Lead and oversee the monthly and quarterly financial close process, including review of journal entries, sign-off of account reconciliations, and business unit financial statement s (Indusrance Industry experience Preferred)
Support and review of deliverables from offshore teams and help provide insightful and impactful analytics
Identify process improvement opportunities to drive efficiencies and enhanced controls
Ensure timely and accurate delivery of daily, monthly and periodic processing as per business requirement
Strong R2R knowledge - Monthly, Quarterly & Annual Close process, GL Accounting, Journal Entries, Reconciliations, Reporting and analysis
Knowledge of Investment accounting like Capital contribution, Dividends, Bonus, securities, Assets accounting etc. is required
Review of critical journal entries, reconciliations and month/quarter end activities before onshore sign off
Consult with onshore BU Controllers, Up steam & Downstream teams during close to ensure timely completion of deliverables and escalation of issues
Team management skills -Provide coaching and feedback to team members to enable them to improve their performance
Client management - Handle escalations /queries. Drive Governance Meetings, Understand & anticipate clients business needs, concerns & issues, and be able to proactively resolve the same
Partner with onshore team to support internal/ external audits
Legal & compliance - Ensure compliance with internal policies and procedures
Act as a point of escalation for any operational issue
Conduct Periodic Performance Assessments of team members