Senior Manager, GCC Controller

Our Company

To be the BEST food company, growing a BETTER world isn’t just a dream – it’s our GLOBAL VISION. Kraft Heinz represents over $29 billion in revenue and is the 3rd largest food and beverage company in North America and 5th largest in the world. This is the perfect time to join our team and built something great. To be the best, we want the best – best brands, best practices and, most importantly, the best people. That’s where you come in…

Our Culture

It takes Great People to dream Big Dreams. Extra ordinary results define our work. Kraft Heinz is not for everyone, but amazing for the few – ambitious, result focused and hardworking people who can turn ideas into reality. We’re looking for people who aren’t just good, but who perform even better than we do. We will reward you with a career track so fast, only few companies can match. So are you already good in what you do? Join us and become the best.

About the Position

We have the perfect opportunity for a strong qualified accountant. The role will primarily report into the Associate Director, Corporate Accounting with a dotted reporting line into CFO Asia Trading. This is a hands-on role in a fast-paced environment where the successful candidate must have the right attitude, be prepared to roll their sleeves up and be an excellent problem solver. This person will have a broad range of responsibilities across all aspects of corporate accounting and accounting operations, financial reporting and internal control activities for the India business. We are looking for someone who doesn't need any motivation to develop, a self-starter, who is hungry to continually improve accounting processes. You will be working close together with various internal and external business partners like our Business Planning team, the GBS team, the external auditors and the government authorities.

Responsibilities

• Ensure period end reporting correctly reflects BU results.
• Review of business activities, calculation, set up and posting of accounting journals in accordance with journal policy and support for management accounting in the same.
• All period end activities sign off.
• Prepare and review of all Balance Sheet Account reconciliations.
• Prepare financial reports and other general accounting duties as required.
• Oversee and manage all accounting operations related to procure to pay, order to cash and record to report processes.
• Own all aspects of regulatory reporting. Responsible for statutory financial reporting, to be the first point of contact for all internal and local external audit requirements.
• Perform quality checks and sign-off of indirect tax returns and other reporting relevant to indirect tax.
• Responsible for corporate tax reporting for US GAAP and local GAAP ensuring correctness of computation and promptness.
• Implement internal and financial control, including standardization of policies and procedures, analysis, reporting, etc. Responsible for defining, documenting, carrying out, evidencing and self-testing relevant SOx controls.
• Ensure compliance requirements are met and ensure open audit points are successfully and timely closed.
• Support GBS team with queries relating to GBS India Center.
• Review, analyze and report the key financial drivers of P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow. Provide valuable financial insights of the business to support achieving targeted goals and objectives.
• Participate in the review of financial performance and provide relevant input as to the health of the financial statements.
• Lead the cross-functional projects for system implementation/enhancement and business processes improvement where required.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Qualified accountant with minimum 5 years commercial and financial managerial experience in Big 4 and/or FMCG.
• Proven knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting principles (local GAAP & US GAAP), practices, standards, laws and indirect/corporate tax regulations.
• Solid interpersonal, communication and leadership skills.
• Solid working experience and knowledge of ERP, BI tools and office software (Excel).
• Attention to detail and accuracy.

Professional Attributes

• Communication Skills
  • At Kraft Heinz you’ll easily be exposed to senior management, no matter your level. Therefore, it’s important you have excellent communication skills, to deal with all kinds of different stakeholders.
• Confident / Ability to give pushback
  • You’re a go getter, you’re not easily thrown off your game, not even when you get resistance.
• Ability to Simplify
  • We like to keep it simple. And to execute fast. Your ability to simplify will be highly appreciated, when you provide simple solutions dealing with complex challenges.
• Analytical
  • We’re a very data driven company. You know how to translate complex data into a simple solution with your analytical mindset.
• Result driven
  • You don’t only focus on your own results, but always do what’s best for the company.
• Networking skills
  • You’re able to be interesting and interested in business conversations, motivating people to want to be in your network. The stronger the network you have, the more easily you can get things done. You, highly aware of that, are constantly expending your network.
• Team player
  • Achieving results is nice, but achieving results with the team is simply the best.
  • You’re a team player, which means you’re sometimes a leader, sometimes a follower but always working towards the same common goal together with your teammates.

What we offer you / You deserve

• An ambitious employer; we only want to the best for you
• A fast career track like only few other companies can match
• A competitive salary and excellent bonus structure (above market)
• A fast pace environment where each of your ideas count

Ahmedabad – Venus Stratum GCC

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.