Senior Executive - Controller

Job Requirements

About Godrej Industries Limited and Associate Companies (GILAC)

GILAC is a holding company of the Godrej Group. We have significant interests in consumer goods, real estate, agriculture, chemicals, and financial services through our subsidiary and associate companies, across 18 countries.

https://www.godrejindustries.com/

About Godrej Consumer Products Limited (GCPL)

Godrej Consumer Products is a leading emerging markets company. As part of the over 125-year young Godrej Group, we are fortunate to have a proud legacy built on the strong values of trust, integrity, and respect for others. At the same time, we are growing fast and have exciting, ambitious aspirations.

Today, our Group enjoys the patronage of 1.2 billion consumers globally, across different businesses. We rank among the largest Household Insecticide and Hair Care players in emerging markets. In Household Insecticides, we are the leader in India, the second largest player in Indonesia and are expanding our footprint in Africa. We are the leader in serving the Hair Care needs of women of African descent, the number one player in Hair Colour in India and Sub-Saharan Africa, and among the leading players in Latin America. We rank number two in Soaps in India and are the number one player in Air Fresheners and Wet Tissues in Indonesia.

But for us, it is very important that besides our strong financial performance and innovative, much-loved products, we remain a good company. Approximately 23 per cent of the promoter holding in our Group is held in trusts that invest in the environment, health, and education. We are also bringing together our passion and purpose to make a difference through our Good &Green approach to create a more inclusive and greener India.

At the heart of all of this is our talented team. We take much pride in fostering an inspiring workplace, with an agile and high-performance culture. We are also deeply committed to recognizing and valuing diversity across our teams.

https://www.godrejcp.com/

Key Responsibilities          

·      At GCPL, we are building a Global Finance Control Centre as part of the second line of defence.

·      The role will support strengthening of the finance control environment across businesses by reviewing finance and finance-linked processes, identifying risks and control gaps, supporting design and implementation of predictive, preventive and detective technology-enabled controls, monitoring control exceptions, and driving timely closure of identified issues.

·      The role will work closely with country Finance teams, Internal Audit, GEC, Technology, Treasury, Operations and other relevant stakeholders to support standardization, automation and continuous improvement of financial controls.

·      The role provides an opportunity to be part of a newly established global control function and contribute to building automated and continuous financial-control mechanisms from the ground up.

Key Responsibilities

1. Process, Risk & Control Assessment

• Perform walkthroughs of key finance and finance-linked business processes viz. P2P, O2C, R2R, FA, Mfg Finance etc.
• Understand existing processes, policies, SOPs, systems and control mechanisms.
• Identify process risks, control gaps, manual interventions and recurring exceptions.
• Support preparation and maintenance of Risk-Control Matrices (RCMs).
• Analyse control failures and support root-cause analysis.

2. Control Design & Process Improvement

• Support development/enhancement of predictive, preventive and detective controls.
• Assist in drafting and standardizing SOPs while considering relevant local business requirements.
• Identify manual/repetitive controls that can be automated or system enabled.
• Support implementation of technology-, analytics- and AI-enabled controls in coordination with Technology teams.
• Participate in testing/UAT of new controls and validate whether they address the intended business risk.

3. Continuous Control Monitoring

• Perform periodic monitoring/testing of key controls, identify deviations and support to strengthen them with tech-led controls.
• Analyse transactional and process data for exceptions, ageing and unusual trends and take remedial action.
• Support development and publication of dashboards covering control health, reconciliations, ageing and key exceptions.
• Escalate overdue/high-risk control issues to Business Control leadership.

4. Audit Observation & Incident Management

• Analyse relevant Internal Audit / control observations and recurring findings.
• Perform/support RCA of control breakdowns and incidents.
• Track corrective and preventive actions with process owners.
• Identify areas where recurring audit issues can be addressed through process redesign, automation or continuous monitoring.

5. Stakeholder Coordination

• Coordinate with Country Finance, Internal Audit, GEC, Treasury, Technology, Operations, Compliance and other stakeholders.
• Follow up rigorously on agreed control actions and timelines.
• Prepare structured analysis, dashboards and discussion materials for senior Finance leadership.
• Support rollout of standardized controls and SOPs across geographies.

Candidate Profile

Education

• CA Inter, or
• MBA Finance / equivalent finance qualification

Experience

• 3–5 years of relevant experience in:
• Internal Audit
• Risk Advisory
• IFC / ICFR
• Finance Controls
• GRC / Process Controls
• Finance Operations / Controllership support

Preferred exposure

• Big 4 / Risk Advisory experience
• FMCG / Consumer / Manufacturing exposure
• Process experience across O2C, P2P, Inventory, Fixed Assets or Financial Reporting
• SAP / ERP environment

Key Skills

• Strong understanding of finance processes and internal controls
• Risk identification and structured problem solving
• Root-cause analysis
• Strong Excel and analytical skills
• Good process documentation / RCM capability
• SAP / ERP understanding
• Strong follow-up and execution discipline
• Ability to work across businesses and geographies

Curiosity toward automation, analytics and AI-enabled controls 

Be an equal parent

Maternity support, including paid leave ahead of statutory guidelines, and flexible work options on return

Paternity support, including paid leave

New mothers can bring a caregiver and children under a year old, on work travel

Adoption support; gender neutral and based on the primary caregiver, with paid leave options

No place for discrimination at Godrej

Gender-neutral anti-harassment policy

Same sex partner benefits at par with married spouses

Gender transition support

We are selfish about your wellness

Comprehensive health insurance plans, as well as accident coverage for you and your family, with top-up options

Uncapped sick leave

Mental wellness and self-care programmes, resources and counselling

Celebrating wins, the Godrej Way 

Structured recognition platforms for individual, team and business-level achievements

Performance-based earning opportunities

https://www.godrejcareers.com/benefits/

An inclusive Godrej

Before you go, there is something important we want to highlight. There is no place for discrimination at Godrej. Diversity is the philosophy of who we are as a company. And has been for over a century. It’s not just in our DNA and nice to do. Being more diverse - especially having our team members reflect the diversity of our businesses and communities - helps us innovate better and grow faster. We hope this resonates with you.

We take pride in being an equal opportunities employer. We recognise merit and encourage diversity. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination on the basis of nationality, race, colour, religion, caste, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, or marital status and ensure equal opportunities for all our team members.

Be an equal parent

Maternity support, including paid leave ahead of statutory guidelines, and flexible work options on return

Paternity support, including paid leave

New mothers can bring a caregiver and children under a year old, on work travel

Adoption support; gender neutral and based on the primary caregiver, with paid leave options

No place for discrimination at Godrej

Gender-neutral anti-harassment policy

Same sex partner benefits at par with married spouses

Gender transition support

We are selfish about your wellness

Comprehensive health insurance plans, as well as accident coverage for you and your family, with top-up options

Uncapped sick leave

Mental wellness and self-care programmes, resources and counselling

Celebrating wins, the Godrej Way 

Structured recognition platforms for individual, team and business-level achievements

Performance-based earning opportunities

https://www.godrejcareers.com/benefits/

An inclusive Godrej

Before you go, there is something important we want to highlight. There is no place for discrimination at Godrej. Diversity is the philosophy of who we are as a company. And has been for over a century. It’s not just in our DNA and nice to do. Being more diverse - especially having our team members reflect the diversity of our businesses and communities - helps us innovate better and grow faster. We hope this resonates with you.

We take pride in being an equal opportunities employer. We recognise merit and encourage diversity. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination on the basis of nationality, race, colour, religion, caste, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, or marital status and ensure equal opportunities for all our team members.