Financial Controller

Trek Bicycle Corporation; Gurugram District; Hybrid; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group medical insurance

13 Annual paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Employee EAP

Charity leave

Employee discounts

Job summary

Trek Bicycle India in Gurgaon, India, seeks a Finance Controller to lead the finance function end-to-end, ensuring compliance, robust controls, and data-led commercial decision-making. You will drive budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and stakeholder partnership, including tax, audits, and treasury activities, while building Trek India's Shared Services capability for scalable growth.

This role offers a clear path to full leadership of the function as Trek India scales its business in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting; CA/CWA/CPA qualifications preferred.
• Strong leadership experience in accounting/finance functions.
• Experience with ERP systems and data-driven decision-making.
• Ability to manage audits, tax reporting and internal controls.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly close and reporting under US GAAP.
• Manage statutory audits, internal audits and regulatory compliance.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes.
• Provide insights on margins, working capital, and cash flow.
• Partner with India Country Manager and US HQ for strategic decisions.

Skills

Leadership

Financial analysis

Taxation

Regulatory compliance

ERP systems

JD Edwards

Advanced Excel

Data storytelling

Education

Bachelor's in Accounting

CA/CWA/CPA qualification

Tools

JD Edwards

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Job Title: Finance Controller

Location: Gurgaon, India

Job type: Full time

Reports To: Country Head

Role Overview

This is a key role in driving the future success of the Trek brand in India. As Finance Controller, you will lead the finance function end-to-end, building a high-performance culture that does the basics brilliantly while adding real value to your business partners through expense management, compelling storytelling, and data-led commercial decision-making.

Beyond this core finance mandate, we are looking for someone excited to stretch into a broader leadership opportunity. This is a chance to build cross-functional leadership experience as you help scale and strengthen Trek India's Shared Services organization, with a clear path to take on full leadership of this function in the future.

Objectives of the role

• Help ensure financial reporting is accurate and stays compliant with accounting standards, tax regulations, and company policies.
• Maintain strong internal controls and sound risk management practices.
• Bring insightful analysis on margins, profitability, working capital, and overall business performance.
• Support leadership with the insights they need to make informed decisions.
• Lead the budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning process.
• Keep track of performance against plans and help drive accountability for results.
• Oversee statutory audits, internal audits, and regulatory compliance.
• Help ensure audit observations are closed out on time, with corrective actions followed through.

Key Responsibilities

1. Financial Reporting, Transaction Processing & Control Governance

• Own the monthly close process, reporting to Group under US GAAP within 3 days of month-end.
• All balance sheet accounts reconciled and clean.
• All income statement accounts analyzed and explained.
• Present monthly results and financial & non-financial KPIs to the US Headquarters.
• Lead the finance department.
• Oversee credit control, working to minimize past dues and DSO.
• Build and maintain a strong internal control environment.

2. Compliance, Taxations & Audit

• Stay on top of local financial and regulatory compliance, keeping a close eye on the environment to ensure we remain compliant.
• Maintain strong internal controls, including safeguarding of assets and compliance with external regulations and internal policies/delegation of authority.
• Own direct and indirect tax reporting and compliance, ensuring payments are accurate and on time.
• Serve as the key point of contact for internal audits, building close, cooperative working relationships.

3. Working Capital and Cash flow management

• Oversee dealer/customer credit management processes.
• Work to minimize overdue receivables and improve Days Sales Outstanding (DSO).
• Monitor customer risk exposure and recommend corrective actions where needed.
• Support effective cash flow planning and liquidity management.
• Partner with customers and stakeholders to establish practices that support sustainable growth and healthy cash flow.

4. Commercial Finance & Business Partnering

• Own the budgeting and monthly reforecasting process, delivering high accuracy with fully explained results and on-time deadlines.
• Analyze sales and gross margin, identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Monitor and build awareness of expenses, leading efforts to manage these down when needed.
• Support the India Country Manager in shaping strategy and long-range business plans.
• Provide routine and ad-hoc analysis to support sales and management.
• Partner closely with all departments to deliver financial support and informed decision-making.
• As part of the global senior finance group, liaise with functional leaders at US Headquarters.
• Work with customers to establish best-practice benchmarks and help them manage cash flow and grow profitably.
• Lead projects and ad-hoc initiatives as needed.

5. Shared Service Business

• Play a role in shaping and executing Trek India Shared Services strategy, in line with business objectives and global priorities.
• Support Trek Indias Shared Services Business / Teams to help deliver high-quality, cost-effective, customer-centric services across supported functions to global Trek subsidiaries & businesses
• Help set and track service delivery standards, SLAs, KPIs, and customer satisfaction metrics.
• Support compliance with the Income Tax Act, particularly Transfer Pricing provisions.

Required Skills and Qualifications –

• 12-14 years of overall experience, including 5+ years in a direct leadership capacity within an accounting, auditing, or finance function.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting; CA, CWA, or CPA qualification.
• Advanced spreadsheet skills able to turn large amounts of data into simple, workable processes with built-in sense checks.
• Familiarity with JD Edwards or similar ERP systems, with a proven ability to learn new systems quickly.
• Brings a flexible, positive attitude and energy to the team.
• Strong financial qualifications and demonstrable knowledge of the regulatory environment in India.
• Comfortable diving into the details to solve complex issues, while still seeing the bigger picture.
• Able to provide clear, fact-based analysis to support a recommended course of action.
• A natural leader and team player who holds the team to high standards.
• Combines empathy with assertiveness and strong influencing skills.
• Excellent attention to detail; tenacious and methodical.
• Committed to continuous improvement - always looking for a better way of doing things.

Why Trek?

• Trek Bicycle in Fortune Rankings: (https://fortune.com/company/trek-bicycle/)
  • Ranked 4 in Best Large Workplaces in Retail
  • Ranked 19 in World's 25 Vest Workplaces
  • Ranked 50 in Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For
  • Ranked 65 in Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For – Europe
• GPTW (Great Place To Work) Certified (https://www.greatplacetowork.in/great/company/trek-bikes)
• Best Workplaces in Asia 2025
• Flexible and fun company culture that values people, purpose, and performance
• A leadership team that supports autonomy and innovation
• A company that believes work should be fun, fulfilling, and impactful
• The chance to be part of something bigger - changing the world by getting more people on bikes

Trek India benefits:

• Group medical insurance floater policy that covers self, spouse, up to 2 children and dependent parents
• 13 Annual paid holidays
• Employee friendly leave policy: Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave, Compassionate Leave, Wedding Leave, Compensatory Leave in addition to Sick Leave, Casual Leave and Privilege Leave
• Tuition Fee Reimbursement up to INR 500,000 (Diploma, Undergraduate, Graduate & Master's degree programs)
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - confidential, work-based benefit that offers employees and their families free short-term counseling, referrals, and support for personal or work-related problems
• Annual paid time off for Charity work
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Employee Discounts on Trek products