1.
Financial Controls & Governance
Ensure adherence to approved Finance SOPs, policies, and internal control frameworks.
Monitor key financial processes to identify control gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities.
Conduct periodic control reviews and ensure timely implementation of corrective actions.
Drive process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Strengthen governance practices to ensure finance processes remain compliant, efficient, and audit-ready.
2.
Reconciliations & Exception Management
Oversee critical reconciliations, including:
General Ledger (GL) Reconciliations
Monitor ageing of unreconciled items and ensure timely resolution of exceptions.
Investigate recurring reconciliation issues and implement preventive controls.
Prepare and publish periodic dashboards on reconciliation status, ageing, and control exceptions.
3.
SAP & Financial Systems Controls
Monitor SAP financial controls, master data governance, and accounting configurations.
Review user access, Segregation of Duties (SoD), and maker-checker controls in collaboration with Technology teams.
Monitor system interfaces, manual journal entries, reversals, exception reports, and suspense accounts.
Participate in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for ERP enhancements and system upgrades.
Ensure financial controls remain effective across SAP and other finance systems.
4.
Audit, Compliance & Risk Management
Perform periodic control testing and compliance reviews.
Support Internal Audit, Statutory Audit, and Regulatory inspections by providing required documentation and audit evidence.
Track and ensure timely closure of audit observations and control deficiencies.
Escalate significant control breaches, operational risks, and compliance issues to management.
Maintain complete documentation and audit trails for all key finance control activities.
5.
MIS & Cross-functional Collaboration
Prepare Finance Control MIS, governance reports, and management dashboards.
Coordinate with Treasury, Operations, Compliance, Technology, and Product teams to resolve finance control issues.
Support finance transformation initiatives by promoting automation and technology-driven controls.
Provide insights and recommendations to enhance operational efficiency and strengthen the overall control environment.