Role & responsibilities

A. Accounting & Financial Reporting

- Lead the month end and year end closing process in SAP, ensuring timely and accurate submission of financial statements to group HQ by the second working day of each month.
- Lead monthly/year-end SAP closing and timely Group reporting.
- Supervise accounting operations, reconciliations, provisions and financial statements.
- Ensure compliance with Accounting Standards and accurate accounting of imports, inventory, landed costs, FX and related transactions.
- Manage annual CapEx budget and quarterly forecasts.

B. Direct Tax, GST & Customs

- Manage TDS/TCS, advance tax, provisions, tax audits, ITRs, assessments and withholding tax.
- Ensure GST compliance, reconciliations, ITC, e-invoicing, imports, credit/debit notes and commercial schemes.
- Handle customs/import accounting, duty, classification, valuation and landed-cost analysis.
- Coordinate with tax, customs and external advisors and proactively identify tax/compliance risks.

C. Dealer Receivables & Working Capital

- Monitor collections across the 100+ dealer network and identify overdue/high-risk accounts.
- Work with Sales to drive collections, manage credit limits and escalate potential bad debts.
- Monitor deductions, claims, credit/debit notes and optimise the cash conversion cycle.
- Be comfortable challenging commercial decisions that adversely impact cash flow.

D. Pricing & Margin Management

- Analyse SKU-wise margins considering purchase cost, customs, freight, FX, discounts, dealer margins,



schemes and logistics.
- Support pricing, discount and incentive decisions and monitor product/customer/channel profitability.
- Identify low-margin products and assess the financial impact of price changes.

E. Budgeting & Management Reporting

- Support annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and monthly Actual vs Budget analysis.
- Analyse variances across revenue, margins, Opex, EBITDA, working capital, inventory and cash flow.
- Prepare management reports for India and German HQ, providing actionable business insights and challenging assumptions.

F. Audit & Internal Controls

- Coordinate statutory, tax and internal audits and ensure timely closure of observations.
- Strengthen controls over sales, credit, collections, inventory, pricing, expenses and payments.
- Ensure compliance with policies and develop/improve SOPs where required.

Essential

- Qualified Chartered Accountant.
- Approximately 4 - 5 years of post-qualification experience.
- Strong Excel and financial analysis skills.
- Exposure to SAP based accounting.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership.

Preferred

Experience in any of the following would be an advantage:

- Trading / distribution
- Consumer products / FMCG / sanitaryware
- Import-oriented business
- Dealer/distributor network
- B2C business
- Pricing and margin analysis
- German / European multinational setting

📌 Chartered Accountant (Pune)
🏢 Offshore Accounting & Taxation Services
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