Join our Finance Transformation practice to help Deloitte client service teams define and execute Finance and Global Business Services agendas and strategies. You will work with world-class teams and insights, helping support delivery in challenging environments, market uncertainty, technology development, and regulatory considerations to help unlock value. Your work may span strategy, operations, process design, and technology as we collaborate with teams to enable transforming finance.
Position Summary
Financial Reporting Manager
The Financial Reporting Manager supports and leads key elements of end-to-end fund financial reporting processes across the fund lifecycle. The role partners with Deloitte engagement teams, client stakeholders, and third-party administrators/service providers to execute, coordinate, and enhance key middle- and back-office activities, with a focus on quality, control, and timely delivery. Expected to own workstreams, manage day-to-day execution, coach team members, and proactively identify risks, issues, and efficiency opportunities.
Work You Will Do
- Strong understanding of Equity/Debt/Hybrid Mutual Funds, Private Equity and Fund Accounting concepts, fund structures, capital activity, management fees/income, and waterfall mechanics.
- Ability to drive detailed fund reporting procedures leveraging knowledge of fund controllership, investment books and records (IBOR), and/or financial reporting processes.
- Deliver high-quality work products within agreed timelines and service-level expectations.
- Identify and drive efficiency opportunities through automation and technology-enabled solutions.
- Provide coaching, review, and quality oversight for work performed by team members.
Qualifications required
Must have skills/Project Experience/Certifications:
- 10+ years of relevant experience, Own fund financial reporting delivery for quarterly/annual cycles (financial statements, footnotes, supporting schedules) across a portfolio of funds (40 Act and non-40 Act funds), vehicles, and share classes, accountable for quality and timeliness.
- Set and manage the close-to-reporting strategy and calendar, aligning general ledger inputs, valuation, portfolio operations and fund administrators; enforce cutoffs and readiness gates.
- Provide overall review/approval oversight for key workpapers and tie-outs (trial balance to financials, roll forwards, lead schedules), ensuring audit-ready documentation and consistent presentation.
- Lead technical reporting governance for US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) (including ASC 946 as applicable); oversee accounting position papers and disclosure support.
- Own end-to-end disclosures management (investments, fair value, capital activity, related parties, commitments/contingencies), coordinating inputs, resolving content gaps, and maintaining source-of-truth support.
- Manage third-party service provider performance (fund administrator, valuation providers, custodians): set expectations, run deliverable reviews, drive issue resolution, and improve operating procedures/service levels.
- Lead audit management (Provided by Client (PBC) coordination, walkthroughs, variance explanations, evidence strategy), proactively de-risking timelines and closing issues to conclusion.
- Oversee complex fund accounting areas impacting reporting (capital calls, distributions, allocations, management/performance fees, expense allocations, subscriptions/redemptions) and ensure consistent application across funds.
- Deliver and review variance/trend analytics (period-over-period and budget/benchmark-to-actual where applicable), translating drivers into clear, executive-ready narratives and decision points.
- Establish and enforce controls and quality management (checklists, reconciliations, sign-offs, reasonableness thresholds), addressing root causes and reducing repeat deficiencies.
- Run a structured issue/RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) process: prioritize, assign owners, track to closure, and escalate risks early with mitigation plans.
- Drive continuous improvement (standard templates, automation opportunities, workflow redesign, data validation) to reduce cycle time, improve transparency, and increase scalability.
- Provide people leadership: coach and develop seniors/consultants, set performance expectations, conduct review feedback, and ensure effective staffing and workload balancing.
- Lead stakeholder and client communications (status, risks, decisions required), facilitating alignment across internal teams and external parties to support successful delivery.
- Contribute to engagement management (workplanning, financial management inputs, scope/change control support, and leadership of workstreams) to deliver outcomes and protect quality.
Good to have skills/Project Experience/Certifications:
Education
- Qualified accountant (CA/CPA/ACCA)
- Post-Graduate/Graduate in Finance /Accounting
Location
Hyderabad & Bengaluru
Shift/Work Timings
The role requires flexibility to work in various shift timings, including night shifts, as per business needs.
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