Accounting Manager

Role Summary:

The Accounting Manager is responsible for overseeing financial operations, ensuring accurate reporting and compliance. This role involves managing a team, implementing policies, coordinating audits, and conducting financial analysis. The Manager supports strategic decision-making and upholds financial integrity.

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Managing and leadership of accounting function
2. Guarantee the integrity and efficient financial accounting based on the IFRS, fiscal, statutory, and legal regulations and in a way that they are complete, correct, and according to the timetables.
3. Ensure full grip and up-to-date knowledge on latest applicable financial reporting standards and their application complexities.
4. Partnering with the head of reporting function, AP, and AR, ensure the Leadership on group accounting process for accuracy & quality information as per requirements.
5. Oversee the general ledger and ensure accurate and timely recording of financial transactions.
6. Review journal entries, reconciliations, and month-end/year-end closing processes.
7. Implement and maintain internal controls to safeguard financial assets.
8. Design and implement group directives, standards & processes based on IFRS and applicable GAAP.
9. Ensure the establishment of a robust and comprehensive closing routine published and signed off.
10. Ensure all reconciliations are performed per scheduled frequency and are signed off.
11. Ensure successful annual audit of the financial statements:

• Collaborate with reporting to agree plan with the statutory auditors highlighting key milestones.
• Ensure accurate information shared for each milestone as per the agreed plan.
• Fully engage with other finance sub-functions to ensure timely provision of information.

12. Ensure proper treatment of complex accounting matters including but not limited to:

• Preparation of accounting position papers.
• Decision of accounting treatment for complex and judgmental transactions.
• Application of all accounting standards.

13.Bring about innovations to improve the mechanism and methodology of accounting and period-end closure:

• Suggest improvements in ERP and other tools in use.
• Suggest new tools and systems for improved efficiency and effectiveness of reporting and consolidation.
• Participate in any other improvement measures taken for ERP and systems.

14.Coordinate with other functions and third parties for any inputs that may be required from financial accounting perspective.

15.Any other responsibility that may be assigned as per business requirements or any other item that generally relates to the role.

Qualification and Education:

• Bachelor’s or master's degree in finance, accounting, or a related field.

Experience:

• Minimum 8 years of experience in financial reporting and accounting or any related field.

Skills:

• Regulatory compliance, IFRS Knowledge, Accounting Standards (GAAP), Audit Management, Financial analysis, Project Management, Presentation Skills, MS Excel, SAP, Communication Skills.

Professional Certifications:

• Professional certification like CPA, CA or equivalent is required.