Senior Controller I

Nielsen; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Nielsen in Mumbai seeks a Chartered Accountant with 4–6 years of accounting experience to support local controllership and finance processes. You will coordinate between operational controlling, revenue controlling and business finance, ensuring local regulatory compliance and accurate financial closing.

Responsibilities include US-GAAP accounting, intercompany reconciliations, P2P processes, SOX documentation, and interaction with external auditors.

Qualifications

• CA/CPA credential is required or equivalent.
• 4–6 years of relevant accounting experience.
• Knowledge of local statutory requirements and statutory audits.

Responsibilities

• Support local controllership and financial close.
• Ensure compliance with laws and accounting standards.
• Manage procure-to-pay, intercompany, and reconciliations.

Skills

Accounting

Finance

US-GAAP

SOX

ERP SAP

Auditing

Communication

Education

Chartered Accountant or CPA

Tools

SAP ERP

Microsoft Excel

Google Workspace

Job description

At Nielsen, we are passionate about our work to power a better media future for all people by providing powerful insights that drive client decisions and deliver extraordinary results. Our talented, global workforce is dedicated to capturing audience engagement with content - wherever and whenever it’s consumed. Together, we are proudly rooted in our deep legacy as we stand at the forefront of the media revolution. When you join Nielsen, you will join a dynamic team committed to excellence, perseverance, and the ambition to make an impact together. We champion you, because when you succeed, we do too. We enable your best to power our future.

At Nielsen, we are passionate about our work to power a better media future for all people by providing powerful insights that drive client decisions and deliver extraordinary results. Our talented, global workforce is dedicated to capturing audience engagement with content - wherever and whenever it’s consumed. Together, we are proudly rooted in our deep legacy as we stand at the forefront of the media revolution. When you join Nielsen, you will join a dynamic team committed to excellence, perseverance, and the ambition to make an impact together. We champion you, because when you succeed, we do too. We enable your best to power our future.

Job Description

Job purpose: Support all aspects of local controlling and accounting in the local market. Assist with the coordination of activities between Operational Controlling, Revenue Controlling and Business Finance. Perform local accounting activities specific to the respective market.Support the local core finance processes.

Job Responsibilities

• Support the local controllership function ; provide financial oversight on the local business
• Ensure compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, and accounting standards.
• Ensure adequate performance and reporting on the following :
• US-GAAP accounting/closing, accruals, and account reconciliations
• Financial closing and consolidation
• Procure-to-pay functions (invoice & payment processing, T&E, etc)
• Intercompany transactions and reconciliation
• Ensure compliance with all relevant global, regional or local policies, procedures and guidelines
• Support change locally with regard to standardization, simplification, automation initiatives as governed by the Global or Regional COE core teams or by Finance leadership
• Assist in producing monthly closing dashboard, and quarterly and year-end reporting packs in accordance with corporate requirements for the local market
• Support Operational Controller to maintain internal controls and SOX documentation and ensure effective control environment through active coordination with the Group Controller and the Global and Regional COE core teams
• Support the Operational Controller during local internal audit and compliance review assignments, including any SOX or distributed audits
• Maintenance of local statutory accounts and ensure ongoing compliance to local regulation for the local legal entities
• Assist in the statutory and tax accounting and audit processes and act as the single point of contact for external auditors and/or tax and statutory authorities or consultants

Measurement

Leadership: Curious, Collaborative, Inclusive, Proactive, Accountable, Committed

• Financial: Global COE and Internal Control metrics, Internal and External Audit observations, Adherence to closing deadlines
• Values: Open, Connected, Useful, Personal

Qualifications

Education

• Chartered Accountant or CPA
• Local or international Accounting qualification (CA,CPA, ACCA, ACMA, or other)

Preferred

• Fluency in English and local language mandatory; third regional language preferred

Experience

• 4 - 6 Years with minimum 4 years of relevant professional experience in accounting
• External audit or public accounting experience preferred
• Knowledge and experience with local statutory requirements and statutory audits (Local GAAP, statutory financial statements, tax calculations, VAT returns) preferred
• Knowledge and experience with US-GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) preferred
• Experience with ERP systems (preferably SAP) preferred
• IT-PC literate (Google for Work, Microsoft Office)
• Experience in automation/transformation projects leveraging AI preferred
• Strong communication skills, team player, leadership traits