ISS Group - Lead - Finance Business Partner

Lead-Finance Business Partner

ISS provides high quality facility services which includes facilities management; cleaning & hygiene services; maintenance and building services; catering; security; landscaping and a wide range of other tailor-made services for customers throughout the Public and Private Sectors. The customer's account is a high-profile global account for ISS and part of the delivery involves dedicated environmental management across the five regions: UK, EMEA, APAC, India and the Americas.

The ISS Group was founded in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1901 and has grown to become one of the world's leading Facility Services companies with presence in over 30 countries across Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America and Pacific. ISS, today, is the world's fourth largest private employer serving thousands of both public and private sector customers.

As a global company with a heritage of fairness, equality, and inclusion, we empower all our people to deal with problems and opportunities when they arise. From our origins in 1901, we have been a people organisation with a strong belief that individuals who work together make a difference. We know that when we get things right, it enhances lives and makes the world work better - and that is what drives us.

ISS India has been operating since 2005 and has grown to over 45,000 employees. With over 1,000+ clients, managing 180 million square feet of blue- chip facilities, serving over 750k+ meals per day, securing and guarding over 2500 facilities, we have a presence in 150+ cities across 21 States. ISS India is today a significant player in the Facility Management & Professional Services industry in India.

ISS India has been certified as India's Best Workplaces for the third consecutive year as per The Great Place to Work Institute. Know more about ISS on http://www.in.issworld.com/

Job Description:

Business Partnering

- Work with business heads to support and drive the business growth

- Leading/guiding team of business controllers and leading from the front

- Managing and driving business and financial KPIs

- Driving profitability and efficiency improvement

- Owning full P&L and Balance sheet along with business heads

- Managing key stakeholders

- Driving cross functional relationship

Budgeting:

- Responsible for preparation and managing the annual country budget & forecasts as per timelines and guidance

- Finalization of departmental cost center budget

- Finalization of segment/ region budget

- Thorough variance analysis and identifying the key drivers

- Restructuring/realignment of different service lines /Business

- Merger of one business with the other as per the management's decision

- Disposal or closure of some business as per the management's decision

Revenue assurance & Cost Controlling:

- Analyzing & Challenging direct and indirect cost

- Identifying potential Cost optimization areas

- Reviewing, evaluating, and recommending improvements to internal control systems and procedures that enable cost control

- Building an effective process for avoid revenue leakage

- Serving as an advisor and agent to implement efficient accounting and financial policies and procedures that would lead in controlling costs & increasing profits

MIS & Reporting:

- Managing preparation of reports

- Timely Group reporting with zero deviations

- Reporting and presentation of the financial outcome, business plans and projections to local management

- Preparation and publishing timely monthly financial statements, incl. variance analysis of the results for ISS India

- Supporting and preparation of year-end processes and reporting

Other Financial Activities

- Analyzing financial and operational information, identifying strengths/weaknesses and recommending improvements in methods and processes

- Financial investigation and analysis of Regional performance in all areas to management

- Overseeing and developing the planning model within the Region through, target setting, action planning, financial projections and simulations as well as follow up and deviation analysis

- Responsible for managing the Cash Flow

- Proposing and participating in improvements to the overall company accounting model

- Proposing and participating in developing processes and procedures to minimize regions operational risks

- Proposing and participating in developing processes and procedures to achieve administrative efficiency and protection of company assets and values

- Overseeing that company policy, laws and regulations are complied with

- Ensuring quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting

- Developing and documenting business processes and accounting policies to maintain and Strengthen internal controls

- Managing and complying with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings

- Handling Ad hoc-assignments that will strengthen and develop ISS India Team Management

- Developing team members & augmenting their development through proper training

- Addressing & guiding team members in case of any queries, concerns, internal conflicts

- Agreeing Key Point Indicator's (KPI's) of team member's & Appraising them on the basis of the same

Desired Skills:

- Should have handled Business worth 1000 Cr

- Should have worked in Matrix environment & in MNC

- Exposure to M&A would be desirable

Functional Skills:

- Financial Analysis, Audit & Reporting

- Mergers & Acquisitions

- Corporate Finance

- Budgeting

- Business Strategy

- Variance Analysis

- Internal Controls

Generic Skills:

- Collaborative

- A demonstrated ability of troubleshooting and problem solving

- Strong decision making and analytical ability

- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and by email

- Highly organized, detail oriented and accurate

- Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines and budget

- Well-developed customer service skills

- Team Management ability

- Ability to work under tremendous pressure

- Proactive goal-setting and the structuring of plans, actions and identification of appropriate resources (people and materials) required to achieve objectives.

- Offering innovative and original ideas that do not stem from existing processes and identifying less evident models or original combinations

- Integrating - Integrating and linking data into coherent information, identifying relationships between pieces of information, generating alternatives and logical and sound conclusions.

- Analyzing - Assessing information using a focused analysis and evaluation, gaining insight into cause and effect relations whilst using a critical and rational manner and differentiating the essential from the non-essential

Key Stakeholders:

- Internal Stakeholders

- Client Interaction

- Statutory & Government bodies & Financial Institutions