Chief Accountant

Description

Chief Accountant will be a key member of the accounting team which involves closely working with business areas, tax teams to ensure appropriate preparation of financials statements of the Company.

The key responsibilities for this profile are as below :

• Responsible for managing accounting and reporting processes as per IAS, Quarterly Balance Sheet reviews, MIS reporting and Month-end closing.
• To prepare and file statutory financial statements under applicable local GAAP
• Maintain statutory compliance in the India region including coordination with tax and legal functions, and external auditors.
• Provide accounting guidance to team on day-to-day accounting matters.
• To actively support in Period End and Year End close processes ensuring quality and fulfilment of relevant Group and statutory requirements
• Ensure compliance with internal accounting policies and procedures, and control environment.
• Measure process performance with appropriate KPIs and metrics and publish the same regularly to senior management as well as within the team.
• Continuous and demonstrable improvement of productivity resulting in increased service productivity.
• Ensure resources, capabilities and capacity to meet both existing and new business demand and support ongoing Group projects.
• Solution oriented with experience of tackling high profile customer issues and ensures root-cause analysis is conducted and a corrective action plan is followed through with any learning applied for future benefit.
• Champion working in teams and knowledge sharing and promote the increased use of shared services capability.

Responsibilities

• Flexible work arrangements for better work-life balance
• Generous Paid Leaves (Annual, Sick, Compassionate, Local Public, Marriage, Maternity, Paternity, Medical leave)
• Medical benefits ( Insurance and Annual Health Check-up)
• Pension and Insurance Policies (Group Term Life Insurance, Group Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance)
• Training and Development Assistance (Training Sponsorship, On-The-Job Training, Training Program)
• Additional Benefits (Long Service Awards, Mobile Phone Reimbursement)
• Company bonus/Profit share.

*Benefits may vary based on position, tenure/contract/grade level*

DNV is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be part of this diversity

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Chartered Accountant or equivalent qualification.
• 6-8 years of relevant experience.
• Strong knowledge of Accounting standards is essential.
• Experience of statutory audits during the job/articleship.
• Strong knowledge of Indian compliance in the areas of financial reporting and taxes.
• Solid experience from a global Finance organisation in an international company. Good understanding of all key business processes across functional areas.

Characteristics of successful employee

• Understanding of the business operations throughout the different business streams. Maintain relations with Business controllers, legal representatives, Group Accounting and Tax, Global Centers, external vendors, tax agencies, etc.
• Understand the Business models of the different business areas and how this is connected to the revenue recognition process as well as the BA‘s cost structure
• Proactively shares knowledge across the business to streamline systems and processes
• Demonstrates continuous improvement.
• Has effective written and verbal communications skills to allow you to interact efficiently with all levels of management.
• Have an understanding of the different cultures within DNV and be able to interact effectively with different countries across the organization.
• Demonstrates virtual collaboration skills.
• Network with professionals within DNV and other professional forums building and sharing competence.
• Communicates and influences effectively and respectfully across all levels to achieve results.
• Encourages the sharing of ideas and best practices.
• Excellent Communication Skills in English written and oral.