Cargill India | Sr. Specialist Accounting - ANH APAC PH, IN, ID

Key accountabilities

• This role is critical in ensuring accurate financial reporting, compliance with accounting standards, and driving process improvements across the R2R function.
• The ideal candidate will bring strong analytical capabilities, deep accounting knowledge, and experience in managing complex financial processes in a dynamic environment
• Lead and oversee month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.
• Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial statements.
• Analyze financial data and trends to support business decisions and reporting requirements.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS/GAAP/Local and internal control frameworks (e.g., SOX).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., IC, FP&A, Tax, Treasury) to ensure alignment and data integrity.
• Develop and cultivate relationships with business partners, responding to business contacts directly to deliver accurate processes.
• Support internal and external audits.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the R2R process, including automation and standardization.
• Execute new business migration activities and processes efficiently and effectively.
• Mentor junior analysts and contribute to team development and knowledge sharing.
• Adhere to RTO guidelines of minimum 8 days in office
• Make good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward

Requirements

• Professional certification (CA, CPA) with 7 years of R2R experience.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting standards.
• Should have strong exposure to US and local audit processes.
• Proficiency in ERP systems (SAP, JDE, NIS) and advanced Excel skills.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work under tight deadlines.
• Experience with tools (e.g., Blackline, OneStream, Power BI).
• Exposure to shared services or global finance operations.

Cargill, Incorporated

William Wallace Cargill started the business in 1865 in Conover, Iowa, and it is now headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota. It remains privately held, with the Cargill family as the main owners. The company buys, trades and distributes grain and other agricultural commodities, makes food ingredients such as starch, glucose syrup and vegetable oils, produces animal feed and raises livestock, and offers financial services that help manage risk in commodity markets. In India it has plants in several states, including a corn-milling site at Davangere. Its global business services centre at Bengaluru began in 2015 and handles finance, HR, procurement, logistics and technology work for the group.

Its finance openings in India are in Bengaluru. They cover general and specialist accounting, accounting for agriculture and trading and for the derivatives market, product costing, cash application, travel and expense management, and finance analysis for the Asia-Pacific region. Experience asked for runs from two years for cash application to seven years of record-to-report work for a senior accounting role. Several postings name a qualification: CA or CA Inter, CMA or an equivalent, a fully qualified CMA for the two product-costing process specialist roles, and CA or CPA for the senior accounting role. One management role asks for a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or commerce.

• Industry: Agriculture, food and commodities: grain and oilseed trading, food ingredients, animal nutrition, edible oils and financial risk-management services
• Headquarters: Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States (privately held)
• In India: Cargill India, with manufacturing sites in several states and a global business services centre in Bengaluru started in 2015