Overview Of The Role:
As a Manager in Financial Controlling, you will support in driving the division's accounting policy requirements and collaborating with Group Finance for policy development. You will provide advisory services on accounting standards compliance and lead the implementation of internal controls. Your role involves rolling out collection infrastructure and maintaining quality financials through meticulous process reviews. Additionally, you will oversee the adoption of AI and automation tools to enhance efficiency and precision in financial operations.
What You Will Do:
- Support Group and Divisional Policy and Advisory Head in developing Financial Internal Controls, assessment, and standardization framework.
- Draft Divisional Accounting Policies and assist in implementing new accounting policies through technical analysis.
- Prepare and present accounting training sessions to Finance & Operations teams on IAS, IFRS, and Accounting Policies.
- Provide support and guidance on complex accounting judgments.
- Stay updated with accounting standards to provide accurate guidance for a sustainable control environment.
- Develop a detailed understanding of the accounting process for risk identification and advising on accounting positions.
- Liaise with Shared Service Centres and BU Finance Team for timely Financial Period Close processes.
- Drive Balance Sheet Substantiation implementation and conduct periodic reviews.
- Prepare details/reports for Entity Level Scorecards and Issues Resolution Drive.
- Review SSF KPI/SLA and discuss improvement areas with stakeholders.
- Conduct regular reviews of Trial balances for substantiation.
- Maintain strong controls over issues identified from Balance Sheet Substantiation.
- Support overall tracking of Audit Progress and Alignment with Audit Program.
- Coordinate with Shared Services and BU team for timely and accurate auditor requirements.
- Support FM/Sr. FM in preparation of Standalone/Consolidated Financial Statements.
- Liaise with auditors on certification requirements (Revenue Certificates, ICV Certificate ESR).
- Prepare Financial Statement Drafts and discuss them with auditors.
- Ensure timely completion of external audits with satisfactory resolution of ML points from the previous year.
- Drive adoption of AI and automation tools in Divisional Controlling.
- Build automation solutions for recurring controlling deliverables.
- Collaborate with Group Finance, IT, and Shared Service Centres on AI initiatives.
- Establish data governance and review protocols over AI outputs.
- Deliver training sessions to drive capability building and adoption.
- Identify and deliver AI use cases with measurable improvements.
Skills
Required Skills To Be Successful:
- Strong analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Experience with ERP systems, especially SAP.
- Ability to plan, prioritize tasks, and strong team player attitude.
What Qualifies You For The Role:
- Professional accounting qualification CA/ACCA/others.
- At least 5 years of relevant experience within a large organization at a supervisory level.
- Strong analytical and process-oriented skills, excellent communication and presentation abilities.
- Familiarity with ERP systems, preferably SAP, and exposure to SAP BW/BPC/SAC.
