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Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth. At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences. Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you.

Okta is seeking an experienced finance professional to play a critical role in leading the establishment of our Shared Services capabilities in region as a complement to our existing team. Our ideal candidate will be a self-starter who has a focus on getting the numbers right along with a strong ethical bias. This candidate will have appropriate managerial and technical capabilities to provide confidence in their ability to drive improvements across the business as well as within the day-to-day operations of the accounting function.

In this role you will:

• Lead the execution of the monthly financial close process for supported entities including review of journal entries, oversight of account reconciliations, and review of accounts and prepare flux commentaries for CFO decks
• Prepare financial information for consolidation
• Own the execution of accounting transaction processing and support as assigned to the Shared Services organization
• Lead the implementation and maintenance of internal financial controls, procedures, and remediation plans
• Own the build out and management of the Shared Services capability in region including hiring, managing and developing team members
• Partner with other Okta team members to ensure all processes are appropriately documented and accounting policies and procedures are followed
• Ability to understand balance sheet accounts, their relationship with the P&L and business activities to ensure that accounting transactions comply with US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and IGAAP for local statutory accounts
• Proven professional with understanding of accounting theory, current accounting issues,
• and accounting systems
• Working knowledge of consolidation and management reporting systems including process flows of ERP systems

• Plan and drive India entity statutory audit as per local regulations
• Co-ordinate with auditor across various legal entities annual audit
• Facilitate audit readiness and responses to audit observations
• Closely work on Board deliverables like Audit committee presentation, Board deck etc
• Lead month/quarterly financial statements from consolidation tool as per IND AS
• Work closely with Tax team on tax accruals, payment, and ETR reduction
• Support tax team and secretarial team in compliance matters Profile of candidate

• Lead the successful completion of internal/external audits / PBC preparation and SOX
• compliances
• Hands on experience with internal control structures including documentation and
• assessment of design and operating effectiveness of controls
• Work closely with Internal auditor, Governance team and Group team. Work
• constructively towards addressing issues and gaps identified by Internal
• auditor/Governance team
• Strengthen internal controls and improve processes
• Document all processes for reporting like design documents etc

• Be an entrepreneur by spearheading the concept of a business within a business focused on delighting internal customers by providing services to meet and exceed SLAs while driving KPIs to improve the cost effectiveness and efficiency of processes
• Lead team members and interface with peers across the business to drive a continuous improvement mindset by treating inefficiencies and errors as opportunities through root cause identification and resolution
• Support FP&A and IR teams with required data for management commentary
• CA / CPA with 12+ Years of work experience must have
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; must be able to communicate effectively within all levels of the Company including those outside of the accounting function.
• A proven track record in managing projects, meeting deadlines, and working collaboratively as part of a team
• Experience and comfort with external auditors; able to interpret requests and provide deliverables to ensure an efficient audit
• Demonstrated leadership capability and a strong desire to advance in your career through stretch assignments and personal growth
• Metric-driven leader who values score carding and promptly takes action where necessary through root cause identification and counter-measuring
• Experience leading a shared service team or working within a shared service environment highly preferred
• Demonstrated success coaching and mentoring team members for career growth

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