Role Summary
NIQ is seeking a Senior SME – Consolidations to partner with the Global Process Owner (GPO) in managing and continuously improving the global consolidation and close process.
This role is instrumental in ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of NIQ’s consolidated financial results, embedding robust governance, automation, and process standardisation across regions.
The Senior SME acts as the technical deputy to the GPO, providing operational oversight, subject-matter guidance, and analytical insights across the consolidation lifecycle. The role will also contribute to NIQ’s broader R2R transformation agenda, supporting initiatives under Project Compass and RTR Quality Board.

Key Responsibilities
Consolidation and Reporting
• Lead execution of monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidations for NIQ entities in OneStream, ensuring accuracy and adherence to close timelines.
• Validate consolidation entries, intercompany eliminations, and FX translation adjustments to ensure first-time-right financial results.




• Partner with Corporate Accounting and Controllership to finalise management and statutory consolidation packs and ensure alignment of group reporting.
• Support the GPO in monitoring Close Cockpit milestones and escalation management during close cycles.

Governance and Standardisation
• Maintain and update process documentation, SOPs, and L4 process maps for the consolidation process.
• Ensure consistency in consolidation methodologies, data mapping, and chart-of-accounts alignment across legal entities.
• Support GPO in embedding internal controls (SOX) and ensuring full audit readiness across regions.
• Perform process quality reviews and recommend corrective actions for control and reconciliation gaps.

Technology and Automation
• Act as OneStream system SME, supporting configuration changes, system testing, and enhancement requests.
• Partner with Enablement and IT to deliver automation and analytics initiatives (RPA, Power BI dashboards,

📌 Senior SME Consolidation (Pune)
🏢 Nielseniq
📍 Pune