Position: Associate Director - Accounts Payable - Finance

Location: Bangalore

Professional experience:

- Minimum 12-13 years of experience working within Finance off shoring centres.

- Minimum 7-8 years as Senior Manager for any Finance process in off shoring centre.

- Strong accounting skills (Accounts Payable, Intercompany and General Ledger).

- Strong project management skills, including strong change management skills.

- Strong proven people and performance management skills.

- Experience working with global stakeholders is preferred.

- Can operate on strategic, tactic and operational level; preferably strong skills on service culture and delivery, process standardization and optimization.

- Experience with working in an international company.

- LEAN / Six Sigma experience.

- Knowledge of SAP is preferred.

Key areas of responsibility :

- Manage overall operational performance (process and people) of the following teams in Finance.

- Accounts Payable

- AP process excellence

- Ensure Sarbox (SOX) compliance for all Affiliates handled, including identifying improvements to internal controls and processes.

- Support management decisions with focus on overall process improvements and organizational development.

- Manage the department in a way that leads to:

- Service being delivered in due time and high quality

- Motivated, engaged and satisfied employees

- Satisfied customers & Efficient processes

Main job tasks :

- Manage overall performance of the Accounts Payable and Process Excellence teams in Finance (KPIs and Monthly Reporting).

- Manage overall performance of any other areas of Affiliates off-shored to Finance in areas of transaction processing.

- Strong accounting skills. Perform in-depth analysis, be critical about the methods used, where relevant, and come up with new ideas and drive the implementation of the same.

- Coordinates and contributes to accounting processes and projects with material financial statement impact and exposure.

- Good knowledge of multiple systems and data flows.

- Manage high-level tasks with short deadlines as well as operational tasks with high energy and quality.

- Ensures that monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial close schedules are met.

- Proactive interface with the customers of the Accounts payable and Process Excellence teams in Finance - to identify the state of operations, issues and their resolutions to the customers.

- Ensure that all Sarbox controls are performed on time and as described in the Internal Control Questionnaire (ICQ), including self-assessment on all Sarbox controls.

- Work closely with the Management team in Finance Bangalore in driving key people development trainings and activities.

- Overview of the SLA framework with HQ and Affiliates.

- Ensure LEAN implementation and LEAN development in the department.

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