Director - Finance Ops - COE Leader [Accounting & FPA]

Expectations from this role: The GCC customers are managed by several teams of qualified and semi-qualified finance professionals. The responsibility of these teams is summarized below: Accounting & Bookkeeping Treasury Coordinate Statutory and Tax Audit Fixed Asset Management FP&A Coordination of Income Tax returns, Transfer Pricing and TDS GST payments, Filing, Refund & Notices SEZ/NSTPI related Compliance oversight in coordination with established partners Compliance Ownership Having an oversight to all the above processes and ensure timely and accurate compliance Work with the core Operational Support Services team to ensure the right mix of People, Process and Technology to deliver client deliverables Develop and maintain standard operating procedures and processes relevant to GCCs for finance, accounts and compliance functions. To guide the team to create, establish and maintain governance framework for compliance with contractual terms, develop minimum level of standards of communication to clients and adherence of specific needs to each client. To bring standardization and automation in routine work and support onboarding of new clients. Establish and maintain a strong review system for: Accounting of financial transactions in books of account. Establish finance control on all financial transactions (payments, invoicing, collections, documentation) Month close process and record accounting entries and transactions as part of period close activities. Review of local regulatory financial reporting and tax requirements. Compliance to contractual arrangements, direct and indirect taxation, FEMA, FDI etc. Group reporting to the parent organizations. Establish, maintain and report service levels across various sub-processes of the finance function. Ensures quality control over financial transactions, financial reporting, accuracy and integrity of the books of account and the financial information generated. Understand and support the needs to GCC leadership team related to finance function and ensures delivery. Focus and support to GCCs finance team on completion of Statutory, tax audit and tax filings along with finance leader. Expectations from the candidate: Self-starter with the ability to work and lead in a fast-paced, complex and challenging environment. Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously, with focus on accuracy and adherence to deadlines. Ability to think laterally and challenge the status quo. Ability to manage and deliver value to stakeholders. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Big 4 experience for 2-4 years will be an added advantage. Experience required: Strong financial aptitude with 15 to 20 years of work experience having exposure to General Accounting, Finance control, taxation, reporting, budgeting, forecasting and other transactional Finance activities. Experience in the development and implementation of standard operating procedures and internal accounting processes in a Shared Service / multinational environment. Working knowledge of local Indian financial reporting and tax compliance requirements Strong proficiency in Microsoft office suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) Maturity/handling confidential information The candidate would play a major role in completion of both statutory and tax audit in a timely manner with no audit observation of the GCCs. Exposure of preparation of deliverables for Leadership and Board meetings. Possesses strong analytical skills. Educational Credentials: CA / CWA / MBA with 15 to 20 years experience.

Location: Bangalore, IN

Posted Date: 10/31/2024