ADP - Assistant Manager - Pricing

AM - Pricing

Company Overview :

ADP- LLC, one of the world's largest providers of business outsourcing and human capital management solutions, serves more than 625,000 businesses of all types and sizes in over 100 countries.

We help employers increase productivity, improve employee engagement, and meet regulatory and legislative requirements using our solutions for human resources, payroll, talent management, tax, and benefits administration. A Fortune 500 company, we have annual revenues of approx. $11 B and 65 years in the business, we are the undisputed leader in our domain and continue to lead the market with cutting edge technology and innovation.

We have been featured in the - Best Places to Work- list for 3 consecutive years (2010-12) Job Description: Consultant/Assistant Manager (G3L1) Department: Finance Center of Excellence (Captive support unit) Location: Pune, India Work Hours: Mandatory support required for US (EST) Position Summary: The candidate will be a part of the Finance Center of Excellence (FCoE) Pricing Analytics team working to support our two primary stakeholders - Sales & Service within the $ 2.5 B worth business of Majors Accounts Services (MAS) in ADP. MAS business is a cash cow of ADP, generating $400 M of new sales every year, with a strong clientele of 80,000 small/medium businesses who need sales and service support.

The role requires the candidate to be comfortable in influencing without authority, as the candidate will be responsible for driving various value add initiatives and getting work done. A primary responsibility will be to handle pricing escalations and take business decisions which directly affect ADP bottom-line while maintaining stakeholder expectations . Having a direct connect with the business, the candidate will have to step up and provide management support to the existing leadership team as per the business requirements.

The candidate will also be expected to take part in Sr. Leadership interactions to apprise them of key developments & trends in the business as and when required. The role requires the candidate to be comfortable in working in ambiguous situations as the business requirements & trends are dynamic in nature and require out of the box solutions.

- Provide support for escalation deals under defined timelines

- Facilitate the discussions with stakeholders - Sales and Service teams be a central Point of Contact

- Program manage initiatives and ensure closure

- Leading group level discussions and adding value by providing insights at all BU level discussions

- Build and work on cross functional relationships within the FCoE

- Able to keep himself up to date with dynamic pricing processes and techniques

- Develop and distribute action-oriented reports for the senior leadership as and when required

- Look for opportunities to improve business processes, systems and analytical capabilities

Qualifications :

- Bachelor's Degree (B.E./B.Tech.)

- Masters Degree (MBA - Finance/Marketing) Basic Requirements

- 10+ years of related work experience

- Experience in Leading / Managing a team/s

- Problem solving skills

- Working understanding of business finance concepts

- Strong communication skills (written and verbal)

- Ability to deliver under high level of ambiguity

- High degree of accuracy and attention to detail

- Expertise with MS Excel

- Intermediate experience with MS Access

- Ability to work in a matrix organization

- Team player, acts with a sense of urgency and has the ability to work cross functionally across different teams

- Flexible and adaptable to changing business needs and requirements Preferred Requirements:

- Past experience of having worked in a CoE environment

- Organized and able to work independently

- Decision making skills

- Coach / Mentor team members

- Familiarity with financial metrics and calculations

- Experience with relational database programs/querying tools

- Ability to add value to the organization by simplifying processes and helping in standardization