Reporting Accountant Specialist

Job Description

🆔Job ID: R92188
🏢Company: Smith+Nephew 🌍
📍Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India 🇮🇳
💼Job Type: Full-Time Employee
🏢Work Mode: Hybrid (as per company policy)
⏳Experience: Minimum 5 Years
🎓Education: Postgraduate – M.Com / MBA, or Part-Qualified Accountant (ACA / ACCA / CA / CPA / CMA or equivalent)
💰Expected Salary: ₹14–₹20 Lakhs Per Year
📊Job Category: Accounting and Finance, Financial Reporting, IFRS, Statutory Compliance, Financial Planning & Analysis
🌐Website: Website
📞Contact: Contact us

🌟Your Accounting Expertise Can Shape Business Decisions.

Financial reporting isn’t just about closing books.

It’s about ensuring that every number tells the right story, every balance can be explained, and every financial decision is supported by reliable information.

Smith+Nephew is hiring a Reporting Accountant Specialist in Pune, offering an opportunity for experienced finance professionals to work across financial reporting, IFRS compliance, budgeting, forecasting, and internal controls.

If you have strong technical accounting knowledge and experience in global reporting environments, this role could be a valuable next step in your finance career.

🌟About Smith+Nephew:
Smith+Nephew is a global medical technology company that develops and manufactures products designed to help people recover their health, mobility, and quality of life.

Its business spans areas including orthopaedics, sports medicine, and advanced wound management. The company combines innovation, clinical expertise, and operational excellence to support healthcare professionals and patients worldwide.

💡About the Role:
As a Reporting Accountant Specialist, you’ll help deliver accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting for group management and statutory purposes.

You’ll work with financial controllers, transactional accounting teams, auditors, and business stakeholders to maintain balance sheet integrity, resolve technical accounting issues, and strengthen financial controls.

The position also involves budgeting, forecasting, process improvement, and supervising reporting accountants.

This is an opportunity for finance professionals who can go beyond reporting numbers to explain them, challenge inconsistencies, and recommend solutions.

📌Key Responsibilities:
📊 Prepare and deliver high-quality financial reporting for group, management, and statutory requirements.

📋 Ensure transactions comply with group accounting standards, internal policies, and Minimum Acceptable Practices.

⚖️ Support compliance with IFRS, local statutory regulations, and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements.

💰 Participate in annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting using Hyperion (SNHFM) and SAP or Microsoft Dynamics AX.

📈 Maintain balance sheet integrity and oversee reconciliations, investigating and resolving ageing balances.

🔍 Analyse financial data, identify discrepancies, and recommend solutions for complex accounting transactions.

🤝 Work closely with Financial Controllers and transactional accounting teams to resolve reporting issues.

👥 Supervise Reporting Accountants and support performance reviews and annual objective-setting.

🧾 Coordinate with internal and external auditors, advisors, and relevant authorities.

⚙️ Implement continuous improvement initiatives, process standardisation, and operational efficiencies.

🔄 Adapt reporting practices to changes in the business and accounting environment.

🎯Requirements:
🎓 Postgraduate qualification in M.Com, MBA, or equivalent accounting qualification.

📚 Part-qualified accountant pursuing or holding credentials such as ACA, ACCA, CA, CPA, CMA, or equivalent.

⏳ Minimum 5 years of experience in a global accounting practice or industry.

🌐 Strong technical accounting knowledge and practical experience with IFRS reporting.

📊 Proven ability to analyse financial data, draw sound conclusions, and recommend solutions.

⚖️ Working knowledge of SOX control frameworks and internal financial controls.

🧠 Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make sound decisions under pressure.

💬 Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.

🤝 Ability to collaborate with global teams, auditors, and business stakeholders.

🌟Preferred Skills:
✅ Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) reporting.

✅ SAP or Microsoft Dynamics AX.

✅ Cognos or similar financial reporting platforms.

✅ IFRS and statutory financial reporting.

✅ Balance sheet reconciliations and general ledger accounting.

✅ Budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.

✅ SOX compliance and internal controls.

✅ Team supervision and performance management.

✅ Continuous improvement and process optimisation.

🎁Benefits & Perks:
🏥 Major medical coverage, subject to policy terms and exclusions.

📚 Education assistance.

🌴 Flexible personal time off, privilege leave, and floater leave.

👨‍👩‍👧 Insurance coverage options for parents and parents-in-law.

🏢 Hybrid working model for most professional roles, subject to role requirements.

🚕 Employee cab transport facility.

🍽️ One meal provided according to shift arrangements.

🌙 Night-shift allowances, where applicable.

🔥Career Insight:
A strong accountant doesn’t simply explain what happened financially.

They help the business understand why it happened, what risks it creates, and what should happen next.

Expertise in IFRS, financial controls, forecasting, and reporting systems can help finance professionals move towards broader responsibilities in financial controllership, group reporting, and finance leadership.

If you’re ready to combine technical accounting with problem-solving and team leadership, this opportunity is worth exploring.