Head Accounting

Sarthee Consultancy; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Sarthee Consultancy in Pune is seeking a Financial Control & Reporting professional to lead month-end and year-end closings, ensuring timely, accurate financial reporting and robust internal controls across the group.

The role covers consolidation of entities, preparation of management reports with variance analyses, and supervision of AP/AR/GL, cost accounting with standard costing, plus cross‑functional automation via SAP S/4HANA and BI dashboards.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.