Dentsu - Assistant Manager - Operational Finance

Job summary:

- Dentsu is committed to drive a robust and consistent control environment and this role plays an important part of it.

- The lead will be part of RTR team based out of Bangalore and will act as a subject matter expert and work closely with the reporting manager to support and provide services to ensure a smooth month-end process and strengthen the control environment.

- She/he will need to collaborate across multiple groups of stakeholders and will have to manage the delivery of key tasks in relation P&L & Balance sheet Analysis and Financial Reporting, month end closure and other related activities.

Job Description: Key Responsibilities:

- Subject matter expert with good exposure of General Ledger & Payroll Accounting & reporting

- Manage the month closure activities.

- Monthly staff cost accounting, reporting & analysis.

- Clearing Intercompany mismatches

- Headcount reporting in BPC.

- Preparation of Balance sheet reconciliations and required workings and commentary for BS calls.

- Support Manager in monthly/Quarterly financial reporting and control activities.

- Preparation & Consolidation and support adhoc activity during budget and reforecast.

- Interact with stake holders (CFO's / FD's / Regional Heads) to understand requirements, set expectations, address concerns, and discuss them with reporting manager.

- Responsible for maintaining updated Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), dashboards preparation and ensuring audit compliance.

- Deliver timely and error-free reports, KPI dashboards, non-compliance reports and other key process metrics to the stakeholders.

- Manage ad hoc requirements and projects on financial control & compliance areas.

- Supporting the Manager in external audit process e, gathering documentation for the organisation's procedures/other audit supporting materials Business Partnering

- Partnering with Finance business partners /onshore finance teams to: Ensure all activities are completed as per the timelines and accurate reporting of financials.

- Partnering with market, regional & group finance teams to: Communicate metrics and results of local market.

- Present ageing and other statistics.

- Identify significant trends that might be of particular importance, which are an indicator that regional finance needs to act to either encourage or discourage the trend.

Professional skills:

- Finance Graduate/Postgraduate/Semi qualified Accountant with 9-12 years of experience in Payroll Accounting, P&L and Balance sheet analysis, General Ledger & Record to Report process.

- Advanced user of Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint.

- Knowledge of D365, SAP BPC (Business Planning & Consolidation) and Blackline tool will be an added advantage.

- Strong communication skills (verbal & written).

- Able to communicate effectively with various stakeholders, across different regions and levels.

- Strong teamwork and collaboration skills.

- Demonstrate high level of responsibility and commitment to the assigned activities.

- Agile and flexible to changing needs and ad hoc requirements