SVP Accounts - Corporate Controller

Job overview:

REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY

What will you do?

Financial Accounting/Reporting and Governance:

- Lead the Accounts team & oversee the preparation and consolidation of financial statements in compliance with IFRS-Ind-AS/GAAP standards & applicable disclosures.

- Ensure full compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, which includes ICFR, ITGS Audit, Companies Act, Banking regulations, Loan agreements and covenants compliance, Shareholders agreements, Joint Development agreements and evolving accounting standards.

Audit and Compliance Excellence:

- Lead statutory and internal audits, managing auditor relationships and ensuring timely and accurate audit deliverables. Proactively engage with Auditors for Audit planning and execution & avoid any kind of issues during Audit process. Establish trust and reliability with Auditors and other stakeholders based on micro planning and proactive approach.

- Establish and refine internal controls (accounting and operational) over financial reporting, ensuring risk mitigation and compliance with ICFR frameworks.

Strategic Business Partnering:

Collaborate closely with CFO, SBU Heads, and Chairman's Office to:

1. Execute and implement long range plans (LRP) for business across verticals.

2. Track all lead indicators that ensures delivery of LRP & tracking project parameters in line with agreed targets & provide alerts on critical deviations if any.

3. Active participation in fund raising for Group companies & drive all deliverables with respect to Auditors & Lead Bankers.

4. Lead Finance Due Diligence in case of new acquisitions of projects / businesses.

5. Continuously look for opportunities for optimisation of profitability & cashflows & bring up such initiatives.

MIS and Data-Driven Decision Support:

- Work towards integrating Management Information System (MIS) to enable real-time data for decision support and analytics based on GAP analysis.

- Standardize reporting frameworks across functional areas to ensure consistency and transparency & reduce duplication of efforts. Continuousely focus on timely reporting of Budget Vs Actuals across business verticals and Functions.

Technology and Process Optimization:

- Play a significant role in the optimization of ERP systems (SAP), ensuring seamless integration of financial data across functions & system based in-built controls.

- Drive automation initiatives for critical finance processes, reducing manual intervention and increasing operational efficiency.

ESG Integration and governance:

- Support CFO to establish reporting framework for ESG reporting initiatives. Oversee data collection, validation, and reporting for ESG metrics, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.

Team Leadership and Mentoring:

- Provide strong leadership to Accounts team & enable them to excel in work as well as get cross trained for other activities of the function.

What are we looking for?

- Qualifications: Chartered Accountant (CA) with minimum 15-20 years of thorough experience in financial accounting, statutory audit, ICFR, managing intricate SAP system, and internal controls. Preferably from a RE background. Must be able to command respect from stakeholders through value addition and expertise, demonstrate maturity & leadership