Manager – Record To Report – FMCG – CA

Role: R2R Manager

Work Location: Bangalore

Job Type: Permanent

Your Role:

– End to end responsibility of supporting the Record to Report processes and operations across management units of the business, both Financial and Management reporting.

– Strong knowledge in analyzing the numbers and write meaningful business commentaries about the company performance.

– Should have an excellent coordination, verbal and written communication skills.

– Involvement of handling finance controllership role.

– Involvement of handling markets/ finance controllers and R2R Shared Service Centre operations.

– Management of Month Close Process within Finance system, Preparation, presentation, inputs, and submissions. Validating Financial Reports, reconciliation, and query resolution.

– Management of Intercompany Accounting (Billing, Allocations, Recharges and Reconciliations).

– Management of Fixed Assets Accounting (Additions, Transfer, write off and month end deliverables).

– Management of general accounting transactions, including opening balance roll forward, working with third party providers and local markets.

– Experience in balance sheet account reconciliations review, approval, and enhancements.

– Working knowledge of R2R upstream and downstream experience (AP, AR, SCF and Management reporting).

– Experience in Tax accounting – Preparation of tax pack and Differed tax calculations.

– Leading the 3PSP organization for entire R2R month end operations.

Key Responsibilities:

– The individual has a natural bias for action and is willing to make a positive difference to achieve higher levels of performance.

– Takes direct ownership of objectives with high levels of self-assurance to achieve goals.

– Bringing powerful analysis to issues and rapidly absorbing new information and knowledge to apply new techniques, technology, and procedures.

– Fully involve in design set up and automation initiatives including testing.

– Impactful and flexible in communicating and influencing the issues with the ability to work across metrices of functions.

– Accountable and responsible for ensuring Global finance controls.

– Accountable for third party service provider / managed services operations.

Skills and Experience:

– Should be able to lead and develop a team.

– Should have a positive attitude and should be able to proactively get work done.

– Strong problem solving, and analytical skills.

– High Stakeholder Management – Must have the ability to effectively communicate with senior leaders inside and authorities outside of the company.

– Must be a self-starter with proven ability to take ownership of job responsibilities.

Professional Qualification / Experience:

– A chartered Accountant/semi qualified CA or MBA (Finance).

– Minimum 8 – 14 years experience preferably in FMCG industry.

– Strong understanding of accounting standards, (IFRS, Indian GAAP, US GAAP) and global accounting policies.

– Strong financial and business acumen.

– Experience in Financial accounting, corporate finance, Global Shared services desirable.

– Having working knowledge in Finance operations of SAP ECC / S4 Hana preferable.