Manager - Accounting & External Reporting

Job Description

Why This Role Matters

This role sits at theheart of the company's financial governance framework. The incumbent will be responsible for ensuring that business performance isreported accurately, risks areidentified early, controls arerobust, and external reporting standards are upheld with thehighest level of discipline.

The role requires a finance leader who can combine:

• Strong technical accounting depth
• Business understanding
• Governance mindset
• Stakeholder influence
• People leadership
• Ability to operate in a complex multinational environment

This isnot a transactional accounting role. It is asenior controllership rolewith high visibility, strong stakeholder engagement, and significant ownership of financial reporting quality.

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead Accounting, Controllership & Financial Governance

• Own and drive theaccounting and controllership agendafor the business.
• Ensureaccuracy, completeness, and integrityof financial books and reported numbers.
• Leadmonthly, quarterly, and annual close processeswith strong governance and discipline.
• Review and approvecomplex accounting entries, provisions, accruals, reconciliations, and judgment-based accounting matters.
• Ensureearly identification and resolutionof accounting, reporting, or control risks through robust Balance Sheet reviews
• Drive a strongno surprises controllership cultureacross the finance ecosystem.

2. Own External Reporting & Statutory Financial Statements

• Lead preparation and review ofstatutory financial statementsin line with applicable accounting standards.
• Ensure compliance withInd AS / IFRS / USGAAPand relevant regulatory requirements.
• Own notes to accounts, disclosures, schedules, reporting packs, and management representation requirements.
• Partner withexternal auditorsto ensure smooth statutory audits, limited reviews, and annual reporting cycles.
• Ensurehigh-quality, audit-ready documentationand strong substantiation of financial positions.

3. Act as a Strategic Finance Partner & Specialist on Accounting Matters

• Partner with business finance and functional teams onaccounting implications of business decisions.
• Provide guidance oncomplex transactions, new business models, commercial arrangements, provisions, revenue recognition, cost accounting, and financial reporting treatment.
• Support leadership with clear interpretation ofaccounting impacts and financial risks.
• Help business teams understand thedownstream reporting and compliance implicationsof operational decisions.
• Oversee Treasury related operations where required.

4. Partner Internal Controls, Risk & Audit Readiness

• Ensure strong adherence tointernal control and SOX/control frameworks.
• Leadcontrol reviews, risk assessments, remediation plans, and governance actions.
• Partner with internal audit, external audit, and control teams to resolve observations.
• Drive accountability across teams fortimely closure of audit points and control gaps.
• Strengthen the overall control environment throughproactive risk identification.

5. Drive Process Excellence & Finance Transformation

• Identify opportunities tosimplify, standardize, automate, and strengthenaccounting and reporting processes.
• Lead improvement initiatives across close, reconciliations, reporting, audit documentation, and controls.
• Partner with shared services and technology teams to improveprocess reliability and scalability.
• SupportERP / SAP / S4HANA-related transitions, reporting enhancements, and digital finance initiatives where applicable.
• Reduce manual dependency and improvequality, speed, and transparencyof reporting outputs.

6. Lead, Coach & Build a High-Performing Team

• Manage and develop ateam of finance professionals.
• Set clear priorities,performance expectations, timelines, and ownership standards.
• Buildtechnical capabilityin accounting, reporting, controls, and audit readiness.
• Coach team members to move from task execution tojudgment-led controllership.
• Create a culture ofaccountability, precision, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Partner effectively with shared services teams and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver high-quality outcomes.

Ideal Candidate Profile

Education

• Chartered Accountant is mandatory.

Experience

• Around 12-15 years of post-qualification experience.
• Preference:FMCG / Consumer Goods / Manufacturing / Large listed or multinational organizations
• Strong experience inaccounting, controllership, external reporting, audit, and financial governance.
• Experience in managing teams is important.
• Prior exposure tolarge multinational, listed, FMCG, manufacturing, or complex matrix organizationswill be preferred.
• Candidates with a combination ofaccounting/external reporting and finance business partnering experiencewill be highly relevant.

Technical Skills Required

• Strong knowledge of Ind AS / IFRS.
• Deep understanding offinancial close, statutory reporting, audit, and accounting governance.
• Strong exposure tobalance sheet reviews, provisions, accruals, reconciliations, financial statements, and disclosures.
• Strong control mindset, preferably withSOX/internal controls exposure.
• Ability tointerpret complex accounting mattersand translate them into business-friendly guidance.
• ERP exposure, especiallySAP / S4HANA, will be an advantage.

Leadership Capabilities

The successful candidate should demonstrate:

• Strong ownership and accountability.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• High-quality judgementon accounting and reporting matters.
• Strong people leadership and team development capability.
• Ability tomanage ambiguity and competing priorities.
• Sharp attention to detailwithout losing sight of the bigger business context.
• Ability tosimplify complex financial topicsfor business stakeholders.
• Strong executive presence and communication skills.

Within Country Relocation support available and for candidates voluntarily moving internationally some minimal support is offered through our Volunteer International Transfer Policy

Business Unit Summary

Mondelez India Foods Private Limited (formerly Cadbury India Ltd.) has been in India for over 70 years, making sure our mouth-watering and well-loved local and global brands such as chocolates, and powdered beverages, and biscuits, and and candies get safely into our customers hands-and mouths Headquartered in Mumbai, the company has more than 3,300 employees proudly working across sales offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai and in manufacturing facilities at Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, at our global Research & Development Technical Centre and Global Business Hub in Maharashtra and in a vast distribution network across the country. We are also proud to be recognised by Avatar as the Best Companies for Women in India in 2019 - the fourth time we've received this award.

MondelÄz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Type

Regular

Accounting & External Reporting

Finance