EXL | Senior Manager-Record to Report-Finance Controllers

Responsibilities

• This role demands strategic ownership of the financial close cycle, tax compliance, transformation leadership, and governance across multi-entity and multi-region environments.
• The incumbent will be responsible for driving process excellence, automation, regulatory compliance, and team development at scale, while also preparing and finalizing financial statement packages, ensuring accurate and timely reporting to internal and external stakeholders, and aligning outputs with global accounting standards and business objectives.
• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close cycles across multiple countries and regions, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and audit readiness.
• Oversee multi-entity, multi-country accounting operations, driving standardization, scalability, and global process alignment.
• Review and analyze P&L and Balance Sheet statements, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and alignment with business performance.
• Prepare and finalize financial statement packages and ensure timely and accurate reporting in accordance with US GAAP/IFRS.
• Ensure timely and accurate preparation, review, and filing of US and UK tax returns, including corporate income tax, VAT, GST, and other statutory filings.
• Coordinate with internal tax teams and external advisors to ensure compliance with IRS (US) and HMRC (UK) regulations.
• Maintain documentation and audit trails for all tax filings and related transactions.
• Monitor changes in tax laws and regulations in the US and UK, assessing their impact on accounting processes and financial reporting.
• Support tax provision calculations and deferred tax accounting during the close cycle.
• Collaborate with Controllership and Treasury teams to ensure tax-efficient structuring and reporting.
• Ensure accurate tax accounting entries in the general ledger and alignment with financial statements.
• Manage lease accounting processes including classification, amortization schedules, and disclosures, ensuring compliance with applicable standards.
• Design and implement financial close processes, control frameworks, and governance models across diverse geographies.
• Lead transitions and migrations from different countries, ensuring seamless integration, documentation, training, and stakeholder alignment.
• Prepare and review cash flow schedules for fixed assets and leases, ensuring accurate reporting and forecasting.
• Drive process improvement initiatives including automation (RPA, AI), ERP optimization, and digital finance tools.
• Collaborate with transformation teams to implement best-in-class finance technologies.
• Ensure adherence to SOX, internal control frameworks, and tax compliance across all R2R activities.
• Manage internal and external audit processes, ensuring timely and accurate documentation and responses.
• Partner and coordinate with multiple upstream and downstream teams—including FP&A, Tax, Treasury, and Controllership—to ensure R2R outputs are aligned with broader business objectives.
• Present financial close results, risks, and insights to senior leadership and global stakeholders.
• Lead and develop high-performing teams across geographies, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
• Monitor and report on KPIs such as close cycle time, reconciliation aging, journal accuracy, and tax filing timelines.

Eligibility criteria

• Minimum 4 years of experience in leading large, cross-functional, and global teams across multiple countries.
• Proven experience in designing and setting up close processes, control frameworks, and governance models.
• Strong background in managing transitions, migrations, and integrations across geographies.
• Hands-on experience with ERP platforms (MS Dynamics, PeopleSoft, SAP).
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial reporting standards (US GAAP/IFRS), and compliance frameworks (SOX, ISO).
• Working knowledge of US and UK tax compliance and filing processes across multiple jurisdictions.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
• Competencies: Strategic thinking with the ability to manage complex, multi-country operations and drive alignment with global business objectives.
• Expertise in end-to-end period close management, including financial statement preparation, internal and external reporting, and audit readiness.
• Deep domain knowledge in GL, Fixed Assets, Lease Accounting, Tax, and Intercompany processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on data accuracy, integrity, and compliance.
• Proven ability to lead transformation initiatives, drive automation, and implement process excellence across global finance operations.
• Strong customer orientation and commitment to service quality and continuous improvement.
• Ability to manage performance through KPIs, governance forums, and SLA frameworks.

EXL

EXL (ExlService Holdings, Inc.) is a data analytics and digital operations company founded in 1999 and listed on NASDAQ as EXLS. It works with large insurers, banks, healthcare payers and retailers worldwide, combining data, AI and deep industry knowledge to run and transform business operations. Its Indian arm, EXL Service.com (India) Private Limited, was incorporated in 1999, and India is where the bulk of its global delivery work happens.

For finance professionals, EXL hires across finance and accounting operations (record to report, procure to pay, order to cash), financial planning and analysis, financial reporting, audit support, and risk and compliance, alongside its large analytics practice. CA, CMA, ACCA and MBA (Finance) profiles suit these roles across its Noida, Gurugram, Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai and Kochi centres.

• Industry: Data analytics, AI and digital operations (BPM)
• Headquarters: New York, USA (Indian operations headquartered in Noida)
• In India: Delivery centres in Noida, Gurugram, Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kochi