Financial Reporting - Lead

Digantara; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Digantara in Hebbal, Bengaluru, is seeking a seasoned finance professional focused on financial reporting and accounting operations. The role covers month-end closure, journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and preparing MIS and management reports.

You will work closely with the Manager – Financial Reporting, guide junior team members, and collaborate with auditors to ensure reporting accuracy and robust controls. A track record in financial analysis and process improvements is essential.

Qualifications

• B.Com or MBA (Finance) preferred.
• 4–8 years of experience in financial reporting, accounting, controllership, or corporate finance.
• Strong understanding of accounting standards, financial reporting, and month-end close.
• Experience in audit coordination, issue resolution, and ensuring reporting accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate and complete accounting of all business transactions.
• Execute monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting activities.
• Perform month-end book closure activities including journal entries, accruals, provisions, reconciliations, and financial schedules.
• Ensure records comply with accounting policies and standards.
• Prepare MIS and management reports; perform variance analysis and highlight drivers.
• Support investor and management reporting requirements.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders and auditors to support reporting requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting and reporting processes and support ERP enhancements.

Skills

Financial reporting

Accounting operations

Month-end close

MIS reporting

Education

B.Com

MBA (Finance)

Job description

Digantara is a leading Space Surveillance and Intelligence company focused on ensuring orbital safety and sustainability. With expertise in space-based detection, tracking, identification, and monitoring, Digantara provides comprehensive domain awareness across all regimes, enabling end-users to gain actionable intelligence on a single platform. At the core of its infrastructure lies a sophisticated integration of hardware and software capabilities aligned with the key principles of situational awareness: perception (data collection), comprehension (data processing), and prediction (analytics). This holistic approach empowers Digantara to monitor all Resident Space Objects (RSOs) in orbit, fostering comprehensive domain awareness.

Why Us?

• Be part of a collaborative and innovative environment where your ideas and skills make a real difference to the entire space realm.
• Push the boundaries with hands‑on experience, greater responsibilities, and rapid career advancement.
• Competitive incentives, galvanising workspace, blazing team—pretty much everything you have heard about a startup.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong experience in financial reporting, accounting operations, and month‑end closure activities.
• Hands‑on experience in journal entries, accruals, provisions, reconciliations, and financial schedules.
• Ability to prepare MIS reports, management reports, and perform financial analysis.
• Strong understanding of accounting standards, financial controls, and reporting processes.
• Experience in audit coordination, issue resolution, and ensuring reporting accuracy.
• Ability to guide junior team members and support process improvements.

Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Accounting

• Ensure accurate and complete accounting of all business transactions.
• Execute monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting activities.
• Perform month‑end book closure activities, including journal entries, accruals, provisions, reconciliations, and preparation of financial schedules.
• Ensure accounting records comply with accounting policies and standards.
• Prepare MIS reports and management reports.
• Perform variance analysis and highlight key financial performance drivers.
• Support investor reporting and management reporting requirements.

Accounting Operations & Controls

• Perform and review balance sheet reconciliations.
• Ensure timely resolution of accounting issues and unreconciled balances.
• Support implementation and monitoring of accounting controls.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders and auditors to support financial reporting requirements.

Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve accounting and reporting processes.
• Support ERP enhancements and automation initiatives.
• Drive improvements in reporting quality, efficiency, and data accuracy.

Team Collaboration

• Work closely with the Manager – Financial Reporting to deliver reporting objectives.
• Guide junior team members on day‑to‑day accounting activities.
• Ensure timely completion of assigned reporting deliverables.

Qualifications

• B.Com / MBA (Finance) preferred.
• 4–8 years of experience in financial reporting, accounting, controllership, or corporate finance.
• Strong understanding of accounting standards, financial reporting, and month‑end close.

Preferred Qualities

• Strong experience in financial reporting, accounting operations, and month‑end closure activities.
• Hands‑on experience in journal entries, accruals, provisions, reconciliations, and financial schedules.
• Ability to prepare MIS reports, management reports, and perform financial analysis.
• Strong understanding of accounting standards, financial controls, and reporting processes.
• Experience in audit coordination, issue resolution, and ensuring reporting accuracy.
• Ability to guide junior team members and support process improvements.

Job Location: Hebbal, Bengaluru