JOB DESCRIPTION Job Title: Associate Director - Financial Reporting Job Location: Bengaluru Reporting to : AVP - Finance About Syngene: Syngene (<a href="http://www.syngeneintl.com">www.syngeneintl.com</a>) is an innovation-led contract research, development and manufacturing organization offering integrated scientific services from early discovery to commercial supply. At Syngene, safety is at the heart of everything we do personally and professionally. Syngene has placed safety at par with business performance with shared responsibility and accountability, including following safety guidelines, procedures and SOPs, in letter and spirit Mandatory expectation for all roles as per Syngene safety guidelines <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Overall adherence to safe practices and procedures of oneself and the teams aligned.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Contributing to development of procedures, practices and systems that ensures safe operations and compliance to company’s integrity & quality standards.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Driving a corporate culture that promotes environment, health, and safety (EHS) mindset and operational discipline at the workplace at all times.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Ensuring safety of self, teams and lab/plant by adhering to safety protocols and following environment, health, and safety (EHS) requirements at all times in the workplace.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Ensure all assigned mandatory trainings related to data integrity, health, and safety measures are completed on time by all members of the team including self</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Compliance to Syngene’ s quality standards at all times</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Hold self and their teams accountable for the achievement of safety goals </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Govern and Review safety metrics from time to time </li> </ul> Core Purpose of the Role : This position rolls up to the accounting head and is responsible for planning the finance and account’s function and meet all compliances while enabling business strategy. The most challenging aspect of the role is to ensure adequate financial control in the organization while enabling the business requirements. Role Accountabilities Compliance and Audit - Key Activities: <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Develop processes and systems across the accounting and finance function to ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory norms</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Oversee compliance to accounting norms and procedures with respect to contracts, employee and vendor payments, income tax, TDS, GST, RBI guidelines and other statutory norms</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Oversee audits as an auditee (like IFCR, and Internal Assurance audit) and manage regulatory risks for the company; Provide clarifications as required by the auditors</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Track action against observations and ensure closure of non-compliances</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Revise policies to ensure compliance with changing laws in all jurisdictions where the company operates</li> </ul> Key Metrics <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Timely completion of compliance and audit activities</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Timely books closure and SEBI reporting</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">No Non-Compliance in audits</li> </ul> Financial reporting - Key Activities: <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm" type="disc"> <li style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Support month end and year end closing</li> <li style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Support the Quarterly and Annual Reports and manage the internal and external review for these documents</li> <li style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Prepare quarterly earnings release</li> <li style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Monitor and ensure timely identification and compliance with evolving accounting guidance, provide IFRS/ Ind AS interpretation and prepare technical memorandums that document issues in a clear, logical and comprehensive manner</li> <li style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Communicate and explain accounting issues and evolving accounting guidance to the management team</li> <li style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Manage communications with external auditors on external financial statements and accounting issues to ensure auditor agreement with company decisions on accounting disclosures, and issues</li> <li style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Assist in the coordination of annual audit and quarterly review activities of external auditors</li> <li style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Supervise international accounting and issue identification and resolution</li> <li style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Create, implement and maintain comprehensive worldwide accounting policy documents to improve clarity and consistency</li> <li style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Implement and maintain reporting procedures to comply with internal control requirements</li> <li style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Perform continuous assessment of the close process and process re-engineering to reduce the timing to close the financial period</li> <li style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Review AR, provisions/ write-offs, accruals and deferrals and take actions as required</li> <li style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Review payables, provisions/ write backs, advances etc. and take appropriate actions depending on requirement</li> <li style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Monthly BS review</li> <li style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Related party reconciliation and compliance- lesioning with secretarial and adherence to new SEBI requirements</li> <li style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Managing Adhoc requests at multiple interval</li> <li style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Managing team performance</li> <li style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Track team performance at an overall and individual level and provide support/ guidance wherever required to ensure achievement of yearly plans</li> </ul> Key Metrics <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Team engagement score</li> <li style="line-height:115%;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Attrition</li> </ul> Syngene Values All employees will consistently demonstrate alignment with our core values <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#262626;font-weight:bold"> Excellence</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#262626;font-weight:bold"> Integrity</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#262626;font-weight:bold"> Professionalism</li> </ul> Accountabilities as a Syngene Leader (only for Leadership Hires) <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:8.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:6.0pt 0.0cm 6.0pt 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#262626;font-weight:bold">Champion effective Environment, Occupational Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHSS) practices for the company and oversee compliance with those practices within Biologics business. Play an active leadership role in monitoring and verifying safety performance through Gemba walks and other safety-led activities.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Foster a corporate culture that promotes an environment, occupational health, safety, and sustainability (EHSS) mindset as well as the highest standards of quality, integrity, and compliance.</li> </ul> <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Put people at the heart of our success by providing clear, active leadership defined by the Syngene leadership framework setting high standards of people management, career planning and talent retention as a priority.</li> </ul> Experience: The ideal candidate would be a highly accomplished finance professional and strong business acumen. S/he will, inter-alia, meet the following requirements: <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">CA (Chartered Accountant) with experience in pharma or listed entity preferred</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">SAP S4 HANA experience will be an add on</li> </ul> Demonstrated Capability: <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Should have the good interpersonal skills</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Should have the excellent Job knowledge and analytical skills</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Should be proactive in nature</li> </ul> Skills and Capabilities: <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Strong process acumen</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Understanding of finance workflows and processes</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Understanding of accounting and taxation norms</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Knowledge of all relevant financial and legal statutory norms</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Digital-savviness and understanding of tech implementation of finance processes</li> </ul> Behavioral competencies <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Strategic thinking</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Business acumen</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Process orientation</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Effective stakeholder management</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:105%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Calibri Light', sans-serif;color:#262626">Innovation and creative thinking</li> </ul> Equal Opportunity Employer It is the policy of Syngene to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable legislation or local law. In addition, Syngene will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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