Senior Financial Accountant

The Senior Financial Accountant works as part of the Finance department. Primarily the role is responsible for managing the accounting & compliance of the Shared Service Centre in India as well as completion of compliance in local countries throughout the Novotech group.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for month-end accounting close and preparation of monthly profit and loss, balance sheet and cashflow reports.
• Forecast current and future cash flow requirement for India entity and arrangement of necessary fund transfers (if required).
• Responsible for the overall general ledger and preparation of underlying reconciliations for profit and loss, and balance sheet accounts. Follow up on open items and rectify the variances observed.
• Preparation of the monthly accruals, journals, fixed assets, prepayments, and the associated depreciation and amortisation schedules.
• Responsible for all Internal Controls of Financial Reporting (ICFR) documentation and internal controls.
• Preparation of Audit related schedules and documentation and liaising with Auditors.
• Assist with associated compliance for the Novotech India entity, participate in compliance audits and responding to audit queries.
• Assist with the preparation of year-end accounts and statutory accounts.
• Ensuring Accounting Standards are adhered to and kept abreast of new standard changes that applies to role.
• Assist with creation and implementation of new processes, systems policies and other system rollouts.
• Working with the broader finance team to identify process improvements and updating or developing formalised accounting policies and standard operating procedures as required.
• Review of statutory taxes calculations, perform reconciliation, and liaising with Novotech tax team /External Consultants for tax filing and reporting.
• Assist with ad hoc activities, financial reporting and other projects.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• A degree in Accounting / Business/ Commerce and holder or holder-in-progress of professional qualifications like Chartered Accountancy (CA) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) required.
• Minimum 4-6 years of post-qualification working experience in related field as an accountant or audit experience.
• Knowledge of accounting principles and practices; financial reporting, audit and taxation.
• Proficient with Excel and use of financial accounting system.
• Attention to detail, organized and structured.
• Strong communication skills expressing ideas and expectations in clear and concise manner to internal and external stakeholders.
• Meticulous, proactive, independent worker with ability to execute tasks within tight deadlines.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic, changing and growing environment.
• Big 4 experience would be beneficial.