Role Purpose

• Ensures entity compliance with local regulations, GAAP accounting principles and Corning policies and procedures.
• Manage the plant closing process and ensure reporting is timely and accurate.
• Responsible for preparation of reconciliations and the analysis of expenses to ensure financial accuracy. Key resource for plant personnel on operating expenses, supply chain transactions and the capitalization of assets.
• Responsible for key financial and internal control processes such as SOX documentation updates and inventory and asset physicals.
• Responsible for all type of internal and external audits like Statutory Audit, Tax Audit, Internal controls audit etc.
• Responsible for RTP (Receipt to Pay) end to end processes and activities.

Key Responsibilities

Day to Day Responsibilities

• Ensures entity compliance with local regulations, US / IND AS/ IFRS accounting principles and Corning policies and procedures.
• Responsible for managing the period closing process preparation including posting of vouchers and accuracy of the general ledger.
• Ensures that required reporting is completed accurately and on a timely basis. Provides ad-hoc financial analysis for plant controller and staff.
• Assists Plant Controller with the financial portion of the budget and five-year planning process for the Division.
• Assists Plant Controller with the monthly business financial closing, reporting and forecasting
• Assists Plant controller with monitoring and reports division financial performance to division management and plant management. Highlights variances that need corrective action.

Analytical Support

• Prepare financial presentations for Plant Leadership
• Validate financial results within Plant and confirm to Corning corporate
• Prepare monthly financial reports for Corning corporate and plant
• Cash flow management to ensure proper utilization of foreign currency and timely investment in liquid funds

Assist in statutory reporting & Sarbanes Oxley compliance:

• Prepare quarterly / monthly regulatory reporting package, support account reconciliations
• Requires the ability to communicate financial concepts and financial performance to non-finance team.

Experiences/Education - Required

• Extensive knowledge of IND AS, US GAAP & IFRS.
• Chartered Accountant
• 3-5 years of progressive accounting / finance roles in an international company.
• Manufacturing/Cost Accounting experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships with finance team and business customers/suppliers at all levels of the organization.
• Comfortable challenging supplied inputs and questioning existing processes.