About R360
R360 powers a data-driven customer engagement ecosystem that enables the world’s leading organisations to earn customer loyalty every day.
For over 10 years, R360’s loyalty and reward platforms have driven ambitious loyalty programs for some of the world’s biggest brands – including Axis Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, HDFC Bank and Emirates National Dubai Bank. We have 500+ global retail partnerships and offer our clients reward programs, nuanced customer segmentation, data-centric campaigns, and big data analytics.
Our multidisciplinary team of technology experts, product engineers, data scientists, client relationship managers and customer experience professionals work together with our clients to enable loyalty by enhancing customer acquisition, engagement and retention.
We are looking for a Chartered Accountant with strong audit and industry exposure to lead the Controllership function. The role owns the integrity of the books of accounts, month-end and quarter-end closure, statutory compliance, audits of the holding company and subsidiaries, internal financial controls, and working capital management.
Who manages:
1. Financial Close & Books of Accounts,
2. Team Management & Review,
3. Statutory & Regulatory Compliance,
4. Audit Management,
5. Receivables, Payables & Working Capital,
6. Internal Financial Controls (IFC) and
7. Reconciliations
Key Responsibilities:
A. Financial Close & Books of Accounts:
• Ensure timely completion of all month-end closing activities as per the agreed close calendar.
• Ensure the books of accounts are correctly, completely and consistently maintained at every month end, with appropriate provisioning, accruals, cut-off and classification.
• Review the books of accounts before month close, and ensure they are audit-ready at each quarter end.
• Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards (Ind AS / IGAAP, as applicable), Companies Act, 2013, and group accounting policies.
B. Team Management & Review:
• Review work performed by team members and provide guidance, wherever necessary.
• Allocate responsibilities, set deliverables and timelines, and build a high-performing, accountable team.
C. Statutory & Regulatory Compliance:
• Ensure all statutory compliances (GST, TDS/TCS, Income Tax, Companies Act / ROC filings, PF/ESI/PT, and other applicable laws) are completed correctly, completely and within due dates.
• Maintain a compliance calendar and tracker, with periodic reporting to management on compliance status.
• Liaise with external consultants and ensure queries from tax and other regulatory departments are resolved on time.
D. Audit Management:
• Front-end statutory audits, and other audits of the holding company and subsidiaries.
• Ensure audits are completed within stipulated timelines with nil or minimal observations.
• Coordinate PBC (prepared-by-client) lists, audit queries, management representation letters and closure of audit points.
• Support group consolidation and related reporting requirements.
E. Receivables, Payables & Working Capital:
• Track, follow up and escalate outstanding customer dues in a timely manner; monitor ageing and recommend provisioning where required.
• Plan vendor payments based on fund availability and cash flow forecasts, balancing vendor relationships with liquidity.
• Liaise with banks as required for working capital facilities (limits, renewals, drawdowns, stock/book-debt statements, compliance certificates and covenants).
F. Internal Financial Controls (IFC):
• Design, implement and maintain robust internal financial controls over monetary and non-monetary items/transactions.
• Maintain risk control matrices (RCM) and SOPs, perform periodic control testing, and ensure timely remediation of gaps.
• Support IFC reporting requirements under the Companies Act, 2013.
G. Reconciliations:
• Ensure timely reconciliation of books with third-party balances (customers, vendors, banks, inter-company, statutory authorities such as GST/TDS portals).
• Investigate differences and take corrective actions promptly.
Experience in Audit & Assurance with a Big 4 / Big 6 firm, and industry experience in a controllership / financial reporting role