PLI Lead India Controllership

Overview

Leads and advises on critical business initiatives, overseeing analysts across finance sub-functions and geographies, with a focus on financial management, reporting, reconciliation, and process improvement.

What you'll do

• Lead and advise on the most crucial business initiatives, leading several analysts across sub-functions within finance and across geographies/organizations.
• Support the business in ensuring that capital strategies are operationally supported and strategically focused to secure the greatest return on investment for the global company.
• Perform highly complex financial analysis for a financial function or business, utilizing a unique understanding of the business to achieve objectives effectively.
• Collaborate with business leaders to guide and influence long-term and strategic decision-making.
• Drive process improvements and policy development initiatives that impact the function globally.
• Provide information and counsel in the areas of controls, budgeting, and planning, return on investment decisions, and the development of overall business plans and strategies.
• Represent the business unit during cross-regional or cross-functional planning processes.
• Contribute innovative ideas and may lead large cross-functional teams, exercising independent judgment to solve unique and complex problems impacting the business.
• Act as a functional manager within area of expertise, developing strategy and setting functional policy and direction.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to lower-level employees, ensuring the realization of operational and strategic plans.

What you'll need

• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or any other related discipline, or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• Typically 10+ years of work experience, preferably in financial management, internal audit, accounting, or a related field.
• Expert knowledge of IGAAP, including experience in preparation of financial statements under IGAAP.
• Thorough knowledge of complex accounting, including lease accounting, corporate income tax including deferred tax, revenue, inventory valuation, embedded leases, MPS/DAS accounting, and payroll liability accounting.
• Expert knowledge of auditing, with a minimum of 5 years' experience as an auditee with a Big Four firm.
• Extensive knowledge of Production Linked Incentive (PLI), including application, execution of PLI approvals, preparation of audited PLI statements, liaising with consulting and advisory teams, and all forms and annexures submitted for PLI 2.0.
• Strong project management and stakeholder management skills, as this role is the critical link between the auditor for PLI statements, other stakeholders in HP, and the consultant.

Nice to have

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
• Certified Financial Analyst (CFA).

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
• Employment type: Full time.
• Shift: No shift premium (India).