Financial Analyst

Responsibilities

• Month‑End Close, Accounting & Reporting (US GAAP aligned)
• Support timely month‑end close with focus on completeness, accuracy, and quality of substantiation (US GAAP aligned, with local statutory awareness
• Review the financial statements and analyse key variances and provide analytical insights
• Execute/support accounting operations across GL, AP, AR, billing, revenue accounting, accruals, expense accounting, intercompany , and reconciliations based on assigned scope.
• Coordinate and provide necessary guidance to the Financial Shared services team and work with them on processes from time to time including payment tracking & maintenance of coding files. The person will be responsible for ensuring smooth end‑to‑end accounting flows and issue resolution
• Prepare and review account reconciliations , ensuring clear explanations, support, aging follow‑ups, and timely resolution of open items
• Controls, Governance & Documentation (audit‑ready by design)
• Ensure adherence to established global accounting guidelines and control processes , and proactively identify gaps/risks with proposed remediations.
• Identify and help implement process & controls improvements, accounts clean up, modifications or system enhancements.
• Strengthen process documentation (SOPs, checklists, evidence standards) to improve consistency, knowledge transfer, and audit outcomes.
• Participate in initiatives to improve controllership rigor, including close discipline and standardized reporting.
• Provide training and support to stakeholders/ BU users on timely basis on systems, policies, and processes.
• Banking Operations/Treasury
• Review and validate expense classifications to ensure consistency, accuracy, and adherence to financial reporting standards
• Oversee day-to-day banking operations, including coordination with banks and internal stakeholders for payments, account management, and related activities
• Manage and review bank reconciliations, ensuring timely identification and resolution of reconciling items
• Act as a key point of contact with banks to resolve operational issues, discrepancies, and escalations efficiently
• Partner with cross-functional teams to address payment-related matters and improve process efficiency
• Respond to stakeholder queries on payments proactively, ensuring timely resolution and clear professional communication
• Fixed Assets & Physical Verification
• Support fixed asset accounting , reconciliations, and reporting; assist with periodic physical verification planning and documentation of results and exceptions.
• Compliance Support (India‑specific regulatory requirements)
• Depending on assigned scope, support compliance execution and reconciliations including:
• TDS reconciliation and monthly/periodic tax payable support.
• Working knowledge of GST as needed for reconciliations, review of invoices etc as needed.
• Audit & Statutory Reporting Support
• Support statutory and tax audits through schedules, reconciliations, audit support packs, and timely query resolution.
• Maintain audit‑ready documentation standards and support stakeholder readiness for board/regulatory submissions.
• Process Improvement, Systems & Automation (thought leadership in action)
• Identify opportunities for simplification, standardization, and automation across close, reconciliations, validations, and reporting.
• Contribute to the team's transformation agenda-automation enablement and adoption of new ways of working especially

Additional Information

The Team: The Asia Controllership function is a high‑impact finance team that enables financial integrity, strong governance, regulatory compliance, and decision support across a complex, multi‑entity environment. We operate with a modern controllership mindset: build scalable processes, strengthen controls, improve close speed and quality, and deliver insights that help the business move faster-without compromising compliance. Our work is anchored in four controllership pillars: Month‑End Reporting & Compliance (accuracy, timeliness, disciplined close) Statutory Audits & Governance (audit‑ready documentation, board/regulatory expectations) Treasury & Banking Operations (strong stewardship and controls) Stakeholder Partnership (responsive support to business, employees, and cross‑functional teams) Role Summary: We are looking for a high‑ownership Accountant to join the Asia Controllership team. This role will work across core accounting, close, controls, compliance support, and audit execution -with strong exposure to process improvement and transformation initiatives. You will partner with shared services and cross‑functional stakeholders to ensure financial records are complete, compliant (US GAAP / local requirements), and audit‑ready. What makes this role different: you will not only "do accounting," you will help build the next‑gen controllership model-standardizing processes, improving close discipline, and adopting automation/AI and system improvements as part of the team's transformation agenda.

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