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The successful candidate will ensure that accounting processes are run in a controlled environment, meeting and exceeding our customers’ expectations. The candidate will report into Global functional lead. This will working with our central accounting, finance operation and Global financial teams to ensure we have a controlled accounting process to do month end accounting and reporting activities in a manner fitting with our "Customer Obsession", “Deliver Results” and “Insist on Highest Standard” philosophy.

The candidate is responsible for smooth operations of global accounting team at Bangalore, which includes closing the global books of accounts, posting of journal entries, preparing global general ledger account reconciliations, reporting and having reviews with leadership team. The person needs to ensure that the finance processes are operating at the optimum capacity, and partnering with operations and accounting team to achieve the annual operating plan.

The Manager Finance is responsible for reviewing and reporting on general ledger account and operational reconciliations. This individual will be responsible for developing and maintaining key financial and operational metrics, analyzing and reporting monthly variance analysis and providing ad-hoc reporting and analysis. This individual will also establish and embed principals of financial controls by measuring the quality of general ledger account reconciliations, creating dashboards and metrics to measure quality of processes and controls. This position will also be responsible for hiring and training priorities; ensuring existing policies and procedures are followed.

The successful candidate should have a strong desire in innovating processes and exceed expectations in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, primarily driving innovation on behalf of our customers

Responsibilities include:

Accounting and Control:

· Own financial reporting and may teach others e.g. own the delivery of complete month end close of Accounts Payable accounting functions, reporting decks, reconciliations etc.

· Provide support/direction for process or problem resolution.

· Ensure all processes are operating efficiently and effectively.

· Identify and implement process improvements where required.

· Understand the best practices of industry and set up benchmark for quality.

· Actively participate in strategic initiatives and special projects when assigned or required.

· Ensure appropriate financial policies, procedures, and internal controls are in place, documented, and operating as intended.

· Manage department’s response to internal and external audit requirements and will also ensure compliance with Sox requirements for all geographies/activities.

· Manage complex accounting issues and implement process controls.

· Ability to analyze complex datasets and provide business judgements.

Leadership and Management:

· Stakeholder management and building relationships: Make and keep commitments, seek opportunities to partner with customers, be optimistic, and anticipate needs.

· Protect our brand: Know and live the values.

· Strong systems background.

· Actively participate in strategic initiatives and special projects when assigned or required.

· Ability to work with remote teams in multiple geos.

· Work with cross functional systems and drive process improvement initiatives

Manage a team of 6-8 people

Key job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

People:

o The role holder will manage a high performing team of 6-8 qualified accountants

o Assist Team members in resolving issues or difficulties in the performance of their work and knowing when issues should be escalated.

o Assist with the selection and hiring process managers for the accounting team.

o Maintain deep knowledge of team functions and ensure all team members are adequately trained to effectively and efficiently perform their assigned tasks.

Process:

o Review of OP2 goals related to Self-Assessment, RED Accounts and L2 rejects monthly with GFL’s ahead of the FOAA MBR/QBR

o Monitor and review general ledger account reconciliations to ensure accounts are reconciled in an accurate and timely manner.

o Actively participate in reviewing improvements to the accounting modules and processes.

o Periodically review and edit documented work procedures and responsibility grids to ensure they accurately reflect work being done.

Technology:

o Lead projects which will help drive faster recon and accurate recon. E.g., L4/L5 Preparation and Review.

o Identify synergies between functions and implement best practice/standardization.

Stakeholder:

o Identify opportunities for standardizing processes across geographies by working with GFL’s.

o Lead monthly governance calls with Stakeholders/Customers to review metrics/projects.

About the team

Finance Operations Accounting & Analysis (FOAA) performs accounting and analysis services, and our primary customers are Finance Operations, Central Accounting and other FGBS teams. We have three primary missions: 1) perform accounting and finance activities for our Accounting and Finance business partners at the highest level of controllership, 2) drive additional scale and productivity by optimizing and automating processes, and 3) lower the company’s cost structure by transitioning accounting and finance work from high to low-cost geographies.

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of creating process improvements with automation and analysis experience

• Basic qualifications

• · CA/ICWA/MBA equivalent, with 10+ or more years of post-qualification experience in Month end closing of Books of accounts / working on various Sub-ledgers / Accounting Knowledge / Balance sheet Reconciliation & Reporting activities · Strong accounting skills. · Exceptional leadership skills. · Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills. · Strong customer focus - both Internal / External · Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines. · A work ethic based on a strong desire to exceed expectations. · Exceptional verbal and written English communication skills. · Detail-oriented, well-organized. · Ability to readily adapt to and lead through changing environment. · Exceptional interpersonal skills — including written and oral communication skills. · Retail industry experience (Preferred) · Experience using Oracle Financial Applications (Preferred)

• Preferred qualifications

• • CA/ICWA/MBA, with 10+ or more years of post-qualification experience in Month end closing of Books of accounts / working on various Sub-ledgers / Accounting Knowledge / Balance sheet Reconciliation & Reporting activities - Exceptional verbal and written English communication skills. - Detail-oriented, well-organized. - Ability to readily adapt to and lead through changing environment - Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of participating in continuous improvement projects in your team to scale and improve controllership with measurable results experience

• 6+ years of identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan experience

• 6+ years of mentoring junior finance and/or business team members experience

• 3+ years of working with senior staff (e.g. c-suite) experience

• MBA, or CPA

• Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (i.e. SQL, MSAccess, Essbase or Cognos) and providing recommendations based on results of ad hoc analyses to management for strategic decision-making