Group Audit Manager

Position: Lead Group Audit

Reporting To: Head of Finance Infra

Experience: Upto 10 years, Big 4 exp preferred.

Qualification: Chartered Accountant (1st Attempt)

Sector Exposure: Real Estate / Infrastructure / Manufacturing

Location: Gurgaon

Stakeholders: CFO, DCFO, Country Financial Controllers (FC), Statutory Auditors, Consultants, Other Corporate finance team members

Job Description

• Deep Understanding and Exposure to IFRS
• Corporate Consolidation of > 50 entitie
• Exposure to SAP (desirable) and understanding of Consolidation tools. Demonstrated experience to automate consolidation and to drive efficiencies.
• Exposure to deal with Statutory auditors in multi country / multi-cultural environment. Ability to Anchor and close statutory audits on timely basis (with BIG 4 auditor).
• Ensuring Adherence to Accounting Manuals for consolidated Reporting
• Capability to act as Central Repository to envisage accounting entries for complex transactions / structures
• Monthly review of Regions
• Ability to work team across various geographies
• Harmonisation of Financial Reporting across geographies
• To carry out Impairment Testing as part of year end exercise for investments done across zones
• Demonstrated Ability to strengthen Significant Accounting policies and notes thereon
• To act as internal advisor to Country FC and Finance Leadership on accounting transactions. To keep entire Accounting teams across geographies updated on latest IFRS / accounting developments and quickly adapt to the evolving Financial Reporting scenario.
• Anchoring Month close reporting on time and drive Month End Close procedures with Rigour
• Exposure to Audit Committee meetings for Financial Reporting
  Provide Support for Due Diligence at the time Fund Raising / M&A transactions
• Preparing the Company to get listed over next 3-5 years.

Skills Required:

• Communication to independently manage stakeholders
• Functional and working knowledge of Accounting Standards
• Solution Oriented Mindset
• Ability to work in Ambiguous situations and drive clarity
• Inner drive for anchoring agenda on his / her own to closure and drive accountability in System
• Leadership skills to guide multi country / multi-cultural environment
• Ability to manage financial reporting in timely manner across time zones.

Knowledge of Systems

-SAP, MS Office, Tools and workflows for enabling Consolidation, Inter Company Elimination, Currency conversion etc