Manager – Controllership – CA Serving Skill

The Corporate Institute; Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

The Corporate Institute is seeking a qualified Chartered Accountant with 5–8 years of experience to lead controllership, financial close and consolidation efforts. The role involves managing quarterly close processes, preparing standalone and consolidated financial statements, and coordinating intercompany reconciliations.

You will ensure adherence to reporting calendars, support audits, and analyze variances while applying Ind AS/IFRS.

Qualifications

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) with 5–8 years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience in financial close and consolidation.
• Experience in GL closing and preparation/review of P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow statements.

Responsibilities

• Own and coordinate the quarterly financial close process with Business Controllers, Tax, Treasury and R2R teams.
• Prepare standalone and consolidated financial statements, notes to accounts and supporting schedules.
• Manage intercompany reconciliation and profit eliminations by coordinating with country and R2R teams.
• Ensure adherence to reporting calendars and timely completion of close and audit activities.
• Prepare cash-flow analysis and statement of changes in working capital.
• Analyse year-on-year, quarter-on-quarter and plan vs. actual variations.
• Ensure appropriate application of Ind AS/IFRS, including mark-to-market and fair value concepts.
• Manage annual statutory audits and quarterly limited review processes for standalone and consolidated financials.
• Identify opportunities for simplification, standardisation and automation within controllership and financial reporting.

Skills

Financial close

Consolidation

Intercompany reconciliation

Variance analysis

Stakeholder management

Education

Chartered Accountant (CA)

Tools

Oracle FCCS

Hyperion HFM

SAP BPC

SAP ERP

MS Excel

Job description

Role Overview:

We are looking for a qualified Chartered Accountant with 5 – 8 years of experience in controllership, financial reporting, financial close and consolidation. The role will be responsible for managing quarterly close activities, standalone and consolidated financials, intercompany reconciliations, statutory audits and reporting requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and coordinate the quarterly financial close process with Business Controllers, Tax, Treasury and R2R teams.
• Prepare standalone and consolidated financial statements, notes to accounts and supporting schedules.
• Manage intercompany reconciliation and profit eliminations by coordinating with country and R2R teams.
• Ensure adherence to reporting calendars and timely completion of close and audit activities.
• Prepare cash-flow analysis and statement of changes in working capital.
• Analyse year-on-year, quarter-on-quarter and plan vs. actual variations.
• Ensure appropriate application of Ind AS/IFRS, including mark-to-market and fair value concepts.
• Manage annual statutory audits and quarterly limited review processes for standalone and consolidated financials.
• Identify opportunities for simplification, standardisation and automation within controllership and financial reporting.

Candidate Profile:

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) with 5 – 8 years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience in financial close and consolidation.
• Experience in GL closing and preparation/review of P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow statements.
• Strong understanding of accounting implications of corporate and tax laws.
• Experience with Oracle FCCS, Hyperion HFM, SAP BPC or other consolidation tools is preferred.
• Strong proficiency in MS Excel.
• Experience in Big 4/large audit firms in statutory audit/assurance or corporate accounts/controllership in a large organisation is preferred.
• Working knowledge of SAP or other major ERP systems will be an advantage.
• Strong analytical, coordination and stakeholder-management skills.