Senior Manager - Corporate F&A Controllership - Transformation & Automation - BPO/ITeS

Basic Function :

- Provide thought leadership in addressing business requirements around finance transformation for finance process

- Manage the Finance Transformation/ Automation Roadmap

- Plan and Lead new automation projects for Finance

- Manage relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners

Education: Post Grad (MBA, CA Inter, M.Com etc)

Experience - Overall 8yrs+, min 4yrs+ into Finance transformation & Automation domain

Oracle ERP experience must, RPA/ robotics Implementation in F&A department will be added advantage.

Expertise in GL is MUST

Essential Functions :

Finance Systems Operations :

- Have oversight to Finance Systems Operations

- Responsible for framing processes for Finance Operations within guidelines, strategic goals, related policies and procedures

- Ensure delivery of quality initiatives that increase the overall efficiency of finance processes by automations

- Ensure operational scalability and smooth transition of new projects to BAU

- High focus on process stabilization for Finance operation

Compliance/ Controls :

- Ensure all related compliances and controls are in place

- Establish application controls to new automations / enhancements

- Ensuring periodic check in ERP for adherence to all laid down processes

Finance Automation Roadmap :

- Act as custodian to Finance Transformation Roadmap

- Continuously monitor the progress and communicate the status to senior leadership

- Propose changes to address business requirements

- Monitor budget and seek additional approvals where required

- Have a bias for action, superior implementation

- Increase the usage of Financial Systems and improve the RoI

- Strategic Focus & Business Acumen

Finance Systems SMEs

- Knowledge of Finance Business Processes

- Knowledge on Oracle R12

- Must have worked on the third party integration and automation

- Intellectually agile and analytical

- Process Solution and Transition

Project Management

- Manage financial system transformation and project life cycle

- Change Management

Management of relationship with leadership of partners

- Vendor and contract management

- Product Vendors, Consulting Partners, Training Partners, Support providers

People management

- Managing team

- Recruitment and retention of high quality people who are motivated and encouraged to achieve their full potential

- Ensure progression and succession planning

- Ensure that objectives, values and messages are communicated to employees, championing face-to-face briefings and feedback mechanisms in line with the Company's internal communications infrastructure

- Focused team development and continuous training

Technical Skills -

- Sound understanding of industry standard frameworks in finance reporting tools

- Knowledge of Oracle Applications

- Should have managed large implementation projects

- Understanding of SOX and other compliance standards around Financial Systems

Process Specific Skills :

- Experience in delivering ERP support services for large Business Operations is preferred) and service delivery processes for a large (BPO / ITES / Customer Service) organization

- Expertise in Finance Process Transition/Automation

- Experience in Project Management, Planning and Tracking of large Finance Automation/ ERP Implementation projects

- Formal approach to Project management using Project Management Techniques

- Experience in managing multiple and multi location project"