Financial Accountant

Chennai, Tamil Nādu, India

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We combine AtkinsRéalis project management expertise and Hitachi Energy's deep technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon!

We are seeking a detail‑oriented and proactive Financial Accountant to join the finance team to support a growing business. This position will focus on maintaining precise financial accounting, providing timely reporting, and delivering comprehensive analysis of the company's global overhead cost, with specific emphasis on the C-Suite budget. Additionally, the successful applicant will be relied upon to maintain auditable financial accounting processes and procedures.

The Financial Accountant will be working in a fast-paced environment where priorities can change quickly according to business needs. With the support of your team, you'll be expected to turnaround deadlines effectively.

What will you do?

• Manage end‑to‑end accounting for all global overhead cost centers (e.g., CEO, Finance, HR, IT, Legal, Finance, etc.); Ensure accurate month‑end entries, including accruals, prepayments, reclasses, and intercompany charges.
• Maintain global overhead accounts and ensure compliance with IFRS and internal controls; Support internal and external audit requirements related to overheads.
• Prepare monthly overhead reporting packages for FP&A, CFO and senior leadership; Analyze trends, drivers, and deviations in global overhead spending.
• Monitor and support in financial administration and compliance requirements, to include tracking the global overhead cost variances against budget and forecast.
• Partner with FP&A to understand cost drivers and optimize overhead structures
• Support the development and maintenance of overhead allocation keys and methodologies; Coordinate with the regional finance manager and financial accountant.
• Strengthen controls, documentation, and governance related to overhead accounting.
• Assist in the preparation of monthly management reports
• Compile ad hoc analysis and other summaries to assist the management team in the efficient day to day running of the business.

Experience, Education and other Required:

• Qualified finance professional
• Experience in a multi-location and highly distributed business model, "think Global, act Local"
• Advanced Excel skills is
• Advanced user of MS Office
• Experience working with SAP (preferably), Oracle or other ERP platforms.
• Create and be part of a dynamic collaborative team and be a team player
• Ability to manage pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to breakdown finance information to non-finance professionals
• Highly focused on process improvement and controls
• Strong commercial understanding
• The ability to think outside the box and move things forward using your own initiative
• Ability to drive through change
• Highly detailed oriented, with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

What we offer:

In return, we offer a wide range of rewards and benefits,

• 20 days Privilege Leave, 13 days Emergency leave and 14 Public holidays per year.

• Medical Insurance, Life Insurance and Career Progression

• When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we see things differently at Linxon - we encourage applications from people of all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations and more - so whoever you are, we hope you'll see things our way, too.

About Linxon

Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity.

Linxon's vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world-class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects.

As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy, and transportation.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future. If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the Substations EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you.

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Join the future with Linxon GETS Chennai, India