Accounting Analyst - Finance

What you’ll do:

The individual in the role will be part of GFA Pune team responsible and accountable to perform the accounting activities (with due focus on RTR function) for daily operations of the customers in EMEA / North America from GFA, Pune. The incumbent will be part of the team that would work together with the transitions team. The individual should understand the process workflows well and be able to decipher the process interconnect and impacts. This role is instrumental in supporting the Plant Controller to ensure an adequate internal controls environment throughout the plant.  This includes the effective deployment of a comprehensive account reconciliation and balance sheet review process.  This position also has responsibility for ensuring financial accounting activities at the location are in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, local statutory requirements and Eaton Corporate policies and practice.  

    Process Centric – with thorough understanding of the financial processes (RTR, OTC & PTP) with due focus on RTR in managing end to end accounting. Responsibilities include ensuring an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close. Demonstrate efficiency, agility and ensure a high level of accuracy. Provide business partnership to all areas of plant with regard to functional expertise and cross-functional support, providing guidance and education as needed to plant personnel to achieve financial objectives.
    Control & Compliance - Responsible for the implementation and deployment of actions to ensure an adequate environment of internal control.  Provide compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and all applicable statutory requirements as they apply to their areas of responsibility.  Active leadership required to ensure compliance is maintained for all financial activities, as well as the safeguarding of plant assets in compliance with corporate policies and procedures.   Quality culture: Drive and leverage various systems and tools to automate processes and drive process improvements. Must use quality tools like BPI, EBE, etc.
    Process Standardization: Regular review of existing controls and Governance of the standard processes and ensuring alignment to globally defined SSC processes
    Collaboration - Collaborates with the other stakeholders to support overall goals and objectives. Work closely with the Team Leader - Accounting in achieving the required goals and timelines. Proactively manage issues through understanding of the overall processes and interconnect. 
    Continuous Improvement- Demonstrate a practical approach to continuous improvement of the processes. 
    Customer Focus & Meet and exceed customer expectations – Develop Customer facing KPIs, periodic meetings to discuss performance and monitors closely to close out open issues. 
    Service Delivery: To ensure that the service delivery is being managed in accordance with the agreed processes and procedures with regard to: Service level management, including reporting.
    Documentation, including maintenance of appropriate review documentation and audit trails

Qualifications:

•    Accounting Degree (CA), MBA-Finance or B.com. (Accounting) with required experience 

•    3-5 years of total experience

Skills:

•    Must have an end-to-end process knowledge for GL/FA and good understanding of OTC and PTP encompassing overall accounting as the area 

•    Good experience of Oracle & SAP ERP

•    Knowledge of U.S. GAAP, SOX
•    knowledge of direct and indirect tax
•    Excellent analytical, written and oral English communication skills
•    Ability to work collaboratively across boundaries/business lines.
•    Excellent MS Office knowledge (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.), Excel Macro, Power BI

*    Dealing with ambiguity with regard to changes in regulations/external requirements
*    Systematic process orientation, strong analytical and problem solving skills
*    Commitment to compliance
*    Be a self-starter & be able to operate without close supervision       
*    Drive, enthusiasm, openness, transparency 
*    Influencing skills with relationship building with the customers and stakeholders
*    Position requires a high level of analytical skill in order to meet the ad hoc demand for information on a daily basis.  
*    Customer service mindset