GL & Tax (9 Months-Contract)

• Act as the finance process owner for general ledger, tax, closing, intercompany, accruals, provisions, and statutory reporting requirements.
• Validate SAP finance design, chart of accounts, posting logic, tax codes, reporting structures, and integration points with sales, procurement, inventory, logistics, and treasury.
• Lead finance fit-gap discussions, support solution decisions, and ensure alignment with the approved SAP template and local statutory requirements.
• Review and support master data requirements related to GL accounts, tax setup, cost objects, profit centers, company codes, and reporting dimensions.
• Participate in system integration testing, user acceptance testing, data migration validation, cutover, go-live, and hypercare activities.
• Identify process risks, control gaps, tax compliance issues, and reporting impacts, and escalate decisions when required.
• Support training, process documentation, user adoption, and knowledge transfer for finance users.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field; professional accounting or tax certification is preferred; 3-5 years of experience.

Experience:

• Strong FMCG finance experience covering month-end close, statutory reporting, inventory accounting, customer/vendor financial flows, and tax compliance.
• Prior SAP or ERP implementation experience is preferred, especially in SAP FI, tax, controlling integration, and financial reporting.

Skills/Technical Knowledge:

• Strong understanding of record-to-report, tax determination, financial controls, audit requirements, and SAP finance integration.
• Ability to translate business requirements into process design, test scenarios, training content, and cutover activities.

Direct reports: No direct reports expected, unless assigned by the program governance model.