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Brief Description
The Financial Reporting - Team Lead will oversee the RTR function for India and UK entities, ensuring accurate accrual accounting, timely ledger closing, and comprehensive financial reporting while mentoring a team of RTR analysts.
Job Description
Role Overview:
We are seeking an experienced and driven professional to lead the Financial Reporting and Record to Report (RTR) function for our India and UK entities. This role is crucial for ensuring accurate accrual accounting, timely ledger closing, and comprehensive financial reporting. As a Team Lead, you will be responsible for mentoring a high-performing RTR team, driving budgeting and forecasting cycles, and ensuring quality across all deliverables.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of 2–4 RTR analysts, setting clear goals and performance expectations.
- Allocate work across the team to ensure timely and accurate close activities.
- Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and skill development conversations.
- Identify training needs and drive upskilling initiatives within the team.
- Be the escalation point for complex accounting issues and technical queries.
- Own the end-to-end RTR process — from accrual identification and posting to period-end close and reporting.
- Review and approve all journal entries, including complex manual adjustments prepared by team members.
- Ensure timely ledger closing in accordance with close calendars across all entities.
- Review and sign off on standalone financial statements prepared under Ind AS and IFRS.
- Preparation and review of consolidated financial statements, including intercompany balance eliminations and reconciliations.
- Own and coordinate the annual budgeting process and rolling forecast cycles.
- Drive process improvements, standardization, and automation initiatives within the RTR function.
Required Qualifications:
- CA / ICWA / CPA / ACCA qualified (or equivalent).
- 5–8 years of relevant experience in RTR / Financial Reporting, with at least 1–2 years in a team lead role.
- Strong understanding of Ind AS and IFRS and practical application in standalone and consolidated reporting.
- Deep knowledge of accrual accounting, GL close processes, and RTR lifecycle.
- Proven experience managing or mentoring a team of 2+ in a finance function.
- Excellent communication skills — ability to explain financial concepts clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
- Advanced Excel skills — pivot tables, lookups, reconciliation models.
Preferred Qualifications/Good to Have:
- Experience working in a shared services or multi-entity group reporting environment.
- Hands-on experience preparing and reviewing consolidated financial statements, including intercompany eliminations and NCI.
- Solid understanding of budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
What Makes This Opportunity Attractive:
- Opportunity to own and shape the finance function of a fast-growing global company.
- Professional development support — reimbursement for relevant certifications and courses.
- Flexible, outcome-oriented work culture backed by a global leadership team.
- Performance-driven compensation with upside linked to revenue and gross margin.
- Onsite perks: meals, recreation, and an open, collaborative environment.
