About this role
Senior Accountant - Compliance & Audits
About the Role Senior Accountant – Compliance & Audit at SKF India, based in Chinchwad, Pune, reporting to the Chief Accountant. The role leads R2R activities, oversees month-end close, statutory audits, and compliance across financial operations while guiding a team to deliver high-quality financial reporting and process improvements.
What You'll Do
- Supervise preparation of journal entries and reconciliation of financial statements ensuring data accuracy
- Maintain general ledger accounts; manage monthly reconciliations; review reports for variances; maintain accounting files
- Perform GL closing, preliminary financial statements, consolidation, and month-end reports
- Lead accounting analysis and reporting; prepare journal entries for accruals and variances
- Provide technical support to Process Analysts; maintain financial records; ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines
- Lead month-end and year-end closing; address reconciling items; ensure timely high-quality processes
- Respond to Business Unit needs regarding expenditures and inventory
- Manage Fixed Assets Accounting, Inventory Accounting and Payroll Accounting
- Lead statutory audits; coordinate with internal/external audits; work with external service providers
- Drive continuous improvement and optimization projects for R2R
- Ensure performance against SLAs/KPIs in SSC norms
- Calculate tax provisions including deferred tax; prepare withholding tax returns; prepare indirect tax GST returns monthly/quarterly
- Guide team on applying accounting standards for special transactions
- Weekly review of trial balance; perform cost center reviews
What We're Looking For
- CA – Qualified
- 5+ years of professional work experience in R2R (Accounting, Reporting and Audits) with 2+ years of experience in leading a team responsible for ongoing reporting and processing
- Experience in Manufacturing Set-up / Shared services Centre exposure preferred
- Relevant experience/knowledge in RTR Ops
- Excellent written and verbal communication; Excel knowledge
- Exposure to SAP for 2+ years
- Stakeholder management experience
- Power BI Dashboard / Power Query experience for data cleaning, transformation, and preparation
- Quality Lean/Process Improvement knowledge
- Ability to challenge the status quo and adapt to changes
Nice to Have
- SAP exposure (2+ years)
- Power BI / Power Query skills
- Manufacturing SSC experience
Compensation & Benefits
- We offer a stimulating and challenging job in an international and developing environment
- Opportunity to be part of an experienced and open-minded team
- In-depth knowledge of best-in-class Finance processes