Vice President, Accountant

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President to join our Controllers – Accounting team. This role is located in Pune.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

- Lead and oversee complex accounting and financial close activities, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, exception resolution, and period-end reporting, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with accounting standards and internal controls.

- Serve as a subject matter expert by reviewing accounting deliverables, enhancing process documentation, providing training and mentoring, and guiding teams on complex accounting issues, process standards, and regulatory requirements.

- Drive continuous improvement, exception management, and operational excellence initiatives through root cause analysis, KPI monitoring, risk identification, and implementation of process enhancements that improve data quality and service delivery.

- Ensure the integrity of financial data and compliance with SOX, GAAP, IFRS, FASB, and regulatory requirements while supporting internal and external financial reporting obligations, including SEC and regulatory reporting.

- Partner with Global Process Owners, Legal Entity Controllers, Regional Controllers, and cross-functional stakeholders to support strategic initiatives, accounting transformation programs, and special projects.

- Coach, mentor, and develop team members while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or a related field required, with 10+ years of experience in accounting and finance operations, including financial close, reporting, and controls; CPA, CA, CMA, MBA, or equivalent qualification preferred.

- Extensive experience in Accounting Operations, Financial Close, General Ledger Accounting, Financial Reporting, Reconciliations, and Regulatory Reporting within a complex global organization.

- Strong knowledge of accounting standards and regulatory requirements, including US GAAP, IFRS, SOX, FASB guidance, internal controls, financial governance, and external reporting requirements.

- Proven ability to analyze complex accounting issues, perform root cause analysis, manage exceptions, drive process improvements, and support accounting transformation initiatives.