Senior Manager/Associate Vice President - Finance & Accounts - BFSI

GENERIC JOB ROLE JOB TITLE (for Organizational Chart)

Sr Manager/Associate Vice President Associate Vice President, Central Accounting FSSC

JOB PURPOSE

A seasoned professional with a hands - on experience in areas such as Financial Accounting, Finance controls and reporting, MI Reporting, Change Management, Project Management and Transformation, Record to Close,, People Management and stakeholder management.

This is an individual contributor role.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Working with a team of senior professionals with strong commitment towards process improvement, transformation, driving efficiency and resolving core business issues.

- Finance Business Partner for the business/ functions with focus on improving and manage business financials.

- Review various record to close processes to identify areas of improvement, take buy in from stakeholders, lead identified improvement initiatives, keep track of progress, drive timely completion of initiatives and closure while working with various Chennai and Onshore teams.

- Completely owning all the improvement and transformation initiatives.

- Understanding the financial processes end to end and with a flexible mindset in view of changing scenarios and developments.

- Should be able to influence stakeholders.

- Stakeholder management and escalation handling for the teams.

- Providing guidance and support to the team members in their work.

- Continually reviewing all assigned processes in order to identify opportunities for quality and process design improvement.

- Strong knowledge of General Ledger and underlying processes.

- Upholding the Values of the Group and Company at all times.

- Compliance with all applicable Rules/ Regulations and Company and Group Policies.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

- FSSC counterparts

- Functional Coordinators

- Country and Business Finance teams

KEY COMPETENCIES & EXPERIENCE

- Strong Analytical and Strategic mindset, coupled with a thorough understanding of Finance.

- Experience of interacting with large teams including senior & experienced professionals.

- Have worked in Financial Accounting, Operations, Control & Closing activities.

- Ability to understand and connect business drivers and rationale for and application of those relevant to BAU processes

- Significant experience of working with senior management team and of interfacing with and influencing senior stakeholders.

- Strong ability to understand financial statements and its drivers and synthesize them into meaningful analyses as required. Develop analysis & interpretations as required to facilitate management decision making.

- A leader, a team player with the management ability and track record to secure the confidence and respect of the peers, stakeholders and the executive management team.

- Ability to culturally orient in diverse & international team environment and lead and inspire multi-disciplinary teams.

- Ability to work effectively under pressure, multi task, lead through ambiguities, influence where he/she does not have direct authority & build on unstructured formative situations.

QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS

- Chartered Accountant or MBA with 10+ years of relevant finance experience in Record to Close and General Ledger processes.

- Effective communication skills, including presenting and influencing senior management.

- Excellent Excel & PowerPoint skills

- Excellent written and oral communication skills.

- Solid people and project management skills.

- Leadership skills and ability to influence others in decision making.

- Relationship and stakeholder management skills are important.

- Initiative and proactive thinking.