Finance Consultant - Internal Financial Control
Location: Pune, Maharashtra
Will be responsible for preparing test scripts, conduct control tests and share results with control owners and populate the same in local IFC database
Key responsibilities:
- Preparation of test scripts
- Notification of planned testing/request for evidence to the control owners
- Conducting the control test
- Writing up the control test with appropriate result and rationale, including clear description of any failure points, exceptions or observations
- Notification to the control owners of the result, and population of same on local IFC database files
- Population of IFC test results in local tool (ICON) used by the entity for reporting
- Management of ICON tool which will include but is not limited to extraction of monthly reports, user review analysis and data entry
- Updating IFRS SAD and SII SAD of previous years
- Preparation of reports, presentations on various reporting sets to local committees and to Group IFC team
- Planning of individual workload to meet deliverables
- Escalation of any issues or concerns to line manager in timely manner
- Performing operating effectiveness tests for Copernic common controls (FSCP) and some ELC and IT ELC controls
Key skills:
- Chartered Accountant with 2-3 years of post-qualification experience in audit. Even candidates with other certifications like CIA, CISA can be considered
- Reading and writing knowledge of French language will be an added advantage
- Prior experience in an audit firm and technical expertise in planning and managing audit or performing risk audit
- Experience in a shared service centre environment can also be considered
- Ability to interact with all finance organisations at group and entity level
- Ability to speak up and to propose improvements in processes
- Strong customer relationship management skills
- Able to work autonomously with little or no guidance
- Prior experience to manage teams and variety of stakeholders
- Good logical, analytical and problem solving abilities
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to communicate clearly, concisely and effectively
- Ability to identify issues and risks and propose resolution
- Ability to multi-task and prioritise work