Manager/Sr. Manager - Controllership

R360 Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,200,000 - 3,800,000; Full time

Job summary

R360 Group is seeking a Chartered Accountant to lead Controllership. The role centers on maintaining the integrity of books, month-end and quarter-end closures, and regulatory compliance.

You will oversee audits of the holding company and subsidiaries, internal controls, and working capital management, while guiding a team responsible for financial close, compliance, and reporting.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant with strong audit and industry exposure.
• Experience in audit and assurance with Big 4/Big 6 firms and controllership/financial reporting.
• Experience with GST, TDS, Income Tax, and regulatory filings preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee financial close and books of accounts timely per close calendar.
• Lead a high-performing team; allocate responsibilities, set deliverables and timelines.
• Ensure statutory compliance under applicable laws (GST, TDS/TC, Companies Act).
• Manage front-end statutory audits for holding company and subsidiaries; ensure timely audits with minimal observations.
• Support group consolidation and reporting requirements; coordinate with management.
• Plan vendor payments based on cash flow; manage liquidity and relationships with banks.
• Design, implement and maintain robust internal financial controls and risk matrices.
• Maintain reconciliations of books with third-party balances and investigate discrepancies.

Skills

Chartered Accountant

Audit & Assurance

Financial Reporting

Team Management

Education

CA/Chartered Accountant

Job description

R360 powers a data-driven customer engagement ecosystem that enables the world’s leading organisations to earn customer loyalty every day.

For over 10 years, R360’s loyalty and reward platforms have driven ambitious loyalty programs for some of the world’s biggest brands – including Axis Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, HDFC Bank and Emirates National Dubai Bank. We have 500+ global retail partnerships and offer our clients reward programs, nuanced customer segmentation, data-centric campaigns, and big data analytics.

Our multidisciplinary team of technology experts, product engineers, data scientists, client relationship managers and customer experience professionals work together with our clients to enable loyalty by enhancing customer acquisition, engagement and retention.

We are looking for a Chartered Accountant with strong audit and industry exposure to lead the Controllership function. The role owns the integrity of the books of accounts, month-end and quarter-end closure, statutory compliance, audits of the holding company and subsidiaries, internal financial controls, and working capital management.

Who manages:

• 1. Financial Close & Books of Accounts,
• 2. Team Management & Review,
• 3. Statutory & Regulatory Compliance,
• 4. Audit Management,
• 6. Internal Financial Controls (IFC) and
• 7. Reconciliations

Key Responsibilities:

A. Financial Close & Books of Accounts:

• Ensure timely completion of all month-end closing activities as per the agreed close calendar.
• Ensure the books of accounts are correctly, completely and consistently maintained at every month end, with appropriate provisioning, accruals, cut-off and classification.
• Review the books of accounts before month close, and ensure they are audit-ready at each quarter end.
• Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards (Ind AS / IGAAP, as applicable), Companies Act, 2013, and group accounting policies.

B. Team Management & Review:

• Review work performed by team members and provide guidance, wherever necessary.
• Allocate responsibilities, set deliverables and timelines, and build a high-performing, accountable team.

C. Statutory & Regulatory Compliance:

• Ensure all statutory compliances (GST, TDS/TCS, Income Tax, Companies Act / ROC filings, PF/ESI/PT, and other applicable laws) are completed correctly, completely and within due dates.
• Maintain a compliance calendar and tracker, with periodic reporting to management on compliance status.
• Liaise with external consultants and ensure queries from tax and other regulatory departments are resolved on time.

D. Audit Management:

• Front-end statutory audits, and other audits of the holding company and subsidiaries.
• Ensure audits are completed within stipulated timelines with nil or minimal observations.
• Coordinate PBC (prepared-by-client) lists, audit queries, management representation letters and closure of audit points.
• Support group consolidation and related reporting requirements.
• Track, follow up and escape outstanding customer dues in a timely manner; monitor ageing and recommend provisioning where required.
• Plan vendor payments based on fund availability and cash flow forecasts, balancing vendor relationships with liquidity.
• Liaise with banks as required for working capital facilities (limits, renewals, drawdowns, stock/book-debt statements, compliance certificates and covenants).
• Design, implement and maintain robust internal financial controls over monetary and non-monetary items/transactions.
• Maintain risk control matrices (RCM) and SOPs, perform periodic control testing, and ensure timely remediation of gaps.
• Support IFC reporting requirements under the Companies Act, 2013.

G. Reconciliations:

• Ensure timely reconciliation of books with third-party balances (customers, vendors, banks, inter-company, statutory authorities such as GST/TDS portals).
• Investigate differences and take corrective actions promptly.

Experience in Audit & Assurance with a Big 4 / Big 6 firm, and industry experience in a controllership / financial reporting role