Senior Finance Leader

As the Emerging Markets Senior Finance Leader, you will be an integral part of the Finance Business Partner team within our International Business Unit. Reporting directly to the International SVP Finance (SFO) and having a dotted line into the Region Head, your role will involve collaborating closely with business leaders across the Region. Your primary objective will be to provide dedicated and insightful financial analysis to help the Business Unit achieve its financial goals. Being a member of the Region Leadership Team, exceptional communication, trust-building, and partnering skills are crucial for success in this role. You will frequently engage with Sales leaders to deliver financial information and insights in a concise and relevant manner to facilitate effective decision-making. Additionally, you will be responsible for pricing strategy and execution, evaluating product profitability, overseeing capital allocation projects, and analyzing overall profit and loss results to support long-term planning and execution. Leading a team of finance professionals, you will set strategic direction and ensure deliverables are met. As the Senior Finance Leader of the Emerging Markets team, you will also provide coaching and mentoring to the controllership team, with the Region controller reporting on a dotted line basis. Working within the Global Finance and Operations Organization, you will collaborate with global Finance and Ops teams to implement advanced cloud-based financial analytics, with opportunities for advancement within the global financial organization spanning 25 countries worldwide. In this role, you will: - Act as the lead SFO for India and Emerging Markets - Serve as a proactive business partner with the local leadership team, identifying and addressing financial and business issues, supporting decision-making, and driving action on initiatives when needed - Represent the local finance function for statutory purposes, managing relationships with local board members, external auditors, and tax authorities - Analyze business unit expenses and trends, preparing reports and synopses of business results for management - Lead the development of people, influence key decisions, and provide team leadership - Oversee the preparation, reporting, and analysis of financial information for Region operations, including budgets, forecasts, and monthly result analyses - Prepare executive summaries and conduct monthly financial reviews with business unit leadership to highlight key trends and variances - Provide actionable analysis of revenue, customers, product lines, operating costs, profitability, and capital projects to support decision-making - Lead pricing strategy, evaluate product profitability, and prepare annual budgets reflecting market conditions and strategic initiatives - Develop business cases for capital expenditures and other key initiatives - Support commercial planning and analysis, including revenue recognition - Lead contract and pricing reviews and sales incentive plan administration - Anticipate business needs, maintain a strong understanding of key drivers and industry trends, and recruit, develop, and retain a high-performance team The ideal candidate will have: - A qualification as a Chartered Accountant - Minimum 18 years of Financial Planning and Analysis experience, including full P&L management - At least 8 years of experience in pricing strategy and supporting sales or revenue-generating teams - Minimum 4+ years in a role supporting revenue stream finance - Demonstrated success in leading a team of finance professionals - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels - Flexibility to travel locally and internationally as required Experience in Financial Services, Data or Technology companies, working in a company that has undergone cloud transformation, creating and presenting complex business cases, collaborating with Finance, Sales, and Technology functions, and using relevant business intelligence reporting platforms could set you apart. Strong PC skills, particularly in Microsoft Excel, are essential for this role.,