Financial Controller - Contractor (Bernstein - India)

• Responsible for managing Accounting, Finance, Audits, Regulatory Inspection, Local & Group reporting, MIS & Tax (Direct & Indirect) related activities.

• Tax Management –

1. Preparation and Review of Tax Audit and Transfer Pricing reports including the Transfer Pricing Documentation

2. Annual Corporate Tax, Tax Audit and Transfer Pricing Report filing

3. Preparation of the Monthly TDS, GST calculation

4. Preparation of the GST return filing

5. Reconciling the TDS account of the bank with actual TDS certificates, TDS Returns and Tax Returns.

6. Reconciling the GST accounts with the Returns and actual payments.

7. Liasioning with regional tax team for tax queries and clarifications on tax issues

8. Preparation and submission of data to various Tax department

9. Impact analysis to be communicated to local and regional management on any changes in the Tax regulations

• Head Office Reporting –

1. Monthly & Quarterly reporting of the financial data in Head Office Tools in accordance with French GAAP and IFRS in a timely manner.

2. Effectively liaising with the Head office team and responding to various queries raised by them.

3. Ensuring the compliance with any changes in the accounting standards and group requirements

• Daily Activities –

1. Monitoring daily Trial Balances

2. Liaising with departments to clear balances in the control accounts

3. Escalation of any breaks identified

4. Assisting the Regulatory reporting teams with explanations for any gaps identified during the reporting’s

• Month End Activities –

1. Preparation and Monitoring of Monthly reconciliation of the Balances

2. Preparation of backups for Substantiation of all Balance sheet accounts

3. Variance Analysis for P&L Items

4. Preparation of Monthly Management Reports and Variance Analysis

5. Ensuring proper capitalization of assets purchased, posting entries pertaining to fixed assets (Purchases / Sales / Write offs / Depreciation), reconciling Fixed Assets Register with accounting system.

• Audits & Inspections -

1. Preparation and Submission of Financial Statements to regulator on yearly basis.

2. Liaising with various departments to get all details required by Statutory Auditors

3. Coordinating with various audit teams viz. statutory auditors, tax auditors, inspectors; providing them the required data and resolving the queries raised by them.

• Other Activities –

1. Fine tuning / automating various processes which require considerable amount of man hours, implementing check and controls in existing processes to ensure improved data quality.

2. To provide relevant information required on the existing process by the management for performing Impact analysis for new products or system replacement

3. Represent Finance on local and regional Projects

• Professional Qualifications - Graduation / Post Graduation Chartered Accountancy/ Inter CA

• Working Experience in number of years – minimum 2 to 8 years

• Skills & Competencies required –

1. Experience of the Broking Industry

2. Knowledge of tax rules and regulations

3. Knowledge of accounting standards / Ind AS / IFRS

4. Knowledge of accounting and backoffice software used

5. Strong people management skills

6. Strong communication & analytical skills

• Language Skills – English

• Computer Skill - Good knowledge of MS Office tools & PowerPoint

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