Job Description

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.

Key Responsibilities

- Financial Reporting, Transaction Processing & Control Governance
- Own the monthly close process, reporting to Group under US GAAP within 3 days of month-end.
- Present monthly results along with the variance analysis, financial & non-financial KPIs to the US Headquarters.
- All balance sheet accounts reconciled and clean with no surprises.
- Oversee credit control, working to minimize past dues and DSO.
- Build and maintain a strong internal control environment.
- 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.
- Working Capital and Cash flow management
- Establish and monitor dealer credit limits, security deposits, bank guarantees, and other credit risk mitigation mechanisms.
- Work to minimize overdue receivables and improve Days Sales Outstanding (DSO).
- Partner with Sales leadership to balance growth opportunities with prudent credit risk management.
- Support effective cash flow planning and liquidity management.
- Regularly review dealer payment performance, overdue trends, credit utilization, market reputation, and business viability to determine ongoing credit eligibility.
- Recommend corrective actions including revised credit terms, collateral requirements, exposure reduction, or suspension of credit facilities when appropriate.
- Drive improvements in dealer collections, aging performance, and overall working capital efficiency.

- Commercial Finance & Business Partnering
- Support the India Country Manager in shaping strategy and long-range business plans.




- 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.
- As part of the global senior finance group, liaise with functional leaders at US Headquarters.
- Provide financial guidance to support growth of Trek's dealer network, inventory turns and working capital productivity.
- Support development & evaluation of dealer programs, rebate schemes, promotional campaigns, dealer margin structures, and sales compensation programs.
- Translate financial analysis into actionable recommendations that support market expansion and profitable growth.
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- Shared Service Business (25% role / focus)
- Play a role in shaping and executing Trek India Shared Services strategy, in line with business objectives and global priorities.
- Support Trek India’s 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.

The ideal candidate will have significant hands-on experience supporting an import-led wholesale distribution business operating through a dealer/distributor/retailer network, with responsibility for commercial finance, dealer credit management, inventory management & reporting, working capital management, and cross-functional business partnering:

- Import and distribution of consumer products, sporting goods, automotive products, lifestyle brands, electronics, industrial products, or similar multi-channel wholesale businesses.
- End-to-end finance support for businesses involving imports, customs clearance, warehousing, inventory management, dealer/distributor networks, and last-mile logistics.
- Strong understanding of import duties, customs assessments, landed cost calculations, tariff structures, and inventory capitalization principles.
- Expertise in building product pricing / product MSRP - landed cost calculations including freight, duties, customs charges, and other import-related costs, local taxes, dealer margin, etc.
- Experience evaluating dealer profitability,



market development opportunities, channel expansion, product mix optimization, and revenue growth initiatives.

Required Skills and Qualifications –

- 14 + years of overall experience, with 6-8 years of experience in an import-based, wholesale distribution, retail, consumer products, sporting goods, automotive aftermarket, FMCG, electronics, industrial distribution, or similar channel-driven business model.
- 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 flexible, positive attitude and energy to the team.
- Strong financial qualifications and demonstrable knowledge of the regulatory setting in India.
- Comfortable diving into the details to solve complex issues, while still seeing the bigger picture.
- Able to provide explicit, 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: ()
- 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 ()
- 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 perks:

- 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

📌 Finance Controller (India)
🏢 trek bicycle
📍 India