Finance Manager

Role & responsibilities

Finance Manager

Role Location: Guernsey (India Based- Pune-Baner)

Department: Finance

Employment Type: Fulltime

Level: Assistant Vice President

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the day-to-day management of the GSC Guernsey Finance team (AP and AR). This is initially expected to be 2 junior members of staff, one for each function.
• Working in conjunction with the wider Guernsey Finance team.
• Local liaison with other Guernsey outsourced teams located in the GSC, currently including:
• Payments-Europe payments-europe@apexgroup.com AR
• AccountsPayable-Europe accountspayable-europe@apexgroup.com AP

The Role

• To take ownership and control of all aspects of Accounts Payable for supplier payments, ensuring:
• Supplier contracts are created and maintained appropriately in WorkDay (WD).
• Supplier Purchase Orders are created and maintained appropriately in WD.
• Supplier invoices are paid promptly and in accordance with any agreed payment terms.
• Supplier payments are appropriately matched in the accounts payable ledger.
• An agreed suite of WD Accounts Payable reports, are reviewed, managed and periodically circulated to management.
• Periodic payment runs are managed and where possible additional payment runs kept to a minimum.
• First line assistance to PO buyers, to assist where necessary in the creation of PO and the prompt payment of subsequent supplier invoices.
• First line assistance to other GSC teams should they have any blocking issue or lack of response from a PO buyer in the business.
• Monitor, and assist in the day-to-day management of the Accounts Receivable process for customer billing by ensuring:
• Oversight and reporting of any outstanding static data or other process issues required for successful customer billing.
• Oversight of aged debtors reporting to minimise the aging profile of outstanding debts due to Apex.
• An agreed suite of WD Accounts Receivable reports, are reviewed, managed and periodically circulated to management.
• WD Accounts Receivable reports are reviewed, managed and circulated to management as appropriate
• First line assistance to CRM for invoice creation and customer queries
• First line assistance to other GSC teams should they have any blocking issues or lack of response from CRM for customer queries
• Assist the Guernsey Head of Finance with routine reporting and queries arising from the Group Financial Planning and Analysis team.
• To hold regular dialogue with wider Guernsey Finance team members not based in the GSC.
• To setup and manage periodic formal and informal meetings with other GSC teams involved in the Guernsey region and the Guernsey Head of Finance. Agenda items to include:
• Review of recent performance issues
• Review of any blocking factors
• Lessons learned
• Improvement steps that can be taken in the future.
• In conjunction with the Guernsey Head of Finance to assist in:
• The creation of procedures manuals for the GSC team members.
• Beginning the process of documenting service level expectations from the various GSC teams.
• The design of key performance indicators for the Guernsey team and other GSC teams working on the Guernsey region.
• The design and monitoring of exception reporting for AR and AP.

What you will get in return:

• A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding large global business;
• Working with a strong and dynamic Finance team
• Training and development opportunities.
• Exposure to all aspects of the business, cross-jurisdiction and to working with senior management directly.

Additional information:

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experiences.

We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet.

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