Accounting Manager

Job Title: Accounting Manager

Location: Noida

Reporting To: APAC Finance Controller

Role Overview

The Accounting Head is responsible for leading and overseeing regional accounting teams across multiple geographies, ensuring consistent financial reporting, strong governance, and alignment with global policies. This role acts as a key bridge between controllership, corporate finance, and regional teams, driving standardization, compliance, and operational excellence while enabling strategic decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Global Accounting Oversight

• Provide leadership and oversight to regional accounting teams
• Ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of financial reporting across regions
• Drive consistency in accounting policies and applications across geographies

2. Group Reporting and Audit

• Oversee APAC monthly close
• Ensure compliance with IFRS and local statutory requirements
• Support with financial data for group audit and reporting requirements

3. Governance, Risk & Compliance

• Establish and monitor strong internal controls across all regions
• Oversee internal and external audits, ensuring timely resolution of findings
• Ensure adherence to corporate policies and regulatory requirements

4. Regional Team Leadership

• Lead and mentor regional accounting heads
• Build strong collaboration between global and regional finance teams
• Drive accountability and performance across distributed teams

5. Process Standardization & Transformation

• Drive global standardization of accounting processes and policies
• Lead finance transformation initiatives (ERP harmonization, automation, etc)
• Identify and implement efficiency improvements across regions

6. Stakeholder Management

• Act as a key partner to controllership, business leaders, and regional finance heads
• Provide insights into regional performance, risks, and opportunities
• Support strategic initiatives such as M&A, restructuring, and market expansion

7. Technical Accounting & Advisory

• Guide on complex accounting matters and new standards
• Ensure appropriate treatment of significant transactions
• Act as an escalation point for regional accounting issues

8. Cash, Working Capital & Balance Sheet Oversight

• Oversee working capital management across regions
• Ensure strong controls over intercompany transactions

Qualifications & Experience:

• CA / CPA / ACCA or equivalent professional qualification
• 8–15 years of progressive finance experience
• Strong experience in global accounting and reporting
• Proven track record of managing multi-country teams
• Experience in large multinational or matrix organizations

Key Skills:

• Strong leadership and influencing skills in a global environment
• Deep technical accounting expertise (IFRS / US GAAP)
• Excellent stakeholder management at the senior executive level
• Strategic thinking with strong execution capability
• High level of integrity and attention to detail