Senior Manager - Controlling

This role in summary
As a key member of the Controlling team the incumbent will lead Account Payable process, controlling and Reporting, SOX Controls & IFC, and drive Continuous Process Improvement through automation and AI embedment.
Stakeholder Engagement:
Internal: Collaborates with India Business Stakeholders, including Legal & Secretarial, Business Teams, IA, and Tax & Treasury.
External: Manages relationships with Statutory Auditors (SRB).
Responsibilities:
Leading a highly engaged team of 20 resources responsible for Stakeholders Management, Business Partnering, KPIs delivery wrt book closing, ensuring hygiene of financial information and reports.
Overseeing the end-to-end accounts payable process, ensuring timely and accurate invoice processing and payment execution.
Ensuring Statutory Audit closure process of all entities entrusted without any major audit point by effectively collaborating with auditors and business team.
Ensuring correct accounting, policy compliance, enhancing SOX controls & IFC for the different entities for Whirlpool of India and Elica India
Regular support to other function eg direct tax, indirect tax for timely closure of tax related matters
Managing vendor relationships and performance, including regular reconciliations and effective resolution of disputes.
Monitoring and delivering departmental KPIs, focusing on productivity, quality scores, and SLA adherence for payment cycles.
Supervise and Lead monthly/ periodic process review with relevant stakeholders
Standardizing process narratives and SOPs to ensure operational transparency and audit readiness.
Driving digital transformation initiatives by implementing and optimizing OCR and RPA solutions to automate manual booking tasks.
Driving the functional design and configuration of SAP modules (FICO, MM, SD) to align with complex financial business requirements.
Translating finance process needs into robust system architecture, ensuring end-to-end integration across financial and operational modules.
Acting as the functional subject matter expert to facilitate process optimization, system performance, and user adoption across the finance organization.
Capacity planning for team members to ensure optimum resources utilization.
Developing a talent pool to manage contingencies and succession planning.
Minimum requirements
CA with 12-13 years of experience
Hands-on SAP expertise (FICO, MM and SD)
Expert knowledge of Ind AS, US GAAP, SOX Controls, IFC

Work arrangement
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