity to contribute significantly during the company's growth phase.

Qualifications

• 12 to 20 years of experience in technical accounting.
• Strong knowledge of local statutory compliance requirements.
• Experience in improving internal controls and compliance.
• Good communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with corporate and external requirements.
• Lead preparation of financial reports and audits.
• Maintain accurate bookkeeping in ERP systems.
• Oversee statutory filings and cash flow reporting.
• Execute timely payments and bank reconciliations.

Skills

Technical accounting knowledge of India GAAP

Bookkeeping experience

Knowledge of local tax compliance

Project cost accounting

ERP systems (Zoho, Tally)

People management skills

Reporting presentation skills

Attention to detail

Education

Chartered Accountant

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

The position is the most senior person within Finance responsible for all the financial matter, Reporting to the local CFO.

Key Responsibilities

1. Ensuring compliance to meet corporate headquarter needs, adhering to all external compliance requirements of the Government, auditors banks in India and ensuring compliance to India GAAP etc
2. Ensure completion of yearly group and company audit
3. Leading internal controls improvement work by ensuring documentation and adequate processes are in place
4. Being the owner of the ERP system Zoho / Tally so that data is inputted in the system 'right' from the beginning in accordance with operational requirements and india GAAP
5. Lead and prepare regular analytical financial reports, financial statements to Group for consolidation and reports to local management

Hands‑on Operational & Financial Responsibilities

1. Statutory Compliance related to financial statements, GST, taxable income and ensure timely hands on reconciliation and payments of taxes and filing of annual returns, and hands‑on TDS (Tax deducted at source) reconciliation and checking
2. Financial Reporting and Audits; Bookkeeping and Accounting: Maintaining accurate books of accounts in our ERP system in line with the operations and ensuring they also comply with India Accounting Standards and group financial standards for timely monthly reporting and statutory audit
3. Coordinate regulatory and statutory filings and documentation with our partners & legal personnel (include but not limited to ROC, MGT, AOC‑4 etc), AGM
4. Detailed cashflow reporting on expenditure on project level
5. Ownership of ERP system, including setting up the system in the 'right way' for effective costs follow up
6. Lead the fixed asset register reconciliation with General Ledger
7. Timely execution of payments for invoices, payroll within organisation and ensure bank reconcilations performed monthly
8. Hand‑on reconciliation for Group related party transactions calculation, invoicing and bookkeeping in line with transfer pricing and group instructions
9. Improve internal control processes across the operations ensuring proper approvals, procedures are adhered to and documentations are available for audit
10. Responsible for timely monthly, quarterly & year‑end closing incl reconciliations
11. Lead standardization, improvements & automation of financial processes for efficiency

Qualifications and Technical Skills

• Successful candidate should be a chartered Accountant with solid 12 to 20 years of technical accounting knowledge of India GAAP, have eyes for details and have strong hands on bookkeeping experience.
• Strong knowledge of local tax, and local statutory compliance requirements.
• Understand project cost accounting.
• Should have eye for details and able to roll‑up sleeves and execute the operational responsibilities him/herself.
• Strong knowledge of foreign currency regulation and requirements of India banking requirements.
• Should have a strong track record of improving internal controls & compliance for audit.
• Should have solid knowledge and hands on experience of working in ERP system like Zoho and Tally.
• Good communication in English and can have strong people management skills as strength.
• Possess good reporting presentation skills and organizational skills with international group reporting experience.
• Innovative and creative in coming up with forward‑looking solutions so that challenges can be overcome in a compliant way.
• Willing to grow with the company and be part of our journey in a challenging phase of the scale up of the company.