Junior Finance Controller

Contego · Bhutani Alphatham, India · 4 days ago

Work mode: Hybrid
Seniority: Junior
Category: Finance
Experience: 3+ years

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Role Overview

We are looking for a Junior Finance Controller to support financial reporting, month-end close, statutory compliance, balance sheet governance, and management reporting activities. The role will work closely with local finance teams, Group Finance, auditors, and other stakeholders to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Close & Reporting
- Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities, ensuring timely and accurate completion of financial reporting.
- Assist with preparation and review of financial information for Group reporting.
- Respond to queries from Group Finance and support timely resolution of reporting issues.
Tax & Statutory Compliance
- Review monthly tax filings and supporting schedules to ensure completeness and accuracy.
- Coordinate with local finance teams and external advisors on statutory compliance requirements.
- Track compliance deliverables and support timely resolution of any outstanding matters.
P&L & Opex Analysis
- Support P&L and Opex analysis, including review of actuals against budget, forecast, and prior periods.
- Investigate significant variances and coordinate with relevant stakeholders to understand key drivers.
- Assist in preparing management reporting and commentary.
Balance Sheet & Reconciliations
- Review balance sheet reconciliations and identify aged, unusual, or unreconciled items.
- Coordinate with local finance teams to drive balance sheet clean-up and resolution of open items.
- Monitor the quality and completeness of account reconciliations.
Intercompany Accounting
- Monitor intercompany balances and reconciliations across entities.
- Follow up with local finance teams on discrepancies and ensure timely resolution of differences.
- Support the investigation and clearance of aged intercompany balances.
Stakeholder & Local Finance Coordination
- Coordinate with local finance teams on accounting, reporting, compliance, and control matters.
- Act as a point of contact for resolving finance-related queries and ensuring timely follow-up.
- Maintain effective communication with key stakeholders across the organization.
Audit & Controls
- Coordinate internal and external audit requests and provide required supporting documentation.
- Track audit findings and ensure timely closure of open items.
- Support finance controls, process documentation, and compliance activities.
Process Improvement & Transition
- Support process improvement, standardization, automation, and transition initiatives within Finance.
- Identify opportunities to improve reporting efficiency, controls, and accounting processes.
- Support knowledge transfer and stabilization of transitioned processes.

Chartered accountant with 3-4 years of relevant experience in accounting, financial reporting, controllership, audit, or FP&A.
Good understanding of month-end closing, P&L, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial reporting.
Exposure to tax, statutory compliance, intercompany accounting, and audit processes.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
Good communication and stakeholder-management skills.
Proficiency in MS Excel; experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Dynamics, or similar is an advantage.
Ability to work across multiple entities and manage competing deadlines.

Key Competencies

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