Vice President - Finance - Automotive/BPO/BFS

EXPECTED END RESULTS MAJOR ACTIVITIES :

1. Develop fiscal policies, processes and systems to ensure fiscal discipline

- Define policies and guidelines for financial reporting, taxation and control keeping in mind Indian accounting standards/requirements

- Establish systems and controls for accounts, audit, financing, treasury, cash flows and financial processes

- Ensure timely preparation and release of various financial reports by building strong accounting processes

- Interpret upcoming tax legislations (direct and indirect tax) and provisions and analyze implications for the organization and ensure tax efficient ways of dealing with internal and cross boundary transactions

- Understand and mitigate key elements of the risk profile and maintain appropriate insurance coverage

2. Establish financial controls and processes and monitor compliance and efficacy

- Develop and monitor budgets and operating plans at the business, region and circle level

- Analyze and interpret operating results to help business heads to take corrective action in the areas of working capital, cost, ROI etc

- Monitor compliance to secretarial, taxation and legal requirements, assess for legal and statutory exposures, take corrective action and ensure 100% compliance

- Ensure centralized MIS reporting systems for all financial accounting and audit information

- Develop and maintain systems of internal controls to safeguard financial assets of the organization and oversee government awards and programs and institutional relations

3. Ensure effective management of investment portfolio by directing and controlling the operations of the treasury unit

- Monitor all aspects of fund management and liquidity risk management along with transfer pricing management

- Manage relationships with banks, creditors, investors, analysts & rating agencies

- Set up and implement the internal audit function within and ensure statutory reporting according to French, Japanese and Indian GAAP

- Oversee the management and coordination of all fiscal reporting activities including: organizational revenue/expense and balance sheet reports, reports to funding agencies, development and monitoring of organizational and contract/grant budgets

4. Undertake employee development and performance management initiatives to improve performance and morale

- Manage expansion of headcount, budget management and team strategy formulation and implementation

- Identify the training and development needs of direct reports and their team and undertake relevant programs

- Assess the performance of direct reports and provide them with developmental feedback and support.

- Provide timely recognition and thus ensuring a high employee morale

- Coordinate with the HR team to ensure recruitment and staffing of the team