PSA Group - Lead - Finance Project - CA/CS/CFA

Finance Project Lead

Overview Of The Role :

The role involves the incumbent to drive transformation in Finance function/Department. Reorganizing and realigning the fragmented BUs philosophy towards one collaborative PSA India Financial philosophy leading to transform the department from just being a reporting unit to be an enabler for organizational growth.

Role Description :

- Functionally align with local/regional finance teams to understand, interpret, and provide global direction and support, driving towards global consistency and common frameworks across.

- Ensure that effective systems of internal accounting controls are maintained and developed to report accurate financial information, adequately supported and in compliance with local laws and group policies.

- Forecasting financial results. Lead the preparation of all annual plans, being a key contributor to the development of strategic plans and analysis of opportunities for inorganic growth.

- Co-ordinate the India BUs budgets. Provide thought leadership and guidance to stakeholders to align with the management information framework, centralize/standardize assumptions (eg FX, inflation) providing key financial and non-financial information to business to support achievement of strategy.

- Support transfer pricing analysis for India BU entities

- Measure, analyze and provide insights into business performance of BUs in India

- Managing senior stakeholders, delivering commercial insight and understanding of value drivers to help increase profitability and maintain growth.

- Risk Mgmt. & Audit - Support the BUs

- Taxation

Role Specification :

- 12-15+ years of overall Experience with 5+ years in a similar role or Lead position

- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related field, Qualified CA/CS/CFA will be an added advantage

- Team management experience- Able to train, coach and enable the development of others

- Able to adapt to an evolving, Fast-paced & collaborative environment

- Experience in analyzing financials and operations to drive growth

- Detail oriented with an ability to multitask and meet deadlines

- Proven success in taking projects from conception to execution

- Experience in ERP systems.

- Excellent analytical skills, able to clearly link financial results to operational performance drivers, generate alternatives and drive positive change.

- Excellent communication skills.

- Clear thinking/ problem solving, able to lead projects/ process improvement within operations/ finance function.

- Capacity to bring clarity to complex financial and accounting arrangements

- Ability to take decisive action to ensure sustainable growth