Senior Accountant

About the Team
The Asia Controllership function is a high‑impact finance team that enables financial integrity, strong governance, regulatory compliance, and decision support across a complex, multi‑entity environment. We operate with a modern controllership mindset: build scalable processes, strengthen controls, improve close speed and quality, and deliver insights that help the business move faster-without compromising compliance.
Our work is anchored in four controllership pillars:

• Month‑End Reporting & Compliance (accuracy, timeliness, disciplined close)

• Statutory Audits & Governance (audit‑ready documentation, board/regulatory expectations)

• Treasury & Banking Operations (strong stewardship and controls)

• Stakeholder Partnership (responsive support to business, employees, and cross‑functional teams)

Role Summary
We are looking for a high‑ownership Senior Accountant to join the India Controllership team. This role will work across core accounting, close, controls, compliance support, and audit execution-with strong exposure to process improvement and transformation initiatives. You will partner with shared services and cross‑functional stakeholders to ensure financial records are complete, compliant (US GAAP / local requirements), and audit‑ready.
What makes this role different: you will not only "do accounting," you will help build the next‑gen controllership model-standardizing processes, improving close discipline, and adopting automation/AI and system improvements as part of the team's transformation agenda.
Key Responsibilities
1) Month‑End Close, Accounting & Reporting (US GAAP aligned)

• Support timely month‑end close with focus on completeness, accuracy, and quality of substantiation (US GAAP aligned, with local statutory awareness

• Review the financial statements and analyse key variances and provide analytical insights

• Execute/support accounting operations across GL, AP, AR, billing, revenue accounting, accruals, expense accounting, intercompany, and reconciliations based on assigned scope.

• Prepare and review account reconciliations, ensuring clear explanations, support, aging follow‑ups, and timely resolution of open items

• Coordinate with shared services / operations teams to ensure smooth end‑to‑end accounting flows and issue resolution.

2) Controls, Governance & Documentation (audit‑ready by design)

• Ensure adherence to established global accounting guidelines and control processes, and proactively identify gaps/risks with proposed remediations.

• Strengthen process documentation (SOPs, checklists, evidence standards) to improve consistency, knowledge transfer, and audit outcomes.

• Participate in initiatives to improve controllership rigor, including close discipline and standardized reporting.

3) Fixed Assets & Physical Verification

• Support fixed asset accounting, reconciliations, and reporting; assist with periodic physical verification planning and documentation of results and exceptions.

4) Compliance Support (India‑specific regulatory requirements)
Depending on assigned scope, support compliance execution and reconciliations including:

• TDS reconciliation and monthly/periodic tax payable support.

• Working knowledge of GST as needed for reconciliations, review of invoices etc as needed.

5) Audit & Statutory Reporting Support

• Support statutory and tax audits through schedules, reconciliations, audit support packs, and timely query resolution.

• Maintain audit‑ready documentation standards and support stakeholder readiness for board/regulatory submissions.

6) Process Improvement, Systems & Automation (thought leadership in action)

• Identify opportunities for simplification, standardization, and automation across close, reconciliations, validations, and reporting.

• Contribute to the team's transformation agenda-automation enablement and adoption of new ways of working especially imbibing AI‑enabled solutions and workflows

Stakeholder & Interface (How you will work)
You will collaborate with:

• Shared services / operations teams for transaction processing and issue resolution

• FP&A for operational/close inputs and process clarifications

• External auditors, tax consultants/advisers, and internal stakeholders for audit and compliance execution

What Success Looks Like (6-12 months)

• Consistently delivers accurate, on‑time close activities with high‑quality reconciliations and clean substantiation

• Improves controllership outcomes through strong ownership, fewer recurring issues, and better documentation/controls.

• Actively contributes to process improvement / automation initiatives aligned to controllership priorities.

Qualifications & Experience

• Chartered Accountant (CA) with 3-4 years post‑qualification experience in industry and/or audit environment (shared services / multinational exposure preferred).

• Strong foundation in accounting principles; exposure to US GAAP and awareness of local statutory requirements is an advantage.

• Experience working with ERPs (e.g., Oracle / equivalent) and strong Excel skills; exposure to modern reporting/analytics tools is a plus.

Skills & Competencies (What we look for)
Technical / Functional

• Strong accounting and reconciliation discipline; structured close execution

• Working understanding of compliance landscape (TDS/GST/RBI/TP support)

• Systems mindset: ability to understand process flows and controls end‑to‑end

• Process and system driven with a strong

• Proactive in identifying opportunities for technology adoption and integrating innovative solutions to enhance workflow agility.

Behavioral

• Ownership mindset; bias for action and closure

• High attention to detail with strong judgement on materiality and risk

• Clear communication and stakeholder management across teams/time zones

• Continuous improvement mindset; comfort with change and automation adoption.
  Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer

Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.
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