Lead - R2R

Environmental Resources Management (ERM); New Delhi; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Environmental Resources Management (ERM) invites an experienced R2R Manager to join our Global Delivery Centre in Gurugram. You will lead global month-end close, implement standardized processes, and partner with Global Finance, FP&A, Tax, Audit, and Internal Controls teams to drive governance and efficiency.

With 14+ years in R2R, a CA qualification, and strong IFRS/US GAAP knowledge, you will drive automation, balance sheet controls, and ERP transformations across regions and entities.

Qualifications

• 14+ years of experience in R2R, accounting operations, controllership, or audit.
• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA).
• Strong IFRS and/or US GAAP knowledge.
• Experience leading global month-end close and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead global month-end close, reconciliations, intercompany accounting, and financial reporting.
• Ensure journal entry governance, accrual accounting, and balance sheet controls are executed.
• Manage close calendars, reporting timelines, and chart of accounts harmonization.
• Support internal and external audits with complete, accurate documentation.
• Drive process improvement, automation, and reporting enhancements through OneStream and Power Automate.
• Partner with FP&A, Tax, Internal Controls, and regional finance teams to ensure reporting accuracy and compliance.
• Monitor KPIs and reporting metrics to identify process improvement opportunities.
• Lead, coach, and develop R2R team members while promoting accountability and continuous improvement.

Skills

R2R management

IFRS / US GAAP

ERP & OneStream

Power BI

Power Automate

Process transformation

Stakeholder management

Intercompany accounting

Advanced Excel

Governance & controls

Education

CA

Tools

OneStream

ERP systems

Power BI

Excel (Advanced)

Job description

ERM is the world’s largest specialist sustainability consultancy, with over 50 years of experience helping organisations navigate complex environmental, social, and governance challenges. We bring together a global community of experts to deliver meaningful impact for our clients and the planet.

The Global Delivery Centre (GDC) in Gurugram is ERM’s global operating backbone. It delivers business enablement services in Finance, HR, IT, and Commercial Operations to ensure ERM’s global business runs seamlessly, efficiently, and consistently.

At the GDC, you will:

• Be part of a hub that ensures ERM’s business continuity worldwide.
• Collaborate with colleagues across geographies to support global operations.
• Drive consistency, compliance, and efficiency in core functions.
• Work with digital, automation, and AI-enabled tools to optimise how ERM operates.
• Work in shifts where required, depending on the role.
• As processes mature and automation increases, reliance on shifts will reduce.

Why this role matters?

As an R2R Manager, you will lead ERM's global Record-to-Report operations, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant financial close and reporting activities across multiple regions. You will partner with Global Finance, FP&A, Tax, Audit, and Internal Controls teams to drive standardization, strengthen governance, and support ERP transformation initiatives. This role is critical to improving reporting quality, enhancing operational efficiency, and enabling scalable global finance operations.

What your impact is?

Drive timely and accurate month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close across global entities. Improve balance sheet integrity through robust reconciliations, controls, and governance processes. Support successful ERP and consolidation system transformation initiatives by embedding standardized processes. Enhance audit readiness and compliance through high-quality documentation and control execution. Increase reporting efficiency through automation, dashboarding, and continuous process improvement initiatives. Build strong partnerships with global finance, tax, audit, and FP&A stakeholders to improve decision-making and transparency.

What you'll bring:

• 14+ years of experience in R2R, accounting operations, controllership, or audit.
• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA).
• Strong technical accounting knowledge of IFRS and/or US GAAP.
• Experience managing global month-end close, financial reporting, and balance sheet controls.
• Proven experience leading process transitions, transformation projects, or ERP implementations.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to collaborate across global teams.
• Experience with reconciliation governance, intercompany accounting, and audit support.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and process improvement capabilities.
• Experience with OneStream, ERP systems, Advanced Excel, and reporting tools.
• Preferred: Experience within a shared services or Global Capability Center (GCC/GDC) environment.
• Exposure to OneStream, Power Automate, Power BI, or other automation tools.
• Experience supporting global finance transformation programs.
• Knowledge of internal controls, SOX, and compliance frameworks.
• Experience working across multiple regions and legal entities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead global month-end close, reconciliations, intercompany accounting, and financial reporting activities.
• Ensure journal entry governance, accrual accounting, and balance sheet controls are executed effectively.
• Manage close calendars, reporting timelines, and chart of accounts harmonization initiatives.
• Support internal and external audits by maintaining complete, accurate, and compliant documentation.
• Drive process improvement, automation, and reporting enhancements through OneStream and Power Automate.
• Partner with FP&A, Tax, Internal Controls, and regional finance teams to ensure reporting accuracy and compliance.
• Monitor KPIs and reporting metrics to identify process improvement opportunities.
• Lead, coach, and develop R2R team members while promoting a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

At ERM, sustainability is our business. We are the world’s largest advisory firm focused solely on sustainability, offering unparalleled expertise across business and finance. ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, through our unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities. Our diverse global team of experts works with the world’s leading organizations to help them set clear sustainability targets, measure progress and operationalize strategy through deep implementation and business transformation. With more than 50 years of experience, our ability to integrate sustainability solutions and our depth and breadth of technical knowledge are why organizations choose to partner with us as their trusted advisor. Every one of us firmly believes in the potential to create value for our clients through an integrated approach to sustainability (because we have personally seen it and professionally achieved it). Our team members are passionate about client service. We work closely with our clients to help them operationalize their sustainability goals and meet their environmental, health and safety objectives while advancing ERM’s purpose through delivering tangible progress in what the United Nations coined The Decade of Action. Organizing our people across globally integrated communities of technical and strategic talent positions ERM to be a “boots to boardroom” leader in bringing that value creation to our clients, partners, and the world.

We recruit exceptional professionals with a personal and professional passion for sustainability and nurture them to even greater success as specialists. We prepare our consultants to bring integrated, innovative and sustainable solutions to our clients and provide opportunities for ongoing development across a variety of subject areas related to technical, business, and personal growth. At ERM, effort pays off and becomes career defining work that leaves a positive imprint on our planet.