Role name and description
Manager
- PTP
- The role requires demonstrated ability to lead and develop high-performing team. Proven capabilities of setting up Multi country Finance Operations, managing process, month end close, account reconciliation and financial reporting processes
The opportunity
Manager ACR will play a critical role in setting up the multi country or group accounting process. The opportunity to work closely with Global Engagement leaders for consistency in management reporting, analysis, budgeting, forecasting, etc. Provide outstanding contribution/support to consulting with engagement teams on all compliance and reporting activities.
Your key responsibilities
- Ensure the processing of invoices, payments and queries to vendors are done on time and with quality.
- Meticulous adherence to the compliance calendar of client ensuring minimal backlogs and impact on accruals
- Front ending client to provide exception exceptional client service on delivery
- Ensuring all the Key and Critical performing metrics and indexes are met
- Identify and implement new opportunity to bring in process efficiency and meet the industry benchmark.
- Coordinate and review the activities that are performed in other Centers of Excellence and EY local offices
- Coordinate and review month end process
- Liaise with the Client Global Process Owners on the accounting processes and continuous improvement opportunities
- Develop, implement and manage new client strategic processes
- Own and maintain internal and external reporting dash boards to demonstrate progress of activities and status quo of multi country engagements
- Willingness to challenge status quo processes and desire to implement process improvements by providing lean ideas, enforcing an environment with uncompromising controls and improve quality
- Detailed review of accounts, schedules and workings to testify the quality of deliverables, and assist in effectively implementing the internal review mechanism and Control process.
- Effective work planning and capacity utilization to help support other colleagues .
Functional Skills
- Experience in managing Accounts Payable operations, developing teams and ability to lead a team of experienced finance colleagues.
- Proven track of working with leaders from across geographies and managing the deliverables under a fast changing expectations with accurate quality in a metrics environment.
- Outlook towards increasing the productivity and resources utilization, and ability to effectively implement the process change with adequate engagement support.
Required Technical skills
- Hands on experience on Workday
- Knowledge of IFRS or US-GAAP is essential
- Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills
- Strong client and stakeholder management skills
To qualify for the role, you must have
- BCOM/ MCom / MBA- 10 to 12+ years with at least 8+years of relevant domain experience.
- Chartered Accountant (CA/ACCA)/Cost Accountant (CWA)/Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with at least 5+ yrs of post qualification work experience in Accounts Payable.
Ideally, you ll also have
- Exposure on International assignments on FA Transitions, Auditing, Consulting, or other engagements is an added advantage for this role.
- Experience in developing teams and ability to manage a team of experienced finance colleagues.
- Proven track of working with leaders from across geographies and managing the deliverables under a fast-changing expectation with accurate quality in a metrics environment.
- Outlook towards increasing the productivity and resource utilization, and ability to effectively implement the process change with adequate engagement support.
