Manager Accounting

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Manager Accounting to join our Global Financial Division Team and Manages the product costing and NPI team, supports global strategic goals, and other accounting functions for the organization.

The preference for this role is to be based out of Whitefield Office, Bangalore, India

What you will do

Job Roles and Responsibilities

• Cost system maintenance.
• Normals & machine rate development.
• Abnormals identification & reporting.
• Prime product and/or component cost monitoring & analysis.
• Operations and/or product group budgeting and expense analysis.
• Capital expenditure forecasting and reporting.
• Standard and current cost grief resolution
• Support management with analysis for decision making in various projects and cost reduction programs.
• New product Introduction (NPI) comprehensive support which includes determining discounted cash flow (DCF) and Internal rate of return of different projects.
• Regional profitability reporting & analysis
• NPI support including future cost, should cost, alternative analyses and strategy.
• OPACC determination & analysis
• Enterprise coordination and/or governance of costing activities
• Product group and/or operational strategy development & execution
• Low-cost producer analysis
• Post implementation audit (PIA) completion.
• Development of new/alternative costing methodologies, processes, and/or systems

What you will have

• Requires a certified accountant (CA/CMA) with college degree in accounting and 8+ years of experience in accounting preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Part Qualified with 15 years of experience, postgraduate or an MBA.
• Good accounting background, thorough knowledge of accounting flow and related methods of recording in the General Ledger and knowledge in SAP environment (FI, MM & CO Module).
• Have experience in leading a team with minimum of 3 direct reports, preferably with experience of managing 5+ team members.
• Effective communications skills and a good understanding of computer systems especially in MS-Office and Financial Analytics Tool (Power BI, Tableau, Power Apps. etc.).
• Must demonstrate strong leadership, initiative, inter-personal skills, and ability to communicate effectively.
• The position requires the candidate to work a 5-a day -week schedule in the office
• Shift Timing :EMEA Shift :01:00PM -10:00PM IST

Skills desired:

Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

• Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.
• Ability to approach problems through Root cause analysis and corrective actions (RCCA).

Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools, and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviours.

• Reviews others' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.
• Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.
• Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.

Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.

• Explains the importance of accuracy in own function or unit.
• Identifies tasks or outputs that require accuracy and detail-level attention.
• Identifies the procedures for making sure that results are mistake-free.
• Describes consequences of errors within own unit or function.

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.

• Explains the value of a disciplined approach to problem solving.
• Describes problem reporting and escalation practices.
• Utilizes accepted procedures for problem analysis and resolution.
• Ability to approach problems through Root cause analysis and corrective actions (RCCA).

Functional Expertise: Knowledge of accounting methods, product costing, processes, and tools; ability to maintain and prepare financial statements, cost statements, and reports using accounting methods and processes.

• Supervises all aspects of an accounting function.
• Oversees the process and data flow between accounting systems and sub-systems.
• Applies principles used to evaluate the economics of investment decisions.
• Implements valid financial analysis aligned with key criteria.
• Interprets major types of major types of business situations and evaluate appropriate accounting actions and develop decision making analysis.
• Consults with corporate on identifying, tracing, and correcting errors in decision making studies.