Business Unit Controller

Business Unit Controller, Finance - Corporate Accounting & Controllership\

Are you a finance/Accounting professional with strong interest and experience into accounting and Tax principles? If yes, this role for our statutory controllership team holds the right opportunity to join our team and meet our purpose to inform the way forward.

The jobholder is responsible in all aspects of accounting for an entity or a group of entities, work with 3rd Party providers for statutory and tax reporting, yearend submissions, and other accounting areas. The objective is to ensure compliance with Thomson Reuters Accounting policies and Local Tax & GAAP requirements.

The role involves:

• Managing the tax compliance activities of Thomson Reuters' India entities as assigned.
  • Acting as a key contact with outsourced professional accounting and compliance service providers, tax agents and auditors.• Delivering excellent tax compliance and statutory compliance operations, and financial accounting and control oversight of all assigned Thomson Reuters legal entities.The jobholder is expected to have the ability, eagerness and drive to work within a wide network of colleagues, departments and outsourced services in order to deliver a world-class accounting and compliance operation.

About the Role:

In this opportunity as Business Unit Controller, you will be responsible for:

•     Stewardship and review of tax accounts of assigned entities for both group and local financial reporting compliance requirements.
  •    Maintenance of key SOX controls and SOX evidentiary requirements.•    Ensure appropriateness of controls for internal and external compliance.•    Monitor the month-end close process for assigned entities with respect to tax accounts and ensure that critical tax payments and computations and reconciliation obligations are met.•    Manage the relationship with departments of Global and Regional Tax, Business Finance, External Reporting, Internal Audit, Treasury, Finance Operations, Divisional Business Units, and external statutory auditors and outsourced professional service providers.•    Manage all tax compliance requirements for assigned entities, including:
• Oversight and review of the preparation and delivery of advance tax payments, tax returns by outsourced professional service providers or in-house tax teams.
• internal tax reporting;
• supporting tax audits, transfer pricing reviews, tax risk assessments, and implementation of tax strategies;
• Ensure all filing and reporting deadlines are met.
•     Plan for and support all monthly, quarterly and year-end tax provisioning and group reporting.
  •    Take an active role in legal entity (or divisional) restructuring projects and acquisition or divestiture projects for the sub-region and ensure that entities and businesses either conform with or are integrated into Thomson Reuters accounting and finance controls and processes.•    Plan for and deliver all operational requirements of assigned entities within cost budgets.

About You:

You’re a fit for the role of Business Unit Controller if your background includes:

Essential Technical Skills:

• Strong SAP (or similar ERP), and Microsoft Office skills.
• Strong data analytical skills and ability to translate data requirements for automation opportunities (Alteryx, Power BI or similar).
• Strong control mindset and risk assessment and articulation skills

Professional Skills & Competencies:

• Effective communication via emails and presentations.
• Ability to translate accounting and tax concepts into practical day-to-day actions.
• Ability to drive results and manage multiple priorities across organizational, geographical and cultural boundaries.
• Ability to work in an ever-changing business environment and be agile.

Education/ Certifications:

• Professional accountancy or finance qualification (CPA, CMA, CA/ICWA, MBA (Fin) or similar) with extensive post qualification experience and upward progression.