Finance and Compliance Lead

Serve as the key finance and compliance lead for the India entity, acting as the local deputy to the global finance team. This role oversees day-to-day accounting operations, statutory compliance, and internal controls, while also functioning as a PMO-style coordinator across India and U.S. Finance Teams. The Finance Lead will strengthen the India accounting function, drive standardization across entities, and ensure timely, accurate financial reporting that supports strategic decision-making across the Ceres Global portfolio.

Key Responsibilities :

1) Controllership & Close :

• Own monthly and quarterly close for the India legal entity;

ensure timely reconciliations, accruals, and intercompany settlements.

2) Compliance & Statutory Governance :

3) PMO Leadership & Cross-Border Coordination :

track project progress and ensure on-time execution of priorities.

4) Procure-to-Pay & Vendor Oversight :

ensure adherence to approval matrices and spending policies.

5) Reporting & Data Governance :

manage master data governance for vendors, jobs, and cost codes.

6) Systems & Automation :

7) Team Leadership & Capability Building :

promote accountability and collaboration.

Qualifications & Experience :

MBA (Finance) a plus.

able to translate finance outcomes for non- finance leaders.

Skills & Competencies :

comfort with dashboardsand self- service analytics.

Tools & Systems (Illustrative) :

ERP (e.G., NetSuite / Oracle / SAP or equivalent) - AP automation / expense (e.G., Coupa / Concur / Ramco) - Payroll (India provider) - BI tools (Excel, Power BI) - Project / job- costing modules - Bank portals & payment gateways