Record to Report Executive (LATAM) – Financial Close

About the role

Godrej Consumer Products Limited is looking for a dedicated, detail-oriented Financial Close and Consolidation Executive to join its Finance team in the Financial Shared Services centre in Mumbai. The role supports local finance teams with accurate and timely financial close and reporting, and consolidates financial data across the group. It sits within the LATAM area and requires strong analytical skills, technical proficiency and a solid understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting standards.

Key responsibilities

• Support month-end, quarter-end and year-end close: gather data from departments such as Business Finance, Sales, Marketing and Procurement, reconcile accounts, investigate discrepancies and make adjustments.
• Prepare and post journal entries in SAP with supporting documentation, review ledger balances and prepare audit schedules.
• Prepare daily and weekly bank reconciliations, clear aged GRIR balances and follow up with business users to keep general ledger hygiene.
• Handle fixed asset accounting: internal orders, capital work in progress, depreciation runs, disposals and impairment, and reconcile the fixed asset schedule to the trial balance.
• Record and reconcile intercompany transactions and invoices, eliminate month-end balances during consolidation, and resolve stakeholder queries.
• Ensure compliance with corporate accounting policies, international accounting standards and transfer pricing rules, and help prepare local and consolidated financial statements for management, the board and external stakeholders.
• Identify process improvement opportunities, support internal and external audits, and implement corrective actions on audit findings.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or a related field; CA Inter or CMA is highly desirable.
• Proficiency in Spanish is a must; English is required and knowledge of Bahasa, Portuguese or Spanish is a plus.
• Experience in Record to Report, bank reconciliation, intercompany accounting, controlling and consolidation, or a similar finance role.
• Prior exposure to IFRS and Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) is essential; experience in a financial shared services environment is preferred.

Required skills

• SAP S/4HANA (mandatory); familiarity with ICMR, FCC, accrual engine and BPM is a plus.
• Advanced Excel, including pivot tables and complex formulas.
• Familiarity with financial consolidation tools and reporting tools such as Tableau, Power BI, QlikSense or Alteryx.
• Knowledge of Indian tax regulations; knowledge of local tax rules in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Africa is an added advantage.