The position is the most senior person within Finance responsible for all the financial matter,
Reporting to the local CFO. S/he is responsible for but not limited to :
1. Ensuring compliance to meet corporate headquarter needs, adhering to all external
compliance requirements of the Government, auditors. Banks in India and ensuring
compliance to India GAAP etc
2. Ensure completion of yearly group and company audit
3. Leading internal controls improvement work by ensuring documentation and
adequate processes are in place
4. Being the owner of the ERP system Zoho/ Tally so that data is inputted in the system
'right' from the beginning in accordance with operational requirements and india
GAAP.
5. Lead and prepare regular analytical financial reports, financial statements to Group
for consolidation and reports to local management.
Hands-on Operational & Financial Responsibilities
1. Statutory Compliance related to financial statements, GST, taxable income and ensure,
timely hands on reconciliation and payments of taxes and filling of annual returns, and
hands-on TDS (Tax deducted at source) reconciliation and checking
2. Financial Reporting and Audits
Bookkeeping and Accounting: Maintaining accurate books of accounts in our ERP system in
line with the operations and ensuring they also comply with India Accounting Standards and
group financial standards for timely monthly reporting and statutory audit.
3. Coordinate regulatory and statutory filings and documentation with our partners & legal
personnel (include but not limited to ROC, MGT, AOC-4 etc), AGM
4. Detailed cashflow reporting on expenditure on project level
5. Ownership of ERP system, including setting up the system in the 'right way' for effective costs follow up
6. Lead the fixed asset register reconciliation with General Ledger
7. Timely execution of payments for invoices, payroll within organisation and ensure bank reconciliations is performed monthly
8. Hand-on reconciliation for Group related party transactions calculation, invoicing and bookkeeping in line with transfer pricing and group instructions.
9. Improve internal control processes across the operations ensuring proper approvals,
procedures are adhered to and documentations are available for audit
10.Responsible for timely monthly, quarterly & year-end closing incl reconciliations
11. Lead standardization, improvements & automation of financial processes for efficiency
Qualification and technical skills required to execute the role.
- Successful candidate should be a chartered Accountant with solid 12 to 20 years of
technical accounting knowledge of India GAAP, have eyes for details and have strong
hands on book keeping experience.
- Strong knowledge of local tax, and local statutory compliance requirements.
- Understand project cost accounting
- Should have eye for details and able to roll-up sleeves and execute the operational
responsibilities him/herself
- Strong knowledge of foreign currency regulation and requirements of India banking
requirements
- Should have a strong track record of improving internal controls & compliance for audit
- Should have solid knowledge and hands on experience of working in ERP system like
Zoho and Tally
- Good communication in English and can have strong people management skills as
strength.
- Possess good, reporting presentation skills and organizational skills with international
group reporting experience
- Innovative and creative in coming up with forward looking solutions so that challenges can be overcome in a compliant way
- Willing to grow with the company and be part of our journey in a challenging phase of the scale up of the company.

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