Job Description

Financial (Legal Entity) Controller - Associate Mumbai

 

The Legal Entity Controller team has responsibility for the financial management of entities in Clients legal entity structure.  The Mumbai LEC team is an integral part of the global Legal Entity Control (LEC) organization. This role will have responsibility for a portfolio of entities in various jurisdictions and will be focused on driving forward the legal entity closure programme, a key Firm initiative aimed at simplifying and rationalizing the overall corporate structure. They will be a key business partner for various stakeholders on their portfolio of entities.  This role will report to a Director in the Mumbai LEC team and work globally across the full organisation.

 

What will you be doing?

  • Managing the reporting commitments on your portfolio of entities, ensuring ongoing obligations are being met.
  • Managing relationship with key stakeholder both internally and externally including Product Control, Treasury, Business Units, Company Secretarial and Tax and where required with external auditors.
  • Managing the steps required to close legal entities, including:
    • Tracking entity closure targets to ensure progressing as planned.
    • Partnering with stakeholders across jurisdictions and divisions to progress required closure steps (such as dividends, capital repayments / infusions) and assist in resolution of issues.
    • Enhancing the controls, documentation and reporting on the Firm’s closure pipeline.
    • Managing the books and records of your portfolio to ensure transactions reflected accurately and ledgers maintained through to full legal & ledger closure.
    • Summarising progress and escalating issues on your portfolio to ensure issues are being addressed in a timely manner.

 

What we’re looking for:

  • Enjoy working within a team to achieve common goals and have an established record and experience of contributing effectively to a team environment.
  • An ability to self-manage workload effectively whilst balancing multiple deliverables and priorities.
  • Strong analytical, organizational and documentation skills and an ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of stakeholders, both written and verbally.
  • An ability to follow issues through many layers to discover root causes and propose solutions.
  • You take pride in the quality of your work and proactively drive your work through to conclusion, thriving under the challenge of balancing multiple issues and priorities.
  • Candidates for the role should be a qualified accountant (CA, ACCA, CIMA) or have relevant degree or equivalent experience.

 

Skills that will help you in the role:

  • Experience in preparing and/ or posting journals and adjustments to financial reporting systems.
  • Highly numerate with a close attention to detail and a strong commitment to developing your own skills.
  • The ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment and proactive in looking for opportunities to expand responsibilities.
  • Relevant work experience in the financial services industry.
  • Candidates should possess excellent Microsoft Excel skills and be proficient at summarising and presenting themes and results in a meaningful format.

 

1.Years of exp-6+ (atleast over 3)

2.Contract duration-12 months

3.Location- Mumbai CMZ III

4.Shit timing-  11 AM to 8 PM

5.Acceptable Notice Period - 1 month

6.Hybrid/WFO - Hybrid (3 days WFO and 2 days WFH)

7.Must have skillset - Book Keeping and Accounting

8.Good to have skillset - Chartered Accountant/Semi qualified CA preferred

 

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