Job Description

Analyst FP&ALocation:122002, IndiaJob Category:FinancePOSITION SUMMARY:This position conducts complex financial analysis in several primary areas: Financial Planning, Financial Analysis, Financial Administration and Administration of Financial Planning Systems. He/ She assists in maximizing the profitability of the company by actively participating in the financial decisions of the Business Units, Departments/areas, etc. Responsibilities also include ensuring compliance with all financial policies of the company, and fully analyze moderately complex company operations to identify profit improvement opportunities and assist management in decision-making.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Other duties may be assigned beyond the core functions listed below.Accounting and Closing:

• Lead and monitor sites across India to ensure monthly closing is completed and validated within the timeline
• Provide guidelines/coaching in relation to reporting requirements when sites have new business module or have key business changes, monitor the implementation, as well as continuous improvements.
• Lead accounting/reporting consistency implementation with guide from Corporate or regional finance leaders/self-initiation per continuous improvement needs, including data validation, data mapping, training, developing canned reports, design normalization solutions as well as monitoring the implementation

Finance Planning, Forecast, And Reporting and Analysis:

• Prepare and submit flash reports to global leadership team and regional leadership team
• Coordinate financial review meetings; work with each BU to deliver accurate reporting and financial forecast.
• Prepares consolidated regular (monthly) financial reports, analysis, bridges
• Provide management with insights into drivers of revenue, risks, and opportunities as well as variance analysis of actual, prior year and forecast
• Establish monthly/Qtrly business review material template for sites and support material preparation for regional leadership team
• Establish monthly KPI tracker / dash board reports for regional and country team
• Improve current process on reporting and analysis, to adopt new tools, to automate/reduce manual processes
• Coordinate Strategic Plans and lead annual budget / quarterly forecast process include but not limited to below
• Design budget and forecast schedule for the whole region, establish template, publish key assumptions, determine and submit accounting changes proposal, collect and consolidate sites\' submissions, prepare overlay loading, and analyze and comment on the reporting of preliminary and final packs.
• Support functional leaders, coordinate functional costs forecast, budgeting, actual reporting, and analysis at India level, design customization reports as well as lead harmonization projects requested by functional leaders.
• Complete budget/forecast packs and key P&L components analysis(Pricing/FX/Mix/IC markup elimination/Inflation/CI/SGA) per Corporate timeline

• Coordinate and consolidate daily & weekly sales reports for India
• Provide administration support in relation to BI to India Finance users and provide trainings as necessary
• Coordinate and consolidate JV reporting requests for India as well as provide technical support to sites finance teams in relation to GAAP conversion

Others:

• Coordinate and consolidate risk and exposure reports
• Coordinate and consolidate Deloitte questionnaires and treasury questionnaires
• Participate in the internal control and compliance activities, including SOX testing/review, Control Self-Assessment and Balance Sheet Review as necessary
• Share best practice and comply with GAAP and corporate guidelines
• Be responsible for special projects and driving improvements in manufacturing sites in regards to financial processes working capital and inventory/materials
• Assists with ad hoc regional finance projects when required

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:This position has direct supervisory responsibilities of a team of about 2 or more employees. Not people manager, but second seniority in the team and deputy to the team leader.QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Business or Accounting degree
• 8+ years of experience in FP&A, regional exposure, accounting / costing experience a plus
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Must be willing to travel.
• Ability to provide concurrent oversight to multiple resources and projects.
• Demonstrated proficiency managing analytically rigorous initiatives.

REQUIRED SKILLS: * Manufacturing background and knowledge in ERP & BI, with proven skills in the areas of planning, operational excellence & analytics, and strong business acumen.

• Ability to meet deadlines and demonstrates effective time management

Gates Corporation