Statutory Reporting Manager

Job Description

Job Title: Statutory Reporting Manager, GBS - ATR
Location: Ahmedabad GCC 
 
Statutory Reporting Manager – ATR Statutory Excellence 
As Statutory Reporting Manager, GBS - ATR, you will be a key member of the GBS Account to Report organization, supporting the standardization, governance, and execution of statutory reporting activities across in-scope entities. The role will initially support a pilot scope of 21 holding and financing entities, with the opportunity to expand across additional business units and entities over time as Workiva adoption and statutory reporting requirements grow.

This role will act as the first point of expertise for Workiva financials, non-leading ledger statutory adjustments, roll forward consistency, reconciliation quality, and routine audit support. Reporting to the Senior Manager, GBS ATR - EU Lead, the position will partner closely with Controllership, HQ, Business Units, External Audit, GBS ATR leadership, and technology teams to ensure statutory reporting processes are accurate, controlled, scalable, and consistently executed.

Primary Responsibilities 
 
1. Statutory Reporting, Roll forwards & Reconciliation Governance 
- Manage and oversee the roll forward of Workiva financials for non-leading ledgers across in-scope entities, ensuring consistent application of statutory reporting templates, data flows, and review practices.

- Reconcile Workiva outputs, non-leading ledger balances, and statutory financial statements back to signed accounts and underlying SAP records, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and audit readiness.

- Drive consistency in roll forwards, reconciliations, controls, templates, and supporting documentation across entities, with a focus on repeatable execution and scalable ways of working.

2. Non-Leading Ledger Adjustments & Technical Accounting Support 
- Book, review, or coordinate the posting of statutory adjustments in the non-leading ledger within SAP, ensuring adjustments are complete, accurate, properly supported, and reflected consistently in statutory reporting outputs.

- Investigate, analyze, and document accounting matters under US GAAP, IFRS, and local statutory reporting requirements to support appropriate financial statement presentation and application.

- Apply professional judgment to assess auditor questions, challenge requests where appropriate, and support Controllership and HQ teams in resolving technical accounting or reporting matters.

3. Workiva SME Ownership & Technology Enablement 
- Act as the subject matter expert for Workiva financials, providing guidance to Business Units, HQ, Controllership, and GBS teams on system use, process design, mapping logic, and reporting requirements.

- Support mapping changes, remapping, new entity onboarding, additional business unit requirements, technical queries, and issue resolution as more entities adopt Workiva.

- Evaluate opportunities to improve technology platforms, including Workiva, and partner with HQ, IT, Digital Finance, and external vendors to enhance controls, automation, reporting efficiency, and user experience.

4. Audit Support & Stakeholder Management 
- Serve as a key GBS point of contact for statutory audit activities across in-scope entities, including interim audits, year-end audits, audit preparation, audit evidence coordination, and first-line review of comments.

- Support the HQ team in deriving any necessary statutory adjustments during the with preparation and first-level review of Workiva financials and in drafting responses to audit comments, ensuring all responses are accurate, timely, and appropriately supported with documentation before escalation.

- Build strong relationships with Controllership, External Audit, Business Units, HQ, Internal Controls, and GBS ATR leadership to support timely decision-making, issue resolution, and consistent statutory reporting execution.

5. GBS Expansion, Process Standardization & Future COE Capability 
- Support the phased centralization of statutory reporting activities into GBS, beginning with the pilot scope and expanding one business unit or entity group at a time based on complexity, readiness, and business need.

- Develop repeatable processes, templates, controls, and governance structures that enable a future statutory reporting Center of Excellence capability within GBS ATR.

 
- Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and strengthen statutory reporting processes, including roll forwards, manual journal posting, reconciliations, audit support, and Workiva administration. 
 
Qualifications 
 
1. Education 
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field. 
- Professional accounting qualification preferred, such as CPA, CA, ACCA, ACA, CIMA, or equivalent. 
 
2. Experience 
- Strong experience in statutory reporting, external audit, controllership, technical accounting, or Account to Report processes, preferably within a multinational or shared services environment. 
- Big 4 external audit experience strongly preferred. 
- Experience supporting statutory audits, interim audits, financial statement preparation, audit evidence coordination, and auditor query resolution. 
- Experience with SAP or equivalent ERP systems required, including understanding of leading ledger and non-leading ledger mechanics, manual journal posting, and statutory adjustment flows. 
- Experience with Workiva or similar financial reporting, statutory reporting, or disclosure management platforms preferred. 
 
3. Skills 
- Strong understanding of accounting principles, statutory reporting requirements, US GAAP, IFRS, and local reporting considerations. 
- Strong judgment and ability to analyze accounting questions, assess financial reporting implications, and appropriately challenge or push back on auditor requests where needed. 
- Strong reconciliation, review, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and focus on control quality. 
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across Controllership, HQ, Business Units, External Audit, IT, Digital Finance, and GBS leadership. 
- Ability to build scalable processes, support change management, and contribute to the development of a future statutory reporting Center of Excellence. 
- Fluent in English. 

Location(s)

Ahmedabad - Venus Stratum GCC

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