Ecolab India | Intercompany Accounting Supervisor

What you will do

• With our worldwide reach and ambitious growth plans, you will have the opportunity to own your future and impact what matters.
• Ecolab is seeking a supervisor to join our Finance team.
• This is a key role responsible for leading and coordinating the accounting projects and serving as a partner to divisions and functions across the company.
• You will join a growth company offering a competitive salary and benefits.
• Lead and develop a 12+ member Intercompany accounting team delivering end‑to‑end RTR IC activities.
• Oversee end‑to‑end Intercompany operations, ensuring delivery against SLAs, KPIs, staffing, capacity, financial, and operational targets.
• Drive clearance of aged and open Intercompany items while maintaining high‑quality reconciliations and SOX compliance.
• Ensure strong governance over reconciliation quality, controls, and documentation standards.
• Provide hands‑on guidance and support to help team members achieve performance and delivery goals.
• Maintain effective stakeholder management to resolve issues and ensure business alignment.
• Collaborate and support peers to ensure overall team success and continuity of operations.
• Drive timely execution of RTR Intercompany processes, transitions, and accounting implementation projects as per company timelines.
• Plan, coordinate, and prioritize team activities to ensure accurate, timely, and efficient process execution.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including controllers and corporate functions.
• Manage team capacity and resources including leaves, vacations, attrition, and hiring support to ensure business continuity.
• Identify, analyze, document, and improve Intercompany processes to enhance efficiency, control, and scalability.
• Support resolution of complex or out‑of‑policy issues through guidance, decision‑making, and escalation.
• Participate in development, review, and maintenance of SOPs, desktop procedures, policies, and narratives.
• Ensure effective knowledge management through documentation, updates, and cross‑training initiatives.
• Identify high‑potential talent and develop succession strategies to ensure leadership continuity.
• Support audit readiness and provide required support during internal and external audits.
• Assist staff to resolve complex or out of policy operation problems.
• Own day‑to‑day operational decisions within Intercompany processes and escalate exceptions with clear recommendations.
• Act as first‑line control owner for Intercompany reconciliations, journal entries, and variance analysis in line with SOX requirements.
• Drive continuous reduction in aged Intercompany balances and audit observations.

Requirements

• Degree in accounting or finance and eight or more years of significant work experience with at least one year of supervisory experience.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles.
• Understanding of internal controls over financial reporting (i.e Sox).
• Knowledge of SAP (GL, CO, BI) and clear understanding of Intercompany Process and financial accounting processes, incl. US GAAP.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite Excel, Word and Outlook software.
• Strong written and oral communication skills with fluency in English.
• Knowledge of Process Improvement tools (i.

Ecolab India

Ecolab India is an employer hiring in India.

Its finance, accounts, audit and tax openings in India are mostly in Pune.