Manager - Operational Excellence - Finance & Accounting Function

Duties & responsibilities:

- The candidate will need to understand & comprehend client requirements and ensure the project is completed on time and within budget

- Conceptualize end to end projects around re-engineering, starting from understanding need  Business case; Identification and agreement of scope of application and driving implementation to check results against clearly drawn out success criterias

- Demonstrate advanced understanding of business processes, E2E mapping and improvement, Lean six sigma and advanced automation

- Identify opportunities for improvement and bottlenecks through waste analysis and consistency analysis

- Managing multiple internal and external, cross functional and remote stakeholders

- Coach extended teams on Lean Six Sigma tools & continuous improvement methodology

- Apply end-to-end thinking to complex business and system problems to drive sustainable improvement while ensuring that the learnings are well documented

To apply you need to have:

- Lean Six Sigma experience (Black Belt certification)

- Domain expertise in Finance & Accounting functions

Performance objectives:

- The Manager Operational Excellence will be accountable for carry out high impact strategic projects. He/she will be responsible for driving improvement across Offshore / Onshore processes yielding cost efficiencies and potential revenue growth

- He / She has to identify process improvement/ re-engineering opportunities by using data / process analysis, applying Lean Six Sigma / Automation / Analytics and implementing industry best practices

Key skills:

- Well-versed in knowledge of Six Sigma quality tools & LEAN methodology

- Experienced professional in executing process improvement initiatives using RPA/ Digital Transformation

- Excellent facilitation skills with diverse teams with demonstrated skills in problem identification and resolution

- Ability to coach, train, mobilize and motivate colleagues

- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to persuade, influence, negotiate and make formal presentations in meetings and training environments

- Ability to quickly understand complex processes and create process/data-flow/systems maps

- Demonstrated experience in driving continuous improvement practices in his / her previous roles

- Sound understanding of current technologies / solutions available to improve business processes