WNS - Director - Transitions - Finance & Accounts

About WNS Transitions Team

WNS transition plays a key role in stabilizing new processes being migrated within the designated area and subsequent smooth running of the same. This includes setting up of performance metrics, regular monitoring of performance, ensuring controls are in place for every process, ensuring Risk Analysis is performed for every process, ensuring adequate training of resources including cross training takes place, establishing communication channels with various onshore teams and building relationships for long terms success of the processes

Role Brief:

The role also involves working closely with other functions within like HR, Finance, Operations and Risk to ensure processes receive adequate support from each function. In this role, the required incumbent would be expected to ensure performance metrics are established for each process; regular meaningful performance reports are being produced and analyzed leading to an action plan. Moderate to extensive travel depending on project involvement. Varied shift timings dependent on client location/requirements

Job Description

- Responsible for leading the assigned projects in F&A

- Accountable for the success of an assigned transition for F&A Projects

- Responsible for an array of activities including initializing and planning projects, developing project cost structure, tracking and reporting project deliverables, managing risk, applying project management processes and tools and ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget and with high customer satisfaction.

- Understand and translate business requirements into a standard solution offering deal approach, solution plan, proposal and cost estimate leveraging standard / nonstandard processes

- Collaborate with the front facing organization (Sales and business development team) to create and represent the solution offering to the customer.

- Assist in risk assessment of solution

- Engage with the delivery teams in BU operations and stay abreast with the capabilities, maturity and success stories and articulate the same for new deals & responses.

- External breathing on Global BU market and trends of offshoring/outsourcing in the BPO industry, technology & tools and their impact on underlying business processes and share the happenings with WNS leadership and key leads engaged in new deals.

- Engage with relevant technical teams to develop technical solutions (New tool implementation impacting business processes)

- Engaging with relevant process excellence stakeholders to articulate the process excellence (Quality & Continuous improvement) capabilities

- Provide inputs to Financial Analyst to develop the business case and commercial negotiation strategy

Participate in onsite/remote due diligence exercise in the process of creating solutions to the client. (Open for travel with shorter notices)

Desired Skills & Competencies

- Leadership - Leads by example and is an effective role model (e.g. takes the lead and actions reflect an appropriate level of independence; demonstrates the ability to initiate and effect change and continuous improvement, contributes significantly to the on-going development of people.)

- Communication - Is organized, clear and confident in written and oral communications. Actively engages in discussions offering expertise, opinions and advice.

- Teamwork - Creates and/or contributes to an environment of collaboration and mutual responsibility (e.g. effectively influences others to gain cooperation and address issues; initiates and is responsive to requests from other products, regions, etc.)

- Should be creative and innovative; challenges status quo; generates strategic advice/product/client solutions

- Have a track record of formulating innovative ideas and gaining buy-in from senior management in addition to a track record of execution/delivery/process improvement/leadership in a challenging environment