Deputy General Manager - Finance Operations - Tech Startup

Deputy General Manager - Finance Operations

What YOU will do:

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams for identifying cost saving opportunities. Gather understanding of user department's procurement needs and patterns.

- Research on Best business practices in the industry for solving known issues.

- Research on prevailing pricing in the industry through active collaboration with other startups.

- Identify opportunities and drive negotiation initiatives with existing service providers for better commercials.

- Provide functional heads / other stakeholders with MIS on actual spend, discuss variances against the Budget and corrective measures.

- Supporting Annual Budget preparation activities and ensure timely submission of the Budget in the system

- Identify various metrics, work on attribution methods, appropriate cost and ratios, track and publish those ratios and costs on monthly basis. For eg: DAC/CAC, Tech cost/order etc.

- Identify common expenses incurred for all locations. Identify vendors with capability to provide services on a PAN India basis. Negotiate and achieve price reductions.

- Identify and create a pool of approved vendors for procurement and maintain relationships.

- Remove dependency on single vendor. (Vendor management / multiple quotes and negotiation)

- Interface with internal teams on Requirement Analysis and Category specific objectives (Hardware,

- Software, Telecom, IT services. Relevant experience in Servers, Datacenter Negotiations, Cloud deals)

- Collaborate with businesses on developing vendor performance metrics and Key Performance

- Indicators (KPI) for service partners. Coordinate periodic vendor reviews and publish vendor performance metrics.

- Build and Manage effective internal and external relationships within the Sourcing team, service partners and wider business.

- Good knowledge on Supplier relationship management (SRM).

- Be aware of global industry trends, market conditions, technological advancements and regulations related to the service categories.

Required Skills:

- Should be proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

- Should be a self-starter, empathetic, and a team player.

- Educational background in Costing or MBA in finance/Business Relations

- Result oriented; likes to work in a pro-active manner.

- Minimum 10-12 years of relevant experience post-qualification. Expense reporting and analysis in medium to large sized technology startup companies.

- Proven skills in Vendor Profile Evaluation, Performance Assessment and Vendor Management.

- Experience in sourcing activities, procurement process and task management.

- Ability to network and form high-quality working relationships with clients and colleagues in multiple locations.

- Strong analytical and data management skills, ideally proven in a Sourcing and Procurement Operations context.

- Experience in managing the AI & ML platforms negotiations. Knowledge of various pricing and payment models.

- Ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and businesses to drive the Service procurement requests to closure.

- Excellent diligence in contract management and adherence to compliance directives.

- Effective negotiation, communication and presentation skills

- A self-starter and require minimal supervision

- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications

- Knowledge of e-sourcing application