Associate Director

18 hours ago

Pune, India NielsenIQ Full time
Job DescriptionIndia remains one of the largest and most rapidly growing developing economies in the world—presenting a tremendous opportunity for NielsenIQ.

India must become one of our key investment markets, so that we can meaningfully accelerate our clients' and NielsenIQ’ s growth in this country.

To best tap into the power of this market, truly scale our operations, and achieve our growth, we have an exciting plan for India.

Imagine being in the heart of this transformation journey and ambitionThe Associate Director for Record to Report will manage a significant portion for global record to report (R2R) processes. They are a key member of the Finance Operations Management team.The primary purpose is to drive execution and ensure timely delivery of daily Record to Report operations.In this role, he/she would lead the team to proactively build and maintain strong business relationships with key finance and business stakeholders in order to meet organizational goals and expectations in and around processes and operationsJob Responsibilities: -Responsible for driving Operational Excellence and service process optimization and standardization across the region, ensuring timely, accurate and high-quality service delivery of R2R across all regions in NIQ landscape, including month end closing, journal entry creation and processing, and balance sheet reconciliation preparation.Contribute to providing Corporate Accounting Services such as Consolidation, Fixed Assets, Banking and Cash and take lead to find opportunities to identity process gaps to bring about standardization.He/she would be responsible in managing R2R domain and quality levels through service level agreements, performance metrics and continuous governance rhythm.To Identify and execute global internal control systems to ensure effective and efficient operations and compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and corporate policies.Drive full compliance with the NIQ Internal Controls framework, including SOX Compliance, as well as close liaison with our Corporate Audit Services (CAS) team.To develop and implement procedures and operational ways of work in a standardized, efficient, and effective manner for all markets in the region in the realm of the R2R and general financial accounting stream.To maintain thorough and current understanding of US GAAP. Keep abreast of emerging accounting and reporting standards.Support the implementation of new accounting pronouncements as required. Prior experience of Statutory Finance Statement Preparation and local Indirect/Direct Tax knowledge a plus.Communicate and collaborate routinely with finance counterparts, providing direction related to key processes and related changes, the sharing of best practices and keeping them abreast of initiatives that have a global impact.Maintain an appropriate system configuration and IT environment to ensure effective and efficient execution of R2R and general financial accounting continuous finance processes, through the leverage of cutting-edge automation such as Blackline.Provide leadership to ensure R2R processes are aligned to maximize consolidation opportunities, achieve the right level of simplification, standardization and improvement benchmarked against industry methodologies.Analyze current processes to identify ways to improve efficiency and scale the R2R platform, and adopt new technology platforms (e.g., RPA) to streamline and automate workLead all aspects of day-to-day R2R operations, driving cost-effectiveness, innovation and continuous improvement, and always pushing or efficiencies in the end-to-end process.Set and enforce milestones and timeframes to achieve objectives and operational requirements.Successfully manage SLAs with a focus on driving transformation, anticipating hurdles, and implementing plans to overcome them.Deliver on promises to stakeholders, personally committing to resolving issues Drives the enterprise to adopt and embrace changeTake accountability for the management and development of all R2R team members through coaching and mentoring.Provide strategic leadership, and talent development and management activities for direct reports and their organizations to include forecasting resource needs, recruiting, hiring, performance management, and training.Take accountability for ensuring that team’s activities and reports are compliant and adhere to NIQ’s policies.

Qualifications15+ years of experience required.A Qualified Accountant (CA / CPA / CMA / CFA / ACCA)Accomplished finance operations professionalComprehensive command of high-quality service delivery and governance in a top-tier company.Acts with a high degree of ethics and integrityAnalytical and Strategic mindset.Strong organizational skills and attention to detailAbility to work in a fast-paced environment.Excellent oral and written communication skillsResults-orientation and time management skillsFlexibility and the ability to manage multiple ongoing projects.Demonstrated ability to work effectively across functions and across all levels of the organization.Engaging and proactive team playerDesirable: Lean Six Sigma

Additional InformationOur BenefitsFlexible working environmentVolunteer time offLinkedIn LearningEmployee-Assistance-Program (EAP)About NIQNIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.For more information, visit NIQ.comWant to keep up with our latest updates?Follow us on: LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter | FacebookOur commitment to Diversity, Equity, and InclusionNIQ is committed to reflecting the diversity of the clients, communities, and markets we measure within our own workforce. We exist to count everyone and are on a mission to systematically embed inclusion and diversity into all aspects of our workforce, measurement, and products. We enthusiastically invite candidates who share that mission to join us. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class. Our global non-discrimination policy covers these protected classes in every market in which we do business worldwide. Learn more about how we are driving diversity and inclusion in everything we do by visiting the NIQ News Center: 

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