Job Description

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Name Director - Finance Operations Leader
Department Shared Services - Finance
Location Navi Mumbai
Position reports to Head GSC
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Key responsibilities

• Operations Leadership
• Engage with stakeholders to understand business context & expectations to devise solutioning & target operating mode
• Define transition plan & drive effective transitions with clear milestones
• Define effective Shared service & process control measures
• Ensure all operational deliveries are managed as expected
• Ensure that accounting & payments to suppliers in time, reconciliation of bank and ledger accounts, reconciliation of inventory, and establishing effective control over collection from customers
• Ensure that all AR processes, including billing, revenue accounting etc are managed effectively
• Ensure that Internal & External audit requirements are met and proper validation of accounts & prepare monthly variance report.
• Ensure quality reviews of GSC deliverables are conducted
• Create active engagement with Users across the organization to establish a culture of identifying root causes for performance gaps, identifying suitable solutions, and deploying the same
• Establish relevant KPIs (GSC & Process Success) to generate ownership within the team
• Transformation Leadership
• Identify opportunities of transformation in the process to enhance effectiveness
• Conduct process assessments to identify areas for improvement and recommend process changes. Drive best practices
• Creating, implementing and monitoring processes and procedures finance processes
• Collaborate with department heads and process owners to establish process improvement goals and targets and develop action plans to achieve them
• Drive digitization of processes
• Participate in new scope solutioning & transitions
• Support Business units to develop appropriate metrics to demonstrate Process efficiency and effectiveness
• Analyze process performance data to identify trends, patterns, and areas for improvement
• Manage interface between business and IT development teams and support in developing the right solutions when improving processes
• Stakeholder Management
• Interact with stakeholders & drive effective governance
• Develop and deploy relevant Performance Review cycle at different levels of the organization
• Manage escalations proactively
• Help to drive data driven decision making by providing insights to Business Performance through Dashboard
• Team Management
• Lead & monitor team
• Help to create a culture of Best Practice Adoption

• Qualified Chartered Accountant with minimum 15 years of experience in F&A outsourcing / offshoring
• Good Communication skills in English language, both oral and written.
• Experience in transition, setup & running off-shored Finance operations
• Possess strong analytical skills & transformation experience
• Work flexible over-hours in close coordination with line manager covering situations where business is requiring urgent execution.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, time sensitive environment Detail oriented Professional and articulate communicator, Team player, Flexibility in work schedule, Aptitude for prioritization/multi-tasking

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