KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

General Ledger and Financial Closure

Ensure timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closure in line with the closure calendar.

Maintain the integrity of the general ledger, chart of accounts, and master data related to financial accounting.

Review journal entries, provisions, accruals, prepaid items, and inter-unit transactions for accuracy and supporting documentation.

Ensure periodic reconciliation of balance sheet and P&L; accounts, and timely clearance of open and ageing items.

Ensure fixed asset, inventory, and other sub-ledger accounting is reconciled to the general ledger.

Identify accounting issues and judgments and escalate significant matters to the Finance Controller in time.

Financial Statements and Statutory Compliance

Lead preparation of quarterly and annual financial statements in compliance with Ind AS, Companies Act requirements, and regulatory guidelines.

Prepare and review notes, schedules, disclosures, and supporting working papers for statutory and listing-related reporting.

Coordinate with taxation and compliance teams to ensure accounting support for direct tax, GST, TDS, and other statutory filings.

Monitor changes in accounting standards and regulations and assess their impact on accounting policies and practices.

Statutory, Internal and Other Audits

Coordinate statutory audit, limited reviews, internal audit, tax audit, and other audits, including information requests and audit schedules.

Ensure timely closure of audit queries and observations with transparent root-cause correction and ownership.

Track audit observations and management letter points until closure and report progress to the Finance Controller.

Maintain audit-ready documentation, working papers,



and reconciliations throughout the year.

Internal Financial Controls and Accounting Policies

Implement and monitor internal financial controls, accounting policies, approval frameworks, and standard operating procedures.

Perform periodic control self-assessments and ensure remediation of control gaps and deviations.

Ensure segregation of duties, maker-checker discipline, and delegation-of-authority compliance in accounting processes.

Review process deviations and exceptions to prevent recurrence.

Oversight of Accounts Payable and Payments

Provide accounting and control oversight of the Accounts Payable Section and Accounts Payable Payment teams.

Review vendor reconciliations, advances, debit balances, blocked invoices, and ageing for correct accounting and timely resolution.

Ensure that payables, payment, and treasury-related accounting is accurate, authorised, and reconciled to the general ledger.

Resolve escalations and process bottlenecks with Procurement, plants, and business teams.

Process Standardisation and Automation

Drive standardisation, documentation and automation of GL closure, reconciliation and audit processes.

Partner with IT and SAP teams to improve system configuration, reports, and workflows relating to financial accounting.

Reduce manual effort and errors in closure activities through checklists, trackers, and digital tools.





Team Leadership and Capability Development

Lead, coach, and develop the GL & Audit team and the accounts payable leads reporting into this role.

Set clear responsibilities, performance expectations, and review mechanisms for team members.

Build technical, analytical, and digital capabilities, and develop back-up coverage for critical processes.

Promote a culture of accuracy, ownership, collaboration, and timely execution.

PERFORMANCE METRICS

Timely periodical closure, accuracy of financial statements, material reporting errors, reconciliation completeness and ageing, timely statutory and internal audit closure, audit observations closed on time, effectiveness of operating controls, process improvement and automation, stakeholder management, and people leadership capabilities

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Graduate, Chartered Accountant (ICAI)

EXPERIENCE

5 years+ experience in general ledger accounting, financial reporting, and audit coordination in a large listed manufacturing organisation

SKILLS

Strong knowledge of Ind AS, Companies Act requirements, statutory reporting, and financial disclosure

Experience in statutory, internal, and tax audit coordination and closure of observations

Knowledge of internal financial controls, reconciliation frameworks, and accounting policies

Strong working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, particularly FI and CO modules

Advanced Excel and Power Query

Team leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills

WORKING CONDITIONS

Office

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

Intermittent

TOOLS & CERTIFICATIONS

CA (ICAI), SAP S/4HANA (FI/CO), Advanced Excel, Power Query, AI and automation certifications

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