Manager Accounting & Controlling

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Job Description

Summary:

The Accounting & Controlling Manager leads accounting operations, controlling, internal controls and Treasury for India‑based entities including global centres and manufacturing plants. The role partners with the Asia region and Corporate Controllership. It also partners with Corporate Treasury, Global Finance Operations, local and global stakeholders, and business/operation teams. This partnership ensures accurate financial reporting, strong governance, and continuous improvement across accounting and control processes and procedures.

Ensure accurate financial reporting (monthly and quaterly) following US GAAP, internal controls and finalisation of local GAAP books and getting it audited by Statutory Auditors. You will play a critical part in finance transformation, driving standardisation, automation, and data‑driven insights while ensuring compliance with accounting standards (US GAAP and local GAAP) and internal control policies and frameworks.

Focal contact of Treasury to ensure the realisation of treasury strategy in the country. Ensure compliance with banking regulations in India.

You will report to Controller, Global Finance Operations-India.

We base this role in Noida and has a Hybrid work schedule.

Your Responsibilities:

Accounting Operations and Financial Close

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities for India entities and Global Centers‑related transactions.
• Oversee balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, and financial substantiation.
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of general ledger, fixed assets, inventory, intercompany and recharge billings.
• Being a go to person for complex accounting matters, coordinating with corporate controllership team to address the accounting solutions.
• Identify business transactions to be examined from local GAAP (Ind AS) perspective and ensure timely alignment with Regional and Global Controllership.

3. Internal Controls & Governance

• Acting as ICE (Internal Control Environment) contract of India, working with global Internal control team to derive the timely completing of SOX control and Fraud assessment at yearly and periodic basis.
• Drive continuous improvement in control design, documentation, testing support, and remediation in coordination with Internal Audit and global controllership teams. Engage with Internal control team to ensure the effectiveness of RCA and timely testing.
• Collaborate with regional and corporate controllership team to resolve technical accounting issues, control framework for critical arrangements and business transactions.
• Leading the quality review of account reconciliation and ensure the account reconciliation is in line with FIN policy and drive improvements in reconciliation process and documentation.
• Ensure consistency with global accounting policies while addressing India‑specific operational requirements.
• Leading the quarterly representation letter process to make sure all significant matters are well reflected or reported out.
• Collaborate with cross functions Integrated Supply Chain, Sourcing, Global Sales, FP&A, HR, Plants, Global Centers Head etc. to provide proactive internal control guidance to ensure the compliance with internal control policy.

4 Treasury

• In charge with oversight of cash management and banking activities including issuance of Bank Guarantees, Letter of Credit, withdrawn of BG daily banking activities handled by treasury analyst.
• Maintain and expand bank relationships to provide diverse products and efficient services in the country to support the group's increasing needs internally and externally
• Advice business on cross-border transactions from banking and FEMA regulation risk and compliance perspective

5. Process Improvement & Finance Transformation

• Contributes to finance transformation initiatives, including process simplification, standardization, and automation and digitalization.
• Leverage digital tools, analytics, and modern finance platforms to improve efficiency and quality.
• Promote processes and procedures driven working culture including documentation, analytics, and data‑driven decision making and compliance

6. People Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Lead accounting and controlling teams, promoting a high‑performance and continuous‑improvement culture within Global Finance Operations-India campus.
• Serve as an important partner to regional, global, and cross‑functional partners.
• Collaborate with FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Internal Audit, Internal Control, Plants leadership, Global Centres Head and business teams.
• Foster collaboration, communication, and ownership within the team.

The Essentials - You Will Have:

• Chartered Accountant (CA) with 15 + years experience in Accounting, Controlling, Reporting and External (local and Global Statutory audits) and Internal audits.
• 10+ years of People‑management and stakeholder‑influencing skills.
• Experience in accounting, controllership, or financial operations within a global or shared‑services environment.
• Solid experience finalising local books following local GAAP and getting it audited. Experience in internal controls, financial close and reporting.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have:

• Accounting and control mindset and collaboration to achieve results
• Experience working with Asia regional and corporate controllership and global environment.
• Change leadership and continuous‑improvement orientation

What We Offer:

Our benefits package includes …

• Comprehensive mindfulness programs with a premium membership to Calm
• Volunteer Paid Time off available after 6 months of employment for eligible employees.
• Company volunteer and donation matching program – Your volunteer hours or personal cash donations to an eligible charity can be matched with a charitable donation.
• Employee Assistance Program
• Personalized wellbeing programs through our OnTrack program.
• On-demand digital course library for professional development.

... and other local benefits!

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.

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