Assistant Manager - Financial Reporting & Controllership

You'll run the month-end close and prepare the Ind AS financial statements statements, notes, position papers and the statutory calendar that surrounds them reporting directly to the Financial Controller.

Role & responsibilities

• Own the close calendar and land the close within four working days, with cut-off discipline and no period shifting
• Review journal entries accruals, prepaid amortisation, provisions, reclassifications and related-party entries
• Keep the general ledger clean chart of accounts governance, suspense clearance, related-party balance agreement and trial balance scrutiny before sign-off
• Prepare the standalone Ind AS financial statements — balance sheet, statement of profit and loss, cash flow, statement of changes in equity and every note, compliant with Division II of Schedule III
• Prepare quarterly and half-yearly reporting packs for limited review
• Write and maintain accounting position papers on the judgemental calls — revenue recognition and principal-versus-agent, leases, financial instruments, preference share classification, provisions
• Track new and amended Ind AS pronouncements and assess what applies to us
• Own the statutory compliance calendar — ROC filings, tax audit schedules and periodic returns — and be the first point of contact for our statutory auditors
• Coordinate the internal audit engagement and track observations through to closure
• Support internal financial control and ICFR documentation and testing, and maintain the Risk and Control Matrix for the close and reporting process

Preferred candidate profile

• Chartered Accountant with up to two year of post-qualification experience — freshers are welcome
• Articleship in statutory audit with hands-on Ind AS exposure; Big Four or an established mid-size firm preferred
• Sound grounding in Ind AS 1, 8, 16, 19, 32, 37, 107, 109, 115 and 116, and in Schedule III presentation
• Advanced Excel; Tally Prime exposure preferred
• Able to write a technical position that stands up to auditor challenge and goes to management without rework
• Comfortable owning a deadline and chasing what you need to meet it