Head Accounting

Sarthee Consultancy; Mumbai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Sarthee Consultancy seeks a senior finance professional to lead financial control and reporting, compliance, and process improvement. You will oversee month-end and year-end closings, ensure IFRS/GAAP alignment, consolidate entities, and prepare management variance analyses.

You will manage AP/AR/GL, cost accounting with production teams, support audits, strengthen internal controls, and partner with IT to digitalize reporting (SAP S/4HANA integration, BI dashboards). Based in Mumbai, India.

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end and year-end closing processes and ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Maintain and enforce accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls in line with IFRS and local GAAP.
• Review and consolidate financial statements for all entities, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Prepare management reports and variance analyses to support leadership decisions.
• Oversee AP, AR, and GL functions with focus on completeness and accuracy.
• Coordinate cost accounting with Supply Chain and Production teams (inventory valuation, standard costing, variances).
• Ensure timely reconciliation of accounts including banks, suppliers, intercompany, tax, and payroll.
• Ensure adherence to statutory and regulatory requirements, including tax filings and audits.
• Coordinate internal and external audits and close audit findings.
• Drive continuous improvement in accounting processes and systems, partnering with IT for SAP S/4HANA integration, BI dashboards, and process automation.

Job description

Financial Control & Reporting

• Lead the month-end and year-end closing processes, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Maintain and enforce accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls in line with IFRS and local GAAP.
• Review and consolidate financial statements for all entities, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Prepare management reports and variance analyses to support decision-making by leadership.

Transactional Accounting

• Oversee AP, AR, and GL functions, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and efficiency.
• Manage cost accounting processes in coordination with Supply Chain and Production teams (inventory valuation, standard costing, variances).
• Ensure timely reconciliation of all accounts bank, suppliers, intercompany, tax, and payroll.

Compliance & Audit

• Ensure adherence to statutory and regulatory requirements, including tax filings, audits, and financial submissions.
• Coordinate internal and external audits; drive closure of audit findings.
• Maintain a strong internal control environment to safeguard company assets and data integrity.

Process Improvement & Automation

• Drive continuous improvement in accounting processes and systems to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
• Partner with IT and Transformation Office to digitalize reporting, approvals, and controls (SAP S/4HANA integration, BI dashboards, process automation).
• Identify and implement best practices in financial governance.