Head - Finance - Shared Service Centre

Head - Finance (Shared Service Centre)

Finance Head (8-12 years of PQE) with a leading firm.

- Drive Procure to Pay process and ensure timely payments to Vendors.

- Timely payment of all statutory dues and ensuring compliance with all applicable laws.

- Ensure development and implementation of Shared Service Centre SOPs, Policies, internal controls and statutory and other changes in system.

- Drive adherence to internal accounting policies, procedures, and processes and ensure that proper controls are in place.

- Drive automation/transformation across all processes.

- Support all audit requirements (Internal/external).

- Managing Central Accounts payable, fixed cost accounting & management and centralized payments, having an overall volume of over 1mln accounting transactions per annum and over 5000 vendors.

- Managing and controlling vendor advances to ensure minimal balance and timely settlement.

- Managing month end cost allocation, prepaid calculation, General ledger review and unit wise provision accounting for all locations.

- Create an internal customer-centricity culture through effective Service Level Agreements (SLAs), SOPs and performance metrics that measure the effectiveness of service delivery by the SSC.

- Monitor the performance of the shared services and ensure that the Shared Services dashboard and performance metrics are shared periodically with the stakeholders.

- Benchmark processes against best in class and drive the team accordingly to achieve expected cost savings through effective budgeting and control.

- The role involves managing a team of 20+ members and ensuring their professional growth with on-job as well as class room trainings, as per requirement. The role reports into Senior Director, Finance.