Responsible for the maintenance and preparation of the books of accounts and financial statements, handling internal /statutory audit, cash operations, maintenance of ledgers, review of accounts receivable and payable and other day to day financial operations. Improvising overall functioning of accounts finance and focusing areas cost /process improvements. Key Responsibilities Planning and Strategizing Plan and implement initiatives and strategies to increase effectiveness and efficiency of financial operations Develop short term and long term strategies for reducing organisational risks, including forex strategy, insurance strategy, etc Policy and Process Design, Implementation and Review Ensure timely completion of accounting procedures and records, including reconciliations Preparing SOPs, designing of controls in System-Manual/Auto Review financial statements across all locations Oversee the conduct of all cash transactions, general ledger entries related activities. Supervise and design processes for verifying and recording all claims and receipts received. Ensure up-to-date a cash book reflecting all payments/receipts Oversee the conduct of all cash transactions, general ledger entries and insurance related activities. Supervise and design processes for verifying and recording all claims and receipts received. Ensure cash operations and cheque authorization procedures are adhered to Establish and monitor compliance to internal and statutory control procedures and laws Ensure process and reporting standardization across business units to drive synergies Review Accounts receivable/ Accounts payable with respect to financial impact controls. Analyse all un-reconciled items on the monthly bank reconciliation as prepared and implement action if/when requested to do so Oversee archiving of financial documents, input and output records, including General Ledger and Trial Balance Plan and implement cost control and improvement initiatives Coordination and Interface Liaise with statutory /internal auditor to coordinate audit of books and reports Liaise with functional consultants relating to trade remedies