Purpose: To manage and strengthen U.S. finance function across financial reporting, consolidation, FP&A;, month-end closing and external audit. The role will partner with U.S. finance leadership and the India corporate finance team to deliver accurate reporting, clear analysis and improved reporting processes across the U.S. businesses.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Reporting & Consolidation

- Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual U.S. financial reporting in accordance with U.S. GAAP and Novopor group reporting requirements.
- Prepare consolidated financial statements, including trial-balance consolidation, intercompany eliminations and consolidation adjustments.
- Maintain consolidation workbooks, mappings and reconciliations; prepare monthly management reporting covering financial results, cash flow, working capital and key metrics.
- Analyze results and create models to clearly explain significant period-over-period, budget and forecast variances.

FP&A; & Decision Support

- Support budgeting, forecasting and longer-range planning for the U.S. businesses.
- Maintain financial models and forecasts for revenue, margin, operating expenses, working capital and cash flow.
- Prepare scenario, capital expenditure and payback analyses that translate financial and operational data into actionable insights.

External Reporting, Audit & Technical Accounting

- Prepare audit schedules, roll-forwards, reconciliations and supporting documentation; coordinate auditor and advisor requests through completion.
- Support external, statutory, lender, shareholder and corporate reporting requirements, as applicable.
- Research and document technical accounting matters and support acquisition accounting, opening balance sheet and purchase accounting activities when required.
- Support U.S. tax and compliance data requests and coordinate with internal and external advisors as needed.

Controls & Process Improvement

- Standardize and automate finance and accounting processes across the U.S. region.




- Review key balance sheet accounts and prepare reconciliations as needed to drive timely resolutions or open items.

Stakeholder Management

- Partner with U.S. finance and operating leaders, India corporate finance, auditors and advisors across India and U.S. time zones.
- Communicate issues, risks and delays proactively and own deliverables through completion.

Competencies:

- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, financial statements and multi-entity consolidation.
- Advanced Excel skills, including pivots, XLOOKUP or INDEX-MATCH, SUMIFS, financial modeling and large-data reconciliation; Power Query or Power BI is preferred.
- Ability to extract, validate and analyze ERP data and explain financial results, not only prepare reports.
- High accuracy, ownership and integrity, with the ability to work independently and manage competing deadlines.
- Robust written and verbal communication with U.S.-based stakeholders and a practical process-improvement mindset.

Qualification: CA / CPA / CMA preferred; alternatively, MBA Finance, M.Com. or equivalent qualification with relevant experience. US CPA qualification or substantial hands-on exposure to US accounting practices would be an advantage.

Nature of Experience:

- 8 - 12 years of relevant experience supporting U.S.-based entities or finance leadership, including consolidation, management reporting, external audit, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.
- Hands-on experience with U.S. GAAP close activities, reconciliations and financial statement preparation.
- Manufacturing or industrial experience, including inventory, standard costing, manufacturing variances, fixed assets and capital expenditures, is strongly preferred.
- Experience with a large accounting firm, multinational, global capability center or outsourced U.S. finance organization is preferred; Infor SyteLine / CloudSuite Industrial or another manufacturing ERP is an advantage.
- Demonstrated ability to independently convert trial-balance and operational data into consolidated, management-ready reporting.

📌 Lead - Finance & Accounts (US Operations) (Mumbai)
🏢 Novopor Advanced Science Private
📍 Mumbai