Finance Control & Governance Manager

Responsibilities

• To strengthen the Finance control environment by ensuring adherence to
• approved SOPs, monitoring financial and system controls, overseeing
• reconciliations, and driving timely resolution of exceptions. The role acts as the

Financial Controls & Governance

• Ensure adherence to approved Finance SOPs, policies, and internal control
• frameworks.
• Monitor key financial processes and identify control gaps and improvement
• opportunities.
• Conduct periodic control reviews and ensure timely implementation of
• corrective actions.
• Drive process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement
• initiatives.
• Reconciliations & Exception Management

Oversee critical reconciliations, including bank, GL, settlement, and

• suspense accounts.
• Monitor ageing of unreconciled items and ensure timely closure of
• exceptions.

Investigate recurring reconciliation breaks and recommend preventive

• controls.
• Publish periodic dashboards on reconciliation status and control exceptions.

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 coordination with IT.
• Monitor system interfaces, exception reports, manual journal entries,
• reversals, and suspense accounts.
• Participate in UAT for ERP enhancements and ensure financial controls
• remain effective.

Audit, Compliance & Risk

• Perform periodic control testing and compliance reviews.
• Track closure of Internal Audit, Statutory Audit, and Regulatory
• observations.
• Support audits by providing control documentation, system evidence, and
• audit trails.
• Escalate significant control breaches and operational risks to management.

MIS & Stakeholder Management

• Prepare Finance Control MIS and management dashboards.
• Coordinate with Treasury, Operations, Compliance, Technology, and Product
• teams to resolve control issues.
• Promote automation and technology-driven controls to reduce manual
• interventions.

Preferred

• Chartered Accountant (CA), CMA, or MBA (Finance).
• 5–10 years of experience in Finance Controls, Internal Controls, Audit,
• Finance Operations, or ERP Governance.
• Experience in Financial Services, FinTech, Broking, or Banking preferred.
• Working knowledge of SAP FI/CO (ECC or S/4HANA), financial systems, and
• ERP controls.
• Key Competencies
• Financial Controls & Governance
• Reconciliations & Exception Management
• SAP/ERP Controls
• Internal Controls & Risk Management
• Process Improvement & Automation
• Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills
• Stakeholder Management

Success Measures (KPIs)

• 100% adherence to Finance SOPs and control processes.
• Timely completion of critical reconciliations and reduction in ageing items.
• Closure of audit observations and control deficiencies within agreed
• timelines.
• Effective SAP access governance, SoD compliance, and system control
• Reduction in manual processes through automation and enhanced system
• controls.
• Accurate and timely Finance Control MIS with zero material control failures.

Role Purpose

• first line of defense within Finance to ensure financial processes are accurate,
• compliant, well-governed, and audit-ready.

Preferred Qualifications & Experience

Strong Communication & Attention to Detail monitoring.