Mission
The Month-End Controller is responsible for overseeing the end-to-end month-end close process globally, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with group accounting policies. This role acts as a key liaison between the Shared Service Centre (SSC), regional controllership teams, and group to deliver high-quality financial results and to continuously improve the efficiency of the closing process.
Responsibilities
- Manage the month-end calendar, ensuring transparency, adherence to deadlines, and proactive resolution of bottlenecks.
- Lead and oversee the month-end closing process, ensuring all activities are completed accurately and on time.
- Ensure consistency in ways of working and roust control of trial balance, P&L, and balance sheet positions.
- Collaborate with BPO partners and regional accounting teams to ensure effective execution of closing activities.
- Identify, report, and support remediation of control or process issues identified during the close cycle.
- Drive standardization, automation, and continuous improvement in the month-end close process to reduce cycle time and increase accuracy.
- Support group audit and compliance requirements, ensuring documentation and evidence are complete and readily available.
- Prepare and present closing KPIs and performance metrics to management, highlighting improvement opportunities.
Requirements
- Qualification (CA/MBA or equivalent) or advanced level in career.
- Month End Process Experience
- Experience in similar role for at least 7 years.
- SAP or major ERP experience including
- Experience managing BPO organisation in delivering month end process
- Soft skills required:
- Good organizational skills, ability to manage workload to ensure all key deadlines are met.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Problem solving and a growth and enterprise mindset.
- Continuous Improvement Experience. Challenging status quo,
- Stakeholder Management.
- Analytical Thinking.
- Thrive on working in a highly collaborative and diverse culture.
However, if you have the following, it would be a plus:
- Excel skills at advanced level, some experience of predictive analysis
- Experience working in Finance/Controllership or accounting areas.
- Global Process Owner experience
- Implementation of systems and processes
