Manager – Accounting & Controls – Entity Reporting Golden Hire Consultancy

The Corporate Institute; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

The Corporate Institute in Bangalore seeks a Manager – Accounting & Controls to manage day-to-day RTR stabilization and close delivery for entities. You will be the SME and team lead supporting month-end close, issue resolution, knowledge transfer and healthy controls.

Role requires strong IFRS knowledge, attention to detail, and ability to coordinate with Group Reporting and Market Finance across geographies.

Qualifications

• Experience in month-end close, financial accounting and group reporting.
• Sound knowledge of IFRS, financial controls and audit requirements.
• Ability to review journals, reconciliations and provide commentary.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management across geographies.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of period end close activities for assigned entities.
• Provide SME support across transitioned RTR activities and close.
• Review P&L results, accruals, reconciliations and commentary.
• Ensure compliant accounting across R2R, AP, AR, Intercompany and assets.
• Monitor close calendars, dependencies and action trackers.
• Coordinate with Group Reporting and Market Finance on submissions.

Skills

Month end close

Financial accounting

Group reporting

Reconciliations

IFRS knowledge

Audit readiness

Stakeholder management

Communication

Close controls

Education

CA/CPA/ACCA/CIMA/MBA Finance or equivalent

Job description

Job Description : Manager – Accounting & Controls (Entity Reporting)

Team: Accounting and Controls

Location: Bangalore

Role Purpose:

Manage day-to-day RTR stabilization activities and close delivery for assigned entities and process towers ensuring entity results are accurate, compliant and audit-ready. Act as the primary SME and team lead supporting month-end close operations, issue resolution, knowledge transfer activities and successful execution of H1 close during transition and stabilization. Partner with Group Reporting, P&L owners and process operations teams to resolve issues and strengthen controls.

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead execution of period end close activities for assigned entities.
• Provide process ownership and SME support across transitioned RTR activities.
• Review P&L results, validate accruals/reclasses, reconciliations and provide clear commentary to P&L owners on material variances.
• Review outputs from process operations teams such as R2R, AP, AR, Intercompany, Fixed Assets and other finance processes to ensure compliant accounting.
• Monitor close calendars, critical dependencies and action trackers to ensure timely completion.
• Coordinate with Group Reporting and Market Finance teams on reporting submissions and close requirements.
• Perform review and quality assurance of close outputs prepared by team members.
• Implement close controls and quality checkpoints across assigned processes.
• Identify control gaps and drive remediation, root-cause fixes and process improvements.
• Perform root cause analysis for defects identified during transition or close periods.
• Support transition activities including KT, job shadow, reverse shadow and hypercare.
• Coordinate external audit for assigned entities, including evidence review, query resolution and audit action closure.
• Support documentation updates including SOPs, process maps and control documentation.

Key Stakeholders:

AVP RTR Lead, Group Reporting, Market Finance, Controllers, RTR Operations Teams, Transition Office, Auditors, Tax & Treasury.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Strong experience in month end close, financial accounting, group reporting, reconciliations.
• Sound knowledge of IFRS, financial controls and audit requirements.
• Able to review reconciliations, journals, schedules and financial commentary with strong attention to detail.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and ability to manage multiple stakeholders across geographies.
• Experience working with shared services/process operations and tight close timelines.

Qualifications:

CA, CPA, ACCA, CIMA, MBA Finance or equivalent preferred; degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or a related discipline required with 10+ years of experience.

Success Measures:

Timely and accurate submissions; Adherence to close calendar and control requirements; Effective knowledge transfer and process stabilization; High-quality journal and reconciliation reviews; meaningful P&L commentary; smooth audit closure; compliant process outputs and strong controls.