- Responsible for enterprise level balance sheet including off balance sheet item s governance and controls
- Design and lead balance sheet reviews with Enterprise Controller, CFO, Executive committee, and Global controller
- Identify and track actionable and support the business team
- Circulate dashboard to leadership team on actionable progress
- Lead risk assessment exercise in collaboration with demand and supply controller
- Periodically review and refresh the policies like Inventory, ECL, Provisioning etc
- Collaborate with shared services team for improvements in balance sheet recons.
2. Financial Accounting, book closing and Reporting.
- Manage end-to-end financial reporting process ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
- Coordinate with shared services team and review month-end and year-end closing.
- Review quarterly, half-yearly and annual audit schedules such as contingent liabilities, credit risk etc
- Lead monthly group financial submission via consolidation tool and ensure completeness and accuracy.
3. Statutory audit support
- Co-ordinate with auditor across various legal entities annual audit
- Facilitate audit readiness and responses to audit observations
- Closely work on Board deliverables like Audit committee presentation, Board deck etc
4. Internal control, risk and assurance
- Work closely with Internal auditor, Governance team and Group team.
- Work constructively towards addressing issues and gaps identified by Internal auditor/Governance team
- Strengthen internal controls and improve processes
- Document all processes for reporting like design documents etc
5. Processes automation and central support
- Drive automation in consolidation tool, SAP HANA implementation
- Support FPA and IR teams with required data for management commentary
- Work closely with Tax team on tax accruals, payment, and ETR reduc on
- Support tax team and secretarial team in compliance ma ers
- Stakeholders
- CFO, India Finance Leadership Team (esp. Heads of FC, Tax, Treasury, Company Secretary, Internal Audit,
- Investor Relations), General Counsel, Diageo Group Controllers Team, DBSI, FC Global Governance, GAR,
- CARM, Statutory auditors
Profile of candidate
- Chartered accountant with 2-4 Years of work experience
- Must have
- Prior statutory reporting or management reporting experience with Listed entities.
- Working knowledge of SAP
- Experience of dealing with Statutory, Internal and group auditor
Good to have
- SAP and accounting software implementation experience
- Exposure of working with and influencing multiple stakeholders
- Clear communication and attitude to support business and solve complex accounting issues.