Associate Director

DescriptionMandatory SkillsThis individual will be a part of the KGS based offshore delivery PMO team and work with onshore engagement teams on various Global Compliance engagements supporting clients across the globe. Responsibilities will include:Act as a lead of rapidly growing Tax PMO teamExperience in leading PMO for Direct Tax (Corp / Partnership), Indirect Tax (SUT / VAT), Global Compliance Services, Transfer PricingTake ownership of multiple Technology/ Transformation / Global & Domestic Tax Compliance engagements and programs that the team is delivering from Quality and Governance standpointCoaching/mentoring of PMO resources, effectively driving performance reviews, enforcing quality standards Lead resource planning and utilization activities to ensure the right resources are matched to implementation scopeLead strategic efforts aimed at achieving organizational & business critical goals & initiativesBuild optimal growth capacity in collaboration with Onshore service line leaders and business partnersBe a lead to the business by providing high growth solutions and market intelligenceBring subject matter expertise and thought leadership on new trend, technology and fir future readinessRecognize future looking opportunities and readiness of human resourcesEnable organic growth in the team through coaching and mentoringBuild relation with enabling functions to serve as one KGS entityWork with the Offshore, Onshore and end client stakeholders / leadership to understand expectations on the client services / projects to be transitionedEstimate the budgets, resource requirement and risks associated with the process transition more accuratelyProvide assistance to Engagement Leads and team members on transition, ensure all deliverables are completed according to the agreed (comprehensive, realistic and effective) transition plansMonitoring and assessing the value delivered to the client throughout the project life cycle ensuring PMO planning tools and methodologies are utilizedLeading & supporting Design, Mobilization and Execution of PMO activities for medium to large programmes, managing most of the dimensions of Project Management Office/ Programme management OfficeSupporting multiple workstreams to create a centralized PMO organization. Developing and maintaining the programme management plan, integrated master schedule, weekly and monthly reporting and financial managementResponsibilitiesPrimary Roles and Responsibilities This individual will be a part of the KGS based offshore delivery PMO team and work with onshore engagement teams on various Global Compliance engagements supporting clients across the globe. Responsibilities will include:Act as a lead of rapidly growing Tax PMO teamExperience in leading PMO for Direct Tax (Corp / Partnership), Indirect Tax (SUT / VAT), Global Compliance Services, Transfer PricingTake ownership of multiple Technology/ Transformation / Global & Domestic Tax Compliance engagements and programs that the team is delivering from Quality and Governance standpointCoaching/mentoring of PMO resources, effectively driving performance reviews, enforcing quality standards Lead resource planning and utilization activities to ensure the right resources are matched to implementation scopeLead strategic efforts aimed at achieving organizational & business critical goals & initiativesBuild optimal growth capacity in collaboration with Onshore service line leaders and business partnersBe a lead to the business by providing high growth solutions and market intelligenceBring subject matter expertise and thought leadership on new trend, technology and fir future readinessRecognize future looking opportunities and readiness of human resourcesEnable organic growth in the team through coaching and mentoringBuild relation with enabling functions to serve as one KGS entityWork with the Offshore, Onshore and end client stakeholders / leadership to understand expectations on the client services / projects to be transitionedEstimate the budgets, resource requirement and risks associated with the process transition more accuratelyProvide assistance to Engagement Leads and team members on transition, ensure all deliverables are completed according to the agreed (comprehensive, realistic and effective) transition plansMonitoring and assessing the value delivered to the client throughout the project life cycle ensuring PMO planning tools and methodologies are utilizedLeading & supporting Design, Mobilization and Execution of PMO activities for medium to large programmes, managing most of the dimensions of Project Management Office/ Programme management OfficeSupporting multiple workstreams to create a centralized PMO organization. Developing and maintaining the programme management plan, integrated master schedule, weekly and monthly reporting and financial managementQualifications14- 18 years of work experience in project management in a leading professional services firm (e.g. international consulting firm, Big 4, IT Enabled Services Industry) or existing PMO captiveProject Management/ Programme Management/ PMO experience for large transformation engagements (IT, Finance, HR, Sourcing, Procurement, Supply Chain/Operations) for European or Global ClientsExperience in managing large scale PMO teamsExceptional PM/PMO delivery track recordUnderstanding of offshore/onshore delivery modelContributes in solution reviews and drives solution growth discussions Understands and controls project financials, debtors and managing resources.Collaborate across various in-house and cross teams and drive proposal discussions.Gathers business understanding and finalize blueprints to deliver the project.Strong presentation skills and decent executive presence and must have the ability to build innovative solutions.Qualification:Post graduate degree from a reputed institutePMP, CAPM, Prince 2 Certification will be an added advantage