Job Title: Lead Specialist GES Finance ANH
Location: Hyderabad, India
As a Lead Specialist ATR, where you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting for designated legal entities. In this position, you will lead month-end and quarter-end close activities, oversee ledger accuracy, and collaborate closely with Financial Controllers, subledger teams, and intercompany stakeholders. This role is ideal for a finance professional who thrives in a structured, deadline-driven environment and enjoys delivering highquality reporting and analysis while ensuring strong governance and internal controls.
At dsm-firmenich, being a force for good is not optional. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is a shared responsibility woven into our daily work, benefiting our People, Customers & Communities and driving business value. Equal access to opportunities is a given, belonging is a shared feeling, authenticity is celebrated.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Lead month-end and quarter-end closing processes, ensuring timely and accurate closure of books as per Financial Closing Cockpit (FCC) timelines.
- Perform ledger and sub-ledger operations including opening/closing, reconciliations, and clearing of outofbalance intercompany accounts.
- Process manual journal entries and rectification entries while maintaining compliance with corporate policies and periodend schedules.
- Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and conduct General Ledger research to ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Support management reporting, including collation, validation, proofreading, and assembly of standard and adhoc reports.
- Monitor and maintain internal controls, ensuring compliance with DSM-Firmenich requirements and supporting external audit processes.
We Bring
- A purpose-led, performance-driven work environment.
- Opportunities to lead complex workplace operations and projects.
- A collaborative culture that values innovation and operational excellence.
- Career growth across functions, sites, and global teams.
- Continuous learning and development through structured programs.
- An inclusive, supportive workplace that encourages new ideas.
You bring
- Bachelor's degree with relevant experience in shared services or operations.
- Strong experience in RecordtoReport (R2R/ATR) processes, especially month-end and quarter-end closing activities.
- Solid knowledge of ledger/subledger accounting, reconciliations, and intercompany processes.
- Handson experience with SAP for tasks such as ledger operations, journal entry processing, and budget/forecast data entry.
- Strong understanding of internal control frameworks and experience ensuring compliance with corporate accounting policies.
- Excellent coordination and communication skills to work with Financial Controllers, subledger teams, and intercompany stakeholders.
About Dsm-firmenich
At dsm-firmenich, we don't just meet expectations we go beyond them. Join our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life. From elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions every single day. Whether it's fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that's better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere. And while you're making a difference, we'll make sure you're growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders. Your voice matters here. And your ideas They're essential to our future. Because real progress only happens when we
go beyond, together.
Our application process
Interested in this position Please apply online by uploading your resume in English via our career portal (www.dsm-firmenich.com/careers). For further information, please contact Teena Khan Talent Acquisition Business Partner ([Confidential Information]).
Inclusion, belonging and equal opportunity statement
At dsm-firmenich, we believe being a force for good starts with the way we treat each other. When people feel supported, included, and free to be themselves, they do their best work and that's exactly the kind of culture we're building. A place where opportunity is truly equal, authenticity is celebrated, and everyone has the chance to grow, contribute, and feel they belong.
We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we're serious about making our hiring process as fair and inclusive as possible. From inclusive language and diverse interview panels to thoughtful sourcing, we're committed to reflecting the world we serve. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds no matter your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes you, you. And if you have a disability or need any support through the application process, we're here to help just let us know what you need, and we'll do everything we can to make it work.
Agency statement
We're managing this search directly at dsm-firmenich. We're not accepting agency submissions or proposals involving fees or commissions for this role.
