Associate Director, Finance

Job Description

Job Description

Position:  Finance Lead for Global Capability Centre

Attributes required for position

• Indian Chartered Accountant / MBA from a reputed institute
• Minimum 10-15 years of experience in FP&A - US MNC (preferably Pharma) 
• Preferred experience as a Financial Controller, FP&A lead, Tax & internal controls
• Experience in business modeling, business development deals, strategy plans, forecasting
• Proactive and open to change
• Strategic thinking, Collaborative and team player
• Goal-orientated and committed to work
• Organized with good analytical skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills 
• Strong influencing skills
• Ability to work under pressure and meet timelines
• Strong people management skills
• Ability to mentor and guide subordinates

Key Responsibilities:

The activities will include but are not limited to:

• Lead the Finance function for GCC and responsible for end-to-end finance
• Ensure timely completion of all audits
• Timely deposit of all statutory taxes and contributions and returns
• Monthly Balance sheet reconciliation
• Managing relations with the bankers
• Work with vertical heads to build the annual forecasts
• Monthly reports and variance analysis
• Utilizing BI tools to delivery meaningful insights into business performance
• Provide analysis and commentary on cost center results
• Reviewing operations and recommending new productivity or cost saving initiative
• Preparing business cases to support new investment, strategic and other business decisions
• Reviewing existing processes and procedures to develop recommendations for improvement efforts
• Communicating results and recommendations to senior management for improvements that will lead to cost reduction and streamlining operations
• Coordination with the support centres, regional treasury, tax, holding company, Legal and Compliance, facilities etc
• Coordination with the It finance and other finance verticals
• Responsible for internal controls and compliance, corporate audit
• Working closely with centre lead, ops head for smooth working of the GCC

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