Scope

- Lead accounting governance across financial close, balance sheet integrity, reporting, and compliance activities.

- Drive operational excellence across Inventory, Revenue, Royalty, General Accounting, and related finance processes.
- Partner with global stakeholders to ensure accurate financial outcomes and timely issue resolution.
- Support a high-performing finance shared services environment through process standardization, automation, and capability development.
- Promote a strong control culture while supporting business growth and organizational objectives.

Key Capability Areas

1. Financial Close & Accounting Governance

- Ensure timely and accurate month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities.
- Drive accounting quality through effective review, governance, and issue resolution.
- Maintain financial integrity across journals, reconciliations, reporting, and accounting outputs.
- Proactively identify risks impacting accounting accuracy or reporting timelines.
- Provide leadership during critical close and reporting cycles.

2. Financial Reporting & Balance Sheet Integrity

- Ensure completeness, accuracy, and supportability of financial records.
- Drive strong balance sheet governance and reconciliation disciplines.
- Monitor financial trends, unusual variances, and emerging risks.
- Deliver meaningful financial insights and business explanations to stakeholders.
- Support high-quality management and statutory reporting requirements.

3. Accounting Expertise & Technical Leadership

- Serve as a subject matter expert across inventory, revenue, royalty, and general accounting processes.
- Apply accounting policies consistently while managing complex accounting scenarios.
- Provide technical guidance and oversight to finance teams.
- Support resolution of accounting issues, audit observations, and process exceptions.




- Promote best practices and accounting excellence across the organization.

4. Controls, Compliance & Risk Management

- Drive a robust internal control environment aligned with SOX and corporate governance requirements.
- Ensure compliance with financial policies, accounting standards, and audit expectations.
- Identify and mitigate operational, financial, and compliance risks.
- Support internal and external audit activities.
- Foster accountability, transparency, and disciplined financial management.

5. Stakeholder Partnership & Collaboration

- Build robust partnerships across Finance, Operations, Procurement, Tax, Legal, IT, and Global Shared Services teams.
- Influence stakeholders to achieve desired financial and operational outcomes.
- Communicate complex accounting matters clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Lead cross-functional discussions to resolve issues and drive business decisions.
- Establish credibility through proactive communication and consistent execution.

6. Process Excellence & Transformation

- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, and control effectiveness.
- Lead initiatives focused on standardization, automation, and simplification.
- Promote continuous improvement and operational excellence.
- Support digital transformation initiatives across finance processes.
- Drive sustainable improvements that enhance accuracy, productivity, and stakeholder experience.

7.



Leadership & Capability Development

- Lead through influence, accountability, and ownership.
- Coach and develop team members to improve technical and professional capabilities.
- Build resilient processes through documentation, knowledge sharing, and succession planning.
- Promote collaboration, inclusion, and continuous learning.
- Demonstrate strong judgment, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.

Qualifications & Experience

Required

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or related discipline.
- Professional qualifications such as CA, CPA, ACCA, CMA, or equivalent are preferred.
- 10+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience within multinational, shared services, GCC, or complex global environments.
- Strong experience in financial close, financial reporting, general ledger, balance sheet reconciliations, internal controls, audit support, and stakeholder management.
- Working knowledge of Inventory, Revenue, and Royalty Accounting.
- Experience with ERP platforms, financial reporting systems, and reconciliation tools.
- Strong analytical, communication, and leadership capabilities.

Preferred Experience

- Oracle ERP
- Black Line
- Hyperion
- Power BI
- Shared Services / GCC environments
- Process transformation and automation initiatives
- Global stakeholder management experience

Success Measures

- Accurate and timely financial close delivery.

- Strong financial control and compliance performance.

- High-quality financial reporting and balance sheet integrity.
- Reduction in audit findings and reconciliation ageing.
- Continuous improvement and automation outcomes.
- Stakeholder satisfaction and partnership effectiveness.
- Team capability growth and operational resilience.

📌 Associate Manager, Accounting (India)
🏢 Scientific Games
📍 India