Chartered Accountant

Role Overview:

We are seeking a Chartered Accountant with strong Internal Audit, Risk Advisory, and Compliance experience to join our Finance team. This role will be instrumental in establishing robust financial controls, ensuring statutory compliance, and supporting the organization's growth objectives. You'll work in a high-growth deep-tech environment where precision, compliance, and process excellence are essential to our success.

Key Responsibilities:

Internal Controls & Compliance:

• Design, implement, and monitor Internal Financial Controls (IFC) framework aligned with statutory requirements and investor expectations including Process Walk throughs, Process Documentation and Risk Control Matrices.

• Conduct risk-based internal audits across functions including Procurement

(P2P), Revenue Recognition (O2C), Fixed Assets, Treasury, and Inventory

Management.

Financial Operations & Process Improvement:

• Oversee end-to-end accounting operations including GL management, month

end/year-end closures, and financial reporting under Indian GAAP.

• Identify control gaps and recommend process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.

• Prepare Standalone and Consolidated Financial Statements as per GAAP and prepare for Board Reporting.

Audit & Stakeholder Management:

• Coordinate with statutory auditors (Big 5), tax consultants, and regulatory authorities for audits and filings.

• Prepare audit documentation, management responses, and track closure of audit observations.

• Liaise with senior leadership, project heads, and CXOs on financial matters, compliance updates, and risk mitigation.

ERP & Systems Management:

• Leverage ERP systems for financial data management, audit analytics, and process automation

• Drive digitization of finance processes and implement controls within ERP workflows.

Required Qualifications:

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) with 3-6 years of post-qualification experience.

• Prior experience in Manufacturing, Engineering, Aerospace, Defense, or Capital Intensive Industries strongly preferred.

• Familiarity with government contracts, R&D accounting, project-based costing, and capex-heavy business models

• Understanding of manufacturing cost accounting, inventory valuation, work-in

progress (WIP) tracking, and bill of materials (BOM) costing.

• Strong background in Internal Audit, Risk Advisory, and IFC.

• Hands-on experience with ERP systems:

• Proficiency in Indian GAAP; exposure to US GAAP is a plus.

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