Senior Executive-Controller

Key Responsibilities

1. Process, Risk & Control Assessment

• Perform walkthroughs of key finance and finance-linked business processes viz. P2P, O2C, R2R, FA, Mfg Finance etc.

• Understand existing processes, policies, SOPs, systems and control mechanisms.

• Identify process risks, control gaps, manual interventions and recurring exceptions.

• Support preparation and maintenance of Risk-Control Matrices (RCMs).

• Analyse control failures and support root-cause analysis.

2. Control Design & Process Improvement

• Support development/enhancement of predictive, preventive and detective controls.

• Assist in drafting and standardizing SOPs while considering relevant local business requirements.

• Identify manual/repetitive controls that can be automated or system enabled.

• Support implementation of technology-, analytics- and AI-enabled controls in coordination with Technology teams.

• Participate in testing/UAT of new controls and validate whether they address the intended business risk.

3. Continuous Control Monitoring

• Perform periodic monitoring/testing of key controls, identify deviations and support to strengthen them with tech-led controls.

• Analyse transactional and process data for exceptions, ageing and unusual trends and take remedial action.

• Support development and publication of dashboards covering control health, reconciliations, ageing and key exceptions.

• Escalate overdue/high-risk control issues to Business Control leadership.

4. Audit Observation & Incident Management

• Analyse relevant Internal Audit / control observations and recurring findings.

• Perform/support RCA of control breakdowns and incidents.

• Track corrective and preventive actions with process owners.

• Identify areas where recurring audit issues can be addressed through process redesign, automation or continuous monitoring.

5. Stakeholder Coordination • Coordinate with Country Finance, Internal Audit, GEC, Treasury, Technology, Operations, Compliance and other stakeholders. • Follow up rigorously on agreed control actions and timelines. • Prepare structured analysis, dashboards and discussion materials for senior Finance leadership. • Support rollout of standardized controls and SOPs across geographies

Candidate Profile Education

• CA Inter, or • MBA Finance / equivalent finance qualification

Experience

• 35 years of relevant experience in:

o Internal Audit

o Risk Advisory

o IFC / ICFR

o Finance Controls

o GRC / Process Controls

o Finance Operations / Controllership support

Preferred exposure

• Big 4 / Risk Advisory experience

• FMCG / Consumer / Manufacturing exposure

• Process experience across O2C, P2P, Inventory, Fixed Assets or Financial Reporting

• SAP / ERP environment

Key Skills

• Strong understanding of finance processes and internal controls

• Risk identification and structured problem solving

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