Area Head of ATR and Financial Controlling

Job description

Drive performance improvement in the Finance arena in close partnership with the Area Finance Manager & contribute towards delivery of business priorities. Ensure accurate and timely financial accounting & reporting for external IFRS and local statutory compliance for the Area. Drive impact in business outcomes for the Area, including by sparring across functions. Support transformative actions both in the systems and process space in the Area Finance sphere.Responsible for:

- Align with Area CFO objectives and support finance & business outcomes as a dependable business partner. Collaborate with other functions, CoEs as necessary to achieve the right outcomes for the Area & APMM

- Assist Area Finance Manager in driving optimal working capital & liquidity

- Drive & develop efficient processes, challenge the status quo and strive for automation opportunities

- Translate Organization objectives into actions and drive these by developing and maintaining an engaged team

- Resolve Finance issues for Area through partnership & collaboration with the right stakeholders

- Accurate completion of Books of Accounts as per defined periodicity & timelines for scoped Area entities for both APMM and Local Statutory books

- Perform controllership aspects to ensure accurate reporting of Balance Sheet Exposure, suggest required Accounting Adjustments and develop plans to mitigate future exposures

- Ensure appropriate execution of Area Internal controls and influence functions to improve Controls scores

- Own the conduct of Statutory Audit for scoped entities along with Group Audit with respect to timely completion, filing and mitigation of audit observations. support other Audits like Tax Audit, Transfer Pricing Audit, or any other Audit as initiated by different Authorities

Key Metrics:

Timely, quality book closes: both APMM & local statutory

Zero overdue audit points

Reporting of Balance sheet exposures

Control Effectiveness Scores

Working Capital improvement

Zero open Cash/bank items over 30 days

Top quartile engagement score for team

Achieve Automation & efficiency targets

Successful and timely implementation of new systems & special projects

Critical Skills and Competencies:

Preferred Accounting Qualification CA / CMA / ACCA / CPA /CIMA.

Business Partnering skills

Influencing without authority

Communication skills ( storytell numbers)

Holding Others Accountable

Taking Ownership of Business Outcomes

Executive Presence ( contribute in discussions, express point of view)

Leading leaders ability

10 years of post-qual experience

Experience with ERP/S4 systems