Director - Finance Operations

Finance Operations Director / Bengaluru, India

Position Summary:

- The role develops business plans, manages and coordinates resources, and supports the strategic direction of the company in India. The role designs, implements and evaluates innovative solutions that meet business objectives, continuous improvement targets, and strategic planning in the Finance area.

- We are looking for candidates who are energic, highly self-driven, decisive, firm, swift gears fast and easily embrace challenges and changes. The successful candidates will be able to think critically and creatively and plan and execute effectively while collaborating across multiple geographies.

Responsibilities:

- Provide leadership and day-to-day management of and responsibility for the Finance area;

- Provide consistent people, performance, and growth management, develop talent, and ensure people satisfaction and retention;

- Drive process improvement initiatives and their delivery for in-scope processes, with a particular focus on creating long-term cost savings and efficiencies.

- Identify and drive opportunities for improved cash flow, margin, or productivity improvements primarily related to, but not limited to vendor payments and receivables.

- Develop and present proposals and scheduled updates to include process improvement concepts, budgets and investment requirements, timing schedules, desired results, value propositions, prioritization schedules, reports, and other tracking/measurement tools.

- Drive improvement process with the cooperation of all departments who are impacted by the proposed changes, including top-level management, mid-level management, etc.

- Document process improvement changes with a major focus on digital automation.

- Create Process Flow diagrams and perform Value Stream Mapping activities to harvest improvement and cost reduction areas.

- Develop, evolve, and publish regular KPI/metrics reporting to track results and identify trends

- Provide hands-on support at all levels to ensure successful implementation of change initiatives.

- Able to travel when necessary.

Requirements and Minimum Education Level:

- Bachelor's degree in Business Management or other related field or equivalent work experience.

- Alternatively strong background in Finance processes or other business-related fields;

- Minimum of 10 years of experience in business management systems, process improvements, people and project management;

- Minimum 5 years in a Finance Shared Services Center leading role, with international exposure to senior stakeholders from different cultures;

- Demonstrates an understanding of key financial processes in an organization and the typical risks associated with these processes;

- Experience of managing client relationships and delivering multiple pieces of work in parallel;

- Proactive and outstanding problem-solving skills;

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English);

- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel;

- Experience with visualization and reporting tools preferred;

- Effectively balances pressures and demands of multiple customers and competing priorities;

- Ability to communicate across Divisions (oral, written) to a variety of stakeholders;

- Ability to drive results in a remote environment.