Total 3 Director/C-Level Accounting / Auditing job vacancies in India, Pune

India remains one of the largest and most rapidly growing developing economies in the world—presenting a tremendous opportunity for NielsenIQ.  India must become one of our key investment markets, so that we can meaningfully accelerate our clients' and NielsenIQ’ s growth in this country.  To best tap into the power of this market, truly scale our operations, and achieve our growth, we have an exciting plan for India.  Imagine being in the heart of this transformation journey and ambition! 

 The Associate Director for Record to Report will manage a significant portion for global record to report (R2R) processes. They are a key member of the Finance Operations Management team.

The primary purpose is to drive execution and ensure timely delivery of daily Record to Report operations.

In this role, he/she would lead the team to proactively build and maintain strong business relationships with key finance and business stakeholders in order to meet organizational goals and expectations in and around processes and operations

Job Responsibilities: -

• Responsible for driving Operational Excellence and service process optimization and standardization across the region, ensuring timely, accurate and high-quality service delivery of R2R across all regions in NIQ landscape, including month end closing, journal entry creation and processing, and balance sheet reconciliation preparation.
• Contribute to providing Corporate Accounting Services such as Consolidation, Fixed Assets, Banking and Cash and take lead to find opportunities to identity process gaps to bring about standardization.
• He/she would be responsible in managing R2R domain and quality levels through service level agreements, performance metrics and continuous governance rhythm.
• To Identify and execute global internal control systems to ensure effective and efficient operations and compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and corporate policies.
• Drive full compliance with the NIQ Internal Controls framework, including SOX Compliance, as well as close liaison with our Corporate Audit Services (CAS) team.
• To develop and implement procedures and operational ways of work in a standardized, efficient, and effective manner for all markets in the region in the realm of the R2R and general financial accounting stream.
• To maintain thorough and current understanding of US GAAP. Keep abreast of emerging accounting and reporting standards.
• Support the implementation of new accounting pronouncements as required. Prior experience of Statutory Finance Statement Preparation and local Indirect/Direct Tax knowledge a plus.
• Communicate and collaborate routinely with finance counterparts, providing direction related to key processes and related changes, the sharing of best practices and keeping them abreast of initiatives that have a global impact.
• Maintain an appropriate system configuration and IT environment to ensure effective and efficient execution of R2R and general financial accounting continuous finance processes, through the leverage of cutting-edge automation such as Blackline.
• Provide leadership to ensure R2R processes are aligned to maximize consolidation opportunities, achieve the right level of simplification, standardization and improvement benchmarked against industry methodologies.
• Analyze current processes to identify ways to improve efficiency and scale the R2R platform, and adopt new technology platforms (e.g., RPA) to streamline and automate work
• Lead all aspects of day-to-day R2R operations, driving cost-effectiveness, innovation and continuous improvement, and always pushing or efficiencies in the end-to-end process.
• Set and enforce milestones and timeframes to achieve objectives and operational requirements.
• Successfully manage SLAs with a focus on driving transformation, anticipating hurdles, and implementing plans to overcome them.
• Deliver on promises to stakeholders, personally committing to resolving issues Drives the enterprise to adopt and embrace change
• Take accountability for the management and development of all R2R team members through coaching and mentoring.
• Provide strategic leadership, and talent development and management activities for direct reports and their organizations to include forecasting resource needs, recruiting, hiring, performance management, and training.
• Take accountability for ensuring that team’s activities and reports are compliant and adhere to NIQ’s policies.

The Statutory Audit and Reporting Center of Excellence (SAR COE) Leader at NIQ holds a pivotal role in overseeing the complete statutory audit processes across the company. This position is responsible for ensuring the timely and accurate preparation of statutory financial statements and audit deliverables. The leader will maintain Local GAAP ledgers in collaboration with the Record to Report and Central Services financial operations teams, ensuring that accounting entries are recorded promptly and precisely. This role demands a strategic thinker who can identify inefficiencies and innovate more robust and efficient processes within the group.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute a strategic vision for the SAR COE, aligning with NielsenIQ’s goals. Define mission, objectives, and KPIs. Manage and mentor team members, fostering continuous learning and professional development.
• Governance and Standardization: Establish and enforce governance processes. Ensure compliance with statutory requirements, regulations, and industry standards. Standardize processes, methodologies, and best practices across the organization.
• Change Management and Transformation: Lead change initiatives related to statutory compliance and financial reporting. Drive transformation by implementing process improvements and leveraging technological advancements.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks associated with statutory reporting, financial statements, and compliance. Ensure accurate and timely reporting to regulatory bodies.
• Performance Measurement and Reporting: Develop and monitor KPIs. Evaluate the effectiveness of COE activities and prepare regular reports for stakeholders.
• Technical Expertise: Stay informed about changes in accounting standards, tax regulations, and statutory requirements. Apply technical knowledge to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate and build strong relationships with regional controllership and other functions to drive COE initiatives.
• Collaboration with Auditors: Coordinate audit processes and respond to audit findings effectively.
• Budgeting and Resource Allocation: Manage the COE’s budget and allocate resources efficiently.
• Team Leadership and Development: Foster a culture of continuous learning and professional development. Manage and mentor team members.

Your job duties will include:

Managing the full spectrum of financial accounting and reporting. Managing and supervising the accounting team and provide day-to-day supervision and financial controls:

• Accounts Payable and Purchasing
• Project Accounting and Customer Invoicing
• Bank and Credit Card Reconciliation
• Financial Reporting
• Statutory and Tax Reporting and Compliance

Driving process improvement and efficiencies within the team

Manage and provide ongoing training to accounting personnel

Being responsible for tax planning and filing annual corporate income tax return as well as quarterly or monthly GST/ VAT returns as required and the Australia BAS filing

Presenting recommendations to management for financial improvements

Oversees and reviews accounting tasks, including payroll, and compliance

Driving accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end closing

Generating month-end and quarter-end financial reports

Working with appointed external auditor for completion of an audit

Reviewing income tax filings and perform a tax to book reconciliation

Performing other related duties as necessary