General Manager - Record To Report

Title: General Manager - Record 2 Report

Location: Pune

Brief Role Description:

The R2R Tower Head will provide strategic and operational leadership for the end‑to‑end Record‑to‑Report function for a large automotive Global Capability Center. The role is responsible for delivering compliant, accurate, and insight‑driven financial reporting while transforming the R2R landscape through process excellence, advanced analytics, and responsible adoption of GenAI‑led finance capabilities. The position is critical to establishing the GCC as a true Finance Center of Excellence and trusted partner to global business and corporate stakeholders.

Job Roles & Responsibilities – Level

1. Financial Close & Controllership Excellence

Own monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close across all in‑scope entities, ensuring strong governance, accuracy, and audit readiness. Drive balance sheet integrity, journal governance, accrual quality, and accounting judgments in line with Ind AS, IFRS, and local GAAP requirements.

2.Financial Reporting & Compliance

Lead preparation and review of standalone and consolidated financial statements, balance sheet notes, and disclosures. Ensure regulatory compliance, related party accounting integrity, and alignment with corporate accounting policies.

3.Audit, Risk & Controls

Act as the primary GCC interface for statutory, internal, tax, and SOX audits. Drive a strong controls culture with zero repeat audit findings, robust IFC/SOX frameworks, and timely remediation of observations.

4.Process Excellence, Transformation & GenAI Enablement

Lead R2R transformation agenda with a clear analytical bend of mind and time‑based process excellence focus. Champion standardization, simplification, and automation using S/4HANA, RPA, advanced analytics, and GenAI‑enabled use cases such as intelligent reconciliations, anomaly detection, close analytics, and narrative reporting. Establish data‑driven KPIs to accelerate close, improve forecast quality, and enhance controllership effectiveness.

5.Business Partnering & Value Creation

Serve as a trusted finance partner to Corporate Finance, Business CFOs, and regional teams by delivering high‑quality P&L and balance sheet insights, variance analysis, and forward‑looking decision support.

6.People Leadership & Capability Building

Build and lead a high‑performing R2R leadership team with strong succession planning, technical capability uplift, and a culture of ownership, compliance, continuous improvement, and digital mindset within the GCC.

Essential & Desirable Education/Qualifications/ Work experience/technical skills i.e. what are the must haves for this role:

1.Functional Knowledge of Skills (Must Have):

• End‑to‑end R2R, GL, Fixed Assets, Inventory & Intercompany accounting; deep expertise in Ind AS, IFRS, IGAAP, and SOX

2.Leadership Behavior:

• Process KPI Adherence
• Knowledge Management Initiatives
• Process improvement initiatives
• Compliance to internal audit controls and SOX requirements

3.Educational Qualification:

• Chartered Accountant (Mandatory)
• MBA / CPA / IFRS certification desirable

4.Technical Skill required:

• Knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)
• Good analytical skills
• Strong working knowledge of S/4HANA‑based finance operations
• Fluency in English (both written and oral)
• Ability to be flexible with job duties and scope of work
• Familiarity with finance analytics, automation, and GenAI enabled finance use cases

5.Language Proficiency: English

6.Experience Required: 18+ years relevant experience of handling 100+ FTE team