FR & GL Consolidation Specialist

About the Company

Altius Telecom Infrastructure Trust is a major telecom infrastructure platform with a portfolio of about 257,000 telecom sites, including roughly 6,500 in-building and small-cell solutions across 22 telecom circles in India. The organisation supports digital connectivity for millions of people and enterprises through infrastructure that spans 2G to 5G, future technologies, IoT, small cells and AI applications. Its solutions include macro towers such as GBT, RTT, lean and ultra-lean towers, cell on wheels (COWs), camouflage towers, advanced in-building solutions, small cells, and power and space solutions for mobile network operators.

Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra. Website: https://www.altiusinfra.com/

Job Purpose

This role is responsible for managing core accounting and consolidation activities, including journal and ledger postings, trial balance preparation, book closure, and financial statement preparation. The position also requires monthly review of key general ledger balances with the consolidation team, supporting variance analysis and reconciliations for timely monthly and annual closing, and coordinating with the company secretary, tax team, and auditors to provide financial inputs and meet audit requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Run and supervise end-to-end accounting activities in line with Ind AS, including maintenance of accounting procedures and controls.
• Work with finance function heads to complete period-end and year-end book closure.
• Prepare the audit close calendar and coordinate with auditors to ensure closure happens on schedule.
• Manage complex accounting matters, draft detailed accounting memos, and resolve them with auditors.
• Research and track recent legal and regulatory changes affecting financial reporting, such as SEBI rules, the Companies Act, Ind AS updates, and new accounting insertions.
• Review and approve journal entries, sub-ledger and general ledger entries, accruals, recurring entries, depreciation, devaluation, reversals, and other business-related accounting entries.
• Check that entries are correctly mapped to the appropriate account heads in the general ledger.
• Review trial balance outputs on a regular basis.
• Oversee monthly and annual closing, account tallying, and timely completion of books.
• Review the chart of accounts and financial statement grouping structure.
• Handle XBRL filing of financial statements.
• Prepare and file Form 3CD for tax audit.
• Monitor reconciliation of financial accounts with external records and resolve mismatches.
• Examine financial records to spot and correct variances or irregularities.
• Ensure sub-ledger interfaces flow correctly into the general ledger and approve related reconciliations.
• Confirm that reconciliations are submitted by all team members with the required sign-offs.
• Review general ledger accounts periodically with the consolidation team and CFO.
• Prepare quarterly financial statements as per SEBI LODR requirements, Ind AS for the financial year, and group reporting under IFRS for the calendar year.
• Identify irregularities in the general ledger and implement corrective actions to improve accounting quality.
• Coordinate with the company secretary and tax teams for information required by authorities.

Requirements

• Chartered Accountant qualification is required.
• At least 4 years of relevant experience is needed.
• Strong knowledge of book closing and financial results consolidation for quarterly and annual cycles.
• Working familiarity with regulatory and statutory compliance, including Ind AS, SEBI LODR, Companies Act, and related-party transaction requirements.
• Hands-on experience with recording financial transactions and performing account reconciliations.

Additional Information

This position involves quarterly and annual regulatory reporting, preparation of audit support documentation, and coordination across finance, tax, company secretarial, and audit stakeholders. The role also includes responsibility for financial reporting under both Ind AS and IFRS frameworks, along with statutory filing activities such as XBRL and Form 3CD.