Role & responsibilities

Job Title: Finance Controller

Location: Gurgaon, India

Job type: Full time

Reports To: Country Head

Role Overview

This is a key role in driving the future success of the Trek brand in India. As Finance Controller, you will lead the finance function end-to-end, building a high-performance culture that does the basics brilliantly while adding real value to your business partners through expense management, compelling storytelling, and data-led commercial decision-making.

Beyond this core finance mandate, we are looking for someone excited to stretch into a broader leadership opportunity. This is a chance to build cross-functional leadership experience as you help scale and strengthen Trek India's Shared Services organization, with a clear path to take on full leadership of this function in the future.

Objectives of the role

- Help ensure financial reporting is accurate and stays compliant with accounting standards, tax regulations, and company policies.
- Maintain strong internal controls and sound risk management practices.
- Bring insightful analysis on margins, profitability, working capital, and overall business performance.
- Support leadership with the insights they need to make informed decisions.
- Lead the budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning process.
- Keep track of performance against plans and help drive accountability for results.
- Oversee statutory audits, internal audits, and regulatory compliance.
- Help ensure audit observations are closed out on time, with corrective actions followed through.

Key Responsibilities 1. Financial Reporting, Transaction Processing & Control Governance

- Own the monthly close process, reporting to Group under US GAAP within 3 days of month-end.
- All balance sheet accounts reconciled and clean.
- All income statement accounts analyzed and explained.
- Present monthly results and financial & non-financial KPIs to the US Headquarters.
- Lead the finance department.
- Oversee credit control, working to minimize past dues and DSO.
- Build and maintain a strong internal control environment.

2. Compliance, Taxations & Audit

- Stay on top of local financial and regulatory compliance, keeping a close eye on the environment to ensure we remain compliant.
- Maintain strong internal controls, including safeguarding of assets and compliance with external regulations and internal policies/delegation of authority.
- Own direct and indirect tax reporting and compliance, ensuring payments are accurate and on time.




- Serve as the key point of contact for internal audits, building close, cooperative working relationships.

3. Working Capital and Cash flow management

- Oversee dealer/customer credit management processes.
- Work to minimize overdue receivables and improve Days Sales Outstanding (DSO).
- Monitor customer risk exposure and recommend corrective actions where needed.
- Support effective cash flow planning and liquidity management.
- Partner with customers and stakeholders to establish practices that support sustainable growth and healthy cash flow.

1. Commercial Finance & Business Partnering

- Own the budgeting and monthly reforecasting process, delivering high accuracy with fully explained results and on-time deadlines.
- Analyze sales and gross margin, identifying opportunities for improvement.
- Monitor and build awareness of expenses, leading efforts to manage these down when needed.
- Support the India Country Manager in shaping strategy and long-range business plans.
- Provide routine and ad-hoc analysis to support sales and management.
- Partner closely with all departments to deliver financial support and informed decision-making.
- As part of the global senior finance group, liaise with functional leaders at US Headquarters.
- Work with customers to establish best-practice benchmarks and help them manage cash flow and grow profitably.
- Lead projects and ad-hoc initiatives as needed.

5. Shared Service Business

- Play a role in shaping and executing Trek India Shared Services strategy, in line with business objectives and global priorities.
- Support Trek Indias Shared Services Business / Teams to help deliver high-quality, cost-effective, customer-centric services across supported functions to global Trek subsidiaries & businesses
- Help set and track service delivery standards, SLAs, KPIs, and customer satisfaction metrics.
- Support compliance with the Income Tax Act, particularly Transfer Pricing provisions.

Required Skills and Qualifications –

- 12-14 years of overall experience, including 5+ years in a direct leadership capacity within an accounting, auditing, or finance function.




- Bachelor's degree in Accounting; CA, CWA, or CPA qualification.
- Advanced spreadsheet skills able to turn large amounts of data into simple, workable processes with built-in sense checks.
- Familiarity with JD Edwards or similar ERP systems, with a proven ability to learn new systems quickly.
- Brings a versatile, positive attitude and energy to the team.
- Strong financial qualifications and demonstrable knowledge of the regulatory environment in India.
- Comfortable diving into the details to solve complex issues, while still seeing the bigger picture.
- Able to provide clear, fact-based analysis to support a recommended course of action.
- A natural leader and team player who holds the team to high standards.
- Combines empathy with assertiveness and strong influencing skills.
- Excellent attention to detail; tenacious and methodical.
- Committed to continuous improvement - always looking for a better way of doing things.

Why Trek?

- Trek Bicycle in Fortune Rankings: (https://fortune.com/company/trek-bicycle/)
- Ranked 4 in Best Large Workplaces in Retail
- Ranked 19 in World’s 25 Vest Workplaces
- Ranked 50 in Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For
- Ranked 65 in Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For – Europe
- GPTW (Great Place To Work) Certified (https://www.greatplacetowork.in/great/company/trek-bikes)
- Best Workplaces in Asia 2025
- Flexible and fun company culture that values people, purpose, and performance
- A leadership team that supports autonomy and innovation
- A company that believes work should be fun, fulfilling, and impactful
- The chance to be part of something bigger - changing the world by getting more people on bikes

Trek India benefits:

- Group medical insurance floater policy that covers self, spouse, up to 2 children and dependent parents
- 13 Annual paid holidays
- Employee friendly leave policy: Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave, Compassionate Leave, Wedding Leave, Compensatory Leave in addition to Sick Leave, Casual Leave and Privilege Leave
- Tuition Fee Reimbursement up to INR 500,000 (Diploma, Undergraduate, Graduate & Master’s degree programs)
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - confidential, work-based benefit that offers employees and their families free short-term counseling, referrals, and support for personal or work-related problems
- Annual paid time off for Charity work
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Employee Discounts on Trek products

📌 Financial Controller (Gurugram)
🏢 Trek Bicycle
📍 Gurugram