Wolters Kluwer

Strategic Planning and Decision Making:- Vision & Strategy Plan (VSP): Assist in creating a rolling three-year VSP, detailing revenue and profit expectations, and collaborate with marketing, business development, and sales teams.- Annual Budget and Planning: Collaborate with the Executive team to develop annual budgets and plans for business units.- Sales Incentive Plans: Collaborate on the preparation of sales incentive plans.- Strategic Business Partner: Partner with the Leadership team, corporate and business unit leaders on growth and business development initiatives.Financial Reporting and Analysis:- Management Reporting: Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting, including variance analysis and commentary to support decision-making.- Financial Analysis and Control: Execute requirements for financial analysis, planning, control, budgeting, and reporting systems.- Forecasting and Trend Analysis: Generate forecasts, analyze trends, and create financial models for future planning.Compliance and Process Improvement:- Financial Compliance: Ensure compliance with IFRS, WK Accounting Manual, and financial policies in collaboration with the finance and accounts team.- Process Improvements: Drive process improvements for efficiency and transparency in enterprise reporting.- Management Report Enhancement: Collaborate on enhancing management reports.Leadership and Collaboration:- Leadership Team Participation: Actively participate in the GGM India and Finance Leadership team.- Collaboration with Shared Services: Build relationships with shared services for financial reporting, accounting, compliance, internal controls, and taxation.- Financial Support: Provide budgeting support, expense analysis, and decision-making support.- Market Trend Monitoring: Advise leadership on market trends affecting financial performance and recommend actions to mitigate risks or seize growth opportunities.- Exercises considerable creativity, foresight, and judgment in conceiving, planning, and executing on initiatives.Other Duties:- Various exciting ad hoc reporting requests for GGM India and GGM leadership.- Integral member of various Business or Finance Process Improvement Projects.Job Qualifications:- Bachelors degree and equivalent finance/accounting work experience.- CA / MBA.Minimum Qualifications:- Minimum of 8+ years experience in broad based financial related positions.- Tagetik, Power BI or equivalent reporting software experience and proficiency are preferred.- Ability to work closely with senior management from both finance and non-finance background.- Proven success in being able to evaluate and understand business transactions.- Experience in a multidivisional corporation (mid to large size corporation).CORE COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS:- Ability to clearly communicate concepts, research findings, issues analysis, project and evaluation results, and data interpretations.- Consulting mentality extracting insights from very complex and/or limited information to make a recommendation to stakeholders.- Results-oriented; able to take concepts and ideas through from implementation to action.- Demonstrated ability to take initiative, be proactive, and think independently, and anticipate needs related to future work.- Highly responsive and resourceful.- Positive can do attitude and approach to problem solving.- Innovative mindset: willingness to try creative and different ways of accomplishing work.- CA /MBA Qualification.Travel Requirements:- 10% to 20%.Physical Demands:- Hybrid (office and remote) depending on requirements.- Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process (ref:iimjobs.com)