Puma India | Senior Associate - Accounts (Third Party)

Responsibilities

• The incumbent will be responsible for end-to-end control and reconciliation of retail sales and inventory transactions across POS and SAP.
• The role will ensure that sales and stock movements are accurately recorded, reconciled and synchronized across systems, with timely resolution of transaction/document-related issues.
• The role will work closely with Store Operations, Warehouse, Finance, Internal Audit and other cross-functional teams to identify gaps, investigate root causes and drive closure of issues related to sales posting, inventory movements and system reconciliation.
• The ideal candidate should have strong SAP knowledge in Sales & Inventory processes, strong Excel skills and a high level of ownership for resolving operational issues.
• Perform regular reconciliation of sales between POS and SAP.
• Identify and investigate mismatches, unposted sales and stuck/failed documents.
• Ensure timely clearance and posting of all pending/stuck sales documents.
• Ensure complete and accurate sales posting in SAP.
• Ensure all physical stock movements are accurately captured and synchronized between POS and SAP.
• Track pending, failed or unmatched stock movement documents and drive timely closure.
• Prepare and maintain regular reconciliation between SAP stock and system stock.
• Investigate discrepancies arising from system transactions, stock movements, posting gaps, timing differences and operational errors.
• Drive corrective actions and ensure closure of identified gaps.
• Maintain effective tracking of store stock audits.
• Monitor audit observations and ensure timely investigation and closure of inventory-related gaps.
• Coordinate with Internal Audit and provide necessary reconciliations, transaction details and supporting information.
• Act as a key point of contact for sales and inventory-related system/process issues.
• Coordinate with Store, Warehouse, Finance, IT/SAP and Internal Audit teams to resolve issues.
• Timely Closure of Stock Audit Observations.
• Reports to: Assistant Manager - Business Finance (Retail)
• Ageing of Open Inventory Movement Documents

Requirements

• Deep dive into inventory differences and identify root causes.
• Relevant experience in retail finance, inventory control, sales postings, retail operations finance or inventory accounting.
• Strong hands-on experience with SAP, particularly sales posting, inventory transactions and stock movement processes.
• Experience working with retail POS systems and inventory management systems.
• Strong Excel and analytical skills.
• Ability to investigate discrepancies and identify root causes rather than only reporting variances.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• B.Com / equivalent qualification

Puma India

Puma India is an employer hiring in India. In its own words: "Puma India - Shop Online for Puma shoes & apparels and get Free Shipping."

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