Halma - Lead - Finance & Accounts (5-7 yrs)

Lead - Finance & Accounts

Responsibilities:

- Ensure the claims submitted by employees are verified to ensure adherence to the internal policies of the company.

- Ensure the queries are responded to and payment are made in a timely and efficient manner

- Develop and run employee communication relevant to employee reimbursement to educate employees on policies, influence timely submission of claims, enhance accuracy and completeness of claims, etc.

- Identify and implement the employee satisfaction programs w. expense management

- Manage the credit card program in line with corporate policies and ensure timely submissions and reconciliations

- Manage the vendor invoice accounting and payment to vendors as per the internal policies and credit terms.

- Identify and initiate process improvements in the Accounts Payable (AP) function to enhance the stakeholder's experience and efficiency of operations

- Ensure completeness and accuracy of expense accounting, undertake expenses ledger scrutiny, handle the month end activities, manage accruals and provisions, and prepare the Balance sheet reconciliations for relevant ledger accounts

- Ensure compliance with direct taxation, indirect taxation, MSME, labour laws, FEMA, Customs or any other relevant statutes and minimize the tax credit loss.

- Adhere to the internal controls and suggest ways to strengthen the risk mitigation and compliance processes

- Ensure Fixed Asset accounting is in line with the group policies and accounting standards and ensure physical verification of assets at periodic intervals

- Manage and energies the team towards achieving the KPIs of the function, motivate the team to continuously improve the effectiveness, and drive the cultural attributes of the organization in the team

- Support internal and external auditor, tax teams and other government assessments by providing required data and information.

Critical Success Factors:

- Collaborative skills and team spirit

- Passion for highest standards of quality

- Ability to understand and manage stakeholder expectation

- Ability to set, monitor and drive performance adhering to timelines

Key Attributes:

- Basic understanding of Indian accounting standards

- Basic understanding of direct and indirect taxation (GST & TDS)

- Good verbal and written communication skills

- Ability to work across multiple functions and teams

- Knowledge of corporate accounting functions

- Expert in MS Excel

Academic Qualification:

- CA / ICWAI /MBA

- Good, consistent academic record

Experience:

- Overall accounting experience of 5-7 years

- Corporate accounting experience, preferably in MNCs > 3 years

- Experience in GST, Income tax, Customs > 2 years

- Experience in Microsoft tools and Office applications

Competencies:

- Self-driven and proactive

- Orientation to high standards of quality

- Customer focus

- Process and system-oriented

- Organized and disciplined

- Team management skills

- Honest and transparent

- Learning mindset

- Collaborative skills