Finance Manager - Manufacturing Firm

Responsibilities:

Business:

Mandate skills - Statutory Compliance/ Trade Compliance / Process Improvement

- Day-to-day operations management to ensure processes are delivered in a controlled manner for the services in scope of the team

- Business partnership management - ensure objectives, processes and action plans aligned with business partners and stakeholders

- Team's productivity - allocate team talent and capacity properly to support business initiatives

CSS:

- Supports the execution of optimization and operationalization activities.

- Deploys the CSS culture and process rigor including focus on controls, standards, SOPs, RCMs, and quality

- Identifies in cooperation with the respective local team opportunities for process and continuous improvement to deliver measurable process efficiencies and effectiveness

- Collaborates with Global Ops to leverage operation's best practices for the newly integrated processes

- Ensure trade compliance of entity

- Works with the regional CRMs on customer engagement area

- Develops team's talent and career pipeline

Develops core metrics for Legacy Services, including:

- Process Health

- Audit Ratings / Improved controls

- Process Improvements / effectiveness

- Transactions per FTE / incremental absorption

Required Education and Experience:

- CA or any other equivalent degree , knowledge of finance / accounting processes

Required Skills:

- Ability to grow a team and develop individuals

- Problem solving, analytical skills

- Initiative and effectively manages self and team through a fast-paced environment

- Ability to prioritize work to meet deliverables/timelines in an effective manner

- Motivation skill - makes each individual feel his/her work is important

Desired Skills:

- Strong organization skills, process rigor, attention to detail, responsive

- Understanding of Shared Services operations

- Process improvement experience / Green Belt certificate

Soft Skills:

- Inclusive leadership skills

- Value difference that each person brings

- Identify "Insider" & "outsider" dynamics

- Practice & model inclusive teaming & leadership

- Influence our culture

- Customer Focus

- Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers.

- Establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers.

Presentation Skills:

- Able to develop effective presentations and deliver material.

- Peer Relationships/Collaboration

- Is seen as a team player and is cooperative

- Easily gains trust and support of peers.

- Encourages collaboration.