Senior IC Process Manager

This position involves handling the end-to-end intercompany process, managing a team of 3-4 members, and overseeing their day-to-day operations to resolve queries and problems.

The successful candidate will have thorough knowledge of consolidations accounting principles and procedures, experience in handling inter-company accounting/IC ledger reviews/reconciliations, month end close experience, and transformation projects experience is an added advantage.

As an IC Process Manager, you will be responsible for understanding the IC accounting process at our company, learning the IC balances elimination logics set in Oracle FCCS, and reviewing month-end activities performed by the IC team. You will also coordinate with stakeholders to resolve global IC variances and post top-side entry in Oracle FCCS for high-value variances that remain open at ME.

You will work closely with the team to identify potential solutions to automate manual activities via transformation projects, strategize plans to achieve team goals in a timely manner within the stipulated time frame, and create Standard Operating Procedures with detailed steps and backup layers for business continuity planning.

• Handle end-of-end IC process, manage team of 3-4 members, and oversee their day-to-day operations and resolve queries/problems
• Understand the IC accounting process at our company and learn the IC balances elimination logics set in Oracle FCCS
• Review month-end activities performed by the IC team, including handling billing for IC transactions of US entity, reviewing global IC BS and P&L variances, and coordinating with stakeholders to resolve global IC variances
• Post top-side entry in Oracle FCCS for high-value variances that remain open at ME, review BS reconciliation of IC GLs in detail, making sure all necessary backups are available and well documented, and give feedback to team members with required action plan
• Timely and effectively follow-up with global Controller's on any pending data/open queries, handle queries from Audit and Tax teams from time to time, provide solution to multiple stakeholders on adhoc and regular queries, and establish effective communication between the team and stakeholders
• Process Improvisation - standardize the IC process, assign end-to-end activities to team members to enhance their business knowledge, identify potential solutions to automate manual activities via transformation projects, strategizing plans to achieve team goals in a timely manner within the stipulated time frame, and create Standard Operating Procedures with detailed steps and backup layer for business continuity planning
• Team Management - monitor team performance, report on metrics to ensure efficiency, documenting the same to make accurate reports, discover training needs, provide coaching, manage schedule, delegate tasks to team members effectively, and provide guidance to team members on active projects

• CA – 8+ years of work experience in Finance Controllership/Consolidations, Inter-Company Accounting
• Thorough knowledge of Consolidations accounting principles and procedures
• Experience in handling inter-company accounting/IC ledger reviews/reconciliations, etc.
• Month end close experience is required, Transformation projects experience will be an add-on, team handling experience is required, end-to-end process knowledge of intercompany process, and experience in handling multiple stakeholders from different global regions

• Multiple ERP systems knowledge (SAP & QAD)
• Consolidation Platform Experience (Oracle FCCS, Hyperion, Tagetik, Trintech etc.) - Good to Have
• Excellent excel skills
• Blackline - Good to Have

• Ability to communicate strongly and influence
• Ability to build successful relationships across the organization through collaboration, consensus building, and interpersonal effectiveness
• Flexibility and good team leader
• Multi-stakeholder management
• Multitasking and effective delegation
• Proactiveness