Manager - Finance & Accounting

Overview

Manager role in the Management Accounting (COE) team within Marsh's risk, reinsurance and capital business, supporting statutory accounting, tax compliance and month-end close for assigned legal entities.

What you'll do

• Reconcile GAAP adjustments of individual entities by referring to the bridge report.
• Maintain the monthly secondary ledger for assigned entities.
• Perform first-level review of statutory accounts prepared by the team and support timely submission of statutory accounts.
• Ensure Workiva templates are rolled forward correctly and kept up to date.
• Liaise with and support audit binder compliance, helping LEC complete audits on time and to the highest quality.
• File regulatory returns on time.
• Review and maintain DPMs (process notes).
• Perform first-level review of tax provision (GAAP and country statutory) and reconcile statutory to tax.
• Perform first-level review of returns to provision and tax payments.
• Work with the team to complete transactional transfer pricing.
• Perform first-level review of VAT returns produced from the Edge tool.
• Support tax audits and maintain tax audit binders.
• Help LEC with the monthly review of P&L and balance sheet schedules and IFRS 15 models such as CTF and PPO.
• Perform first-level review of Legal Entity Analytics and commentary for variances.
• Perform first-level review of quarterly one-source lodgements.
• Interact with AO and other internal teams for a smooth close.
• Engage constantly with LEC and the team on updating and monitoring the status of activities.
• Collaborate with Accounting Operations and other internal functional teams for accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Participate actively in regular operational and tactical meetings as required.
• Prepare ad hoc regulatory reporting, analytics and presentations across all controller activities.

What you'll need

• Qualified CA or equivalent accounting degree with 4 - 6 years of experience in statutory accounting and taxation.
• Strong Commerce graduate with 7+ years of accounting experience in statutory accounting, taxation, finalization of accounts and preparation of annual reports.
• Flexibility to work in shifts.
• Expertise in interpreting accounting principles, GAAP and practices.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders, global teams and cultures.
• Proficiency in data analysis, summarising and presenting themes and results in a meaningful format.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organisational skills, including the ability to coordinate, prioritise and manage multiple activities.
• Flexibility to work in a dynamic environment under stringent deadlines.

Nice to have

• Diploma in IFRS or US GAAP certification.
• System knowledge of Oracle, Essbase, Caseware and Workiva.
• Prior experience in a similar reporting profile.
• Excellent analytic skills, dashboard preparation and review, expertise in MS Office and Power BI.

Details

• Location: Mumbai Hiranandani.
• Hybrid role: work at least three days a week in the office, with an anchor day per week for office-based teams.
• Shift flexibility required.