Accounting Lead

Job Description:

The Accounting Lead will be based in Hyderabad, India. In this position, you will report to the MEIAT Controller. The Accounting Lead will be an important member of Nextpower’s Corporate Controllership team and will support the General Ledger accounting function, month-end and quarter-end close activities, balance sheet reconciliations, journal entry preparation, financial reporting support, and financial control activities.

This role is responsible for ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant accounting records in accordance with company policies, internal controls, and applicable accounting standards. The Accounting Lead will work closely with cross-functional teams to gather financial data, analyze transactions, resolve variances, support audits, and contribute to the overall accuracy and reliability of the company’s financial statements. The ideal candidate will have strong general ledger accounting experience, excellent attention to detail, sound analytical skills, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

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We are looking for someone who demonstrates:

• Passionate drive to innovate and create
• Integrity to the core
• Enthusiastic customer focus
• Consistent interactive teamwork
• Desire for continuous improvement and top performance.

Here is a glimpse of what you will do:

General Ledger Accounting and Close Activities

• Manage day-to-day general ledger accounting activities, including journal entry preparation, account analysis, accruals, reclasses, allocations, and month-end close support.
• Prepare and post standard, recurring, and ad hoc journal entries, ensuring accuracy, completeness, appropriate support, and timely posting in accordance with close deadlines.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities by preparing schedules, analyzing account balances, resolving reconciling items, and meeting established reporting timelines.
• Review profit and loss activity to ensure transactions are recorded in the correct accounts, departments, cost centers, and ledgers for accurate financial reporting.
• Analyze general ledger activity to identify unusual transactions, posting errors, classification issues, missing accruals, and potential accounting adjustments.
• Support accrual accounting by working with business partners to validate expenses, commitments, open purchase orders, and other period-end obligations.
• Assist in ensuring revenue, expense, asset, liability, and equity transactions are accurately recorded in accordance with company policies and applicable accounting standards.
• Maintain appropriate documentation and support for journal entries, reconciliations, account analyses, and close deliverables.

Balance Sheet Reconciliations and Account Analysis

• Prepare balance sheet account reconciliations in accordance with company policies, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and timely certification.
• Investigate and resolve reconciling items, aging balances, unreconciled variances, and unusual account activity.
• Perform account fluctuation analysis and provide clear explanations for significant period-over-period changes.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to obtain supporting documentation and resolve accounting discrepancies.
• Monitor assigned accounts to ensure timely clearing of open items and proper classification of balances.
• Escalate aged, high-risk, or complex reconciling items to leadership with recommended resolution actions.
• Support continuous improvement in reconciliation quality, documentation standards, and review readiness.

Financial Reporting, Analytics, and Business Support

• Gather, review, and analyse financial data to support close reporting, management review, and business decision-making.
• Analyse financial results, including expense trends, revenue-related activity, accruals, and budget-to-actual variances, and provide insights to the Controller or accounting leadership.
• Prepare schedules, reports, and account analyses to support internal financial reporting and management discussions.
• Assist with P&L reviews by validating transaction classification, identifying anomalies, and ensuring accurate reporting by account, department, entity, and cost centre.
• Support the preparation of financial reporting packages, close dashboards, KPI tracking, and variance commentary.
• Collaborate with FP&A, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Tax, Treasury, Procurement, Operations, Legal, and IT to ensure financial data is complete, accurate, and properly supported.
• Help identify opportunities to improve reporting accuracy, close efficiency, and analytical visibility.

Internal Controls, Compliance, and Audit Support

• Ensure accounting activities are performed in compliance with company policies, internal controls, approval requirements, and applicable regulatory standards.
• Support internal and external audit requests by preparing documentation, responding to inquiries, and providing accurate supporting schedules.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation for journal entries, reconciliations, account analyses, and financial reporting support.
• Identify process gaps, control exceptions, and compliance risks, and escalate matters proactively to accounting leadership.
• Contribute to the achievement of KPIs related to accuracy, timeliness, reconciliation quality, close performance, and process compliance.
• Support implementation of process improvements, standard operating procedures, and control enhancements across the General Ledger function.

Process Improvement, Systems, and Automation

• Assist with finance transformation initiatives, ERP enhancements, reporting improvements, and process standardization activities.
• Support system implementation or migration activities by helping with data validation, testing, account mapping, reconciliations, and process documentation.
• Use ERP and reporting tools to extract, organize, and analyze accounting data efficiently.
• Identify opportunities to automate recurring journal entries, reconciliations, reporting templates, and manual accounting processes.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement by recommending practical solutions to improve accuracy, efficiency, and control effectiveness.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned by accounting leadership.

Collaboration and Professional Conduct

• Work collaboratively with local and global finance teams to meet close timelines and reporting requirements.
• Communicate clearly and proactively with stakeholders regarding accounting issues, documentation needs, deadlines, and resolution status.
• Lead by example by following established processes, maintaining high professional standards, and demonstrating a positive, solution-oriented mindset.
• Support team members by sharing knowledge, promoting accountability, and contributing to a collaborative team environment.

Financial Controls, Compliance, and Process Improvement

• Ensure compliance with company accounting policies, internal controls, and applicable regulatory requirements related to cost accounting, inventory, and manufacturing finance.
• Own and review balance sheet reconciliations related to inventory, reserves, accruals, purchase price variance, standard cost adjustments, and other cost accounting accounts.
• Support revenue recognition and financial reporting accuracy by ensuring cost of goods sold, inventory, and margin-related accounts are complete and accurate.
• Identify control gaps, reporting inefficiencies, and process improvement opportunities within cost accounting and plant finance processes.
• Drive automation and standardization of cost accounting reports, close processes, reconciliations, and analytical tools.
• Partner with IT and business process teams on ERP improvements, system implementations, master data governance, and reporting enhancements.
• Support implementation of best practices in manufacturing finance, including Lean, Six Sigma, process automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.

People and Team Leadership

• Supervise, coach, and develop accounting and finance team members, ensuring accountability, accuracy, technical excellence, and professional growth.
• Establish clear expectations, review work product, provide feedback, and promote a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate effectively across FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Procurement, IT, and Corporate Accounting.
• Serve as a trusted finance partner to operational leaders by providing timely, accurate, and actionable financial insights.
• Promote strong communication, cross-functional collaboration, and disciplined execution across local and global teams

Here is some of what you will need (required):

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• CA, CPA or equivalent qualification preferred.
• Minimum 8+ years of experience in General Ledger accounting, month-end close, quarter-end close, reconciliations, and financial reporting support.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, journal entries, accruals, reclassifications, balance sheet reconciliations, P&L review, and variance analysis.
• Experience working in a corporate accounting, shared services, controllership, or multinational finance environment preferred.
• ERP experience required; experience with Oracle, NetSuite, SAP, or similar ERP systems preferred.
• Experience supporting ERP implementations, system enhancements, account mapping, data validation, or finance transformation initiatives is a plus.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, formulas, data validation, and large-volume data analysis.
• Familiarity with automation tools, BI/analytics platforms, workflow tools, or reconciliation tools is preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and investigative skills with the ability to identify root causes and resolve accounting discrepancies.
• Excellent attention to detail, accuracy, organization, and ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional and global teams.
• Ability to operate independently while knowing when to escalate issues to management.
• Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, AI, continuous improvement, or process documentation methodologies is a plus.

Here are a few of our preferred experiences

• Strong general ledger accounting knowledge and close process discipline.
• Ability to analyze financial data and explain variances clearly.
• High ownership mindset with commitment to accuracy and deadlines.
• Strong reconciliation and documentation discipline.
• Ability to work with large datasets and identify trends, exceptions, and errors.
• Process improvement mindset with willingness to challenge manual or inefficient processes.
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to build relationships across departments.
• Professional maturity, confidentiality, and sound judgment.
• Positive, solution-oriented approach to problem solving

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