Financial Controller & Company Secretary India

Are you a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary with a passion for precision, compliance, and cross-functional leadership? Tensar is looking for a dynamic professional to lead our Finance, Accounting, Taxation, Company Secretarial, and Legal functions. This is a pivotal role, steering the financial engine that powers our India operations—ensuring rigour, transparency, and adherence to the highest standards of statutory and internal compliance.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, love untangling complexity into clarity, and are motivated to make a measurable impact, this could be your next big move.

Job Purpose:

To ensure that all activities of Monthly Reporting, Finance, Accounting, Taxation (both Direct and Indirect), Company Secretarial and legal are managed to the best as per applicable India laws, rules and internal guidelines.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for the day-to-day Finance and accounting operations in the India office maintaining and implementing all necessary controls and process to ensure compliance with legislation including being the first point of contact with external auditors
2. Responsible for the preparation of the India GAAP Financial statements and filing
3. Taxation – ensuring all applicable Taxes are calculated, recorded, paid and all applicable returns are filed within statutory deadlines in compliance with the law together with upholding necessary filings including Payroll Taxes, GST, TDS, Income Taxes, Advance Tax calculations…
4. Overall responsible for line managing the Treasury, Cash Management, Payments and Banking function which prepares daily, weekly, and monthly forecasting.
5. Ensure Tensar India Month end reporting is completed on time and in full reporting into the EH Consolidation
6. Overseeing inputs into the Internal ERP system and Ledgers, all data/inputs/outputs including sales products, invoicing, Cost of Sales, stock
7. Preparation of valuations for import consignments
8. Reconciliation of: Sales, stock & goods received not invoiced (GRNI) and all other balance sheet codes. Analyse data and provide explanations for any significant variances.
9. Preparation of the Annual Operating plan for Finance Cost center's and monthly Forecasts
10. India Payroll, overall responsibility, and control to ensure accuracy and timeliness of salary and benefits including bonuses liaising with internal and external stakeholders.
11. Coordinate internal and external Audit and ensure compliance with law and taxation. Responsible for timely and efficient completion of all applicable audits, statutory, tax, transfer pricing or any new audits which may be introduced in future.
12. Maintain the records of budgeted cost workings for all the ongoing Works Contracts in FY
13. Ensure timely renewal of all the company insurances
14. Follow up and resolution of F&A issues with customers with support from sales team
15. Responsible for all Company Secretarial compliances as applicable from time to time.
16. Responsible for all Labour Law compliances as applicable from time to time.
17. In charge of financial statements, liaising with internal Finance and legal staff, local accountant and lawyers in approval and submission process of Financial statement and AGM
18. Supporting Financial Controller and Territory Director, with ad hoc analysis as required, making recommendations for improvements in process,

Key Competencies:

• Health & safety – Implements own, and supports other’s, work-life balance to maintain a calm and productive workforce
• Integrity – Drives high standards of ethical working practices, trusts colleagues to do the right thing by other colleagues and by Tensar. Addresses unlawful or unethical behaviour in a timely and discreet manner
• Teamwork & diversity – Facilitates collaboration with colleagues across functions to deliver optimal solutions for the customer, and to provide employees with the opportunity to learn on the job
• Continuing Personal Growth - Creates a working environment where colleagues feel safe to ask for support. Develops own coaching and mentoring skills to enable them to offer support to any colleague
• Accountability - Sets high standards regarding quality of output, continually reviews, and improves cost and efficiency
• Continuous Innovation - Supports colleagues to report errors and mistakes, review why they happened, and learn from that experience
• Customer Centric Mindset - Monitors and evaluates service delivery to ensure solutions are delivered in the most efficient, timely and seamless way

Education/Qualifications/Skills/Abilities:.

• Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary
• 10 years plus experience working in a similar International function
• Self-motivated
• Practical approach to problem solving and providing recommendations for solutions
• Challenges, whilst accepts constructive feedback
• Proficient in India GAAP
• Strong Excel and MS Office skills including PowerPoint
• Proficiency in ERP system (Tally, SAP)

This position is located in Vashi Navi Mumbai, India. Pay is commensurate with skill set and experience. Preferably living in 10 kms radius.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.