Regional Finance Operations Director

**Key Responsibilities:**

• Oversee financial operations, ensuring timely and accurate management accounts & financial statements.
• Manage HFM consolidation system to guarantee results are reported accurately.
• Identify opportunities for revenue and cost optimization, preventing revenue leakages.
• Report operational and finance metrics to drive overall efficiency in the business.
• Review and present consolidated and month-end reporting of core financial statements - P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cashflow with top-class commentaries.
• Support initiatives to improve quality of work delivered by shared services centers.
• Actively work on closing out issues in entities responsible.
• Serve as a single point of contact for entities to address queries from Group consolidators and internal teams.
• Prepare and present financial decks for respective Business Units.
• Collaborate with payroll groups and treasury functions to manage regions' payroll process, including day-to-day finance and accounting operations.
• Oversee daily accounting, revenue/debtors/receivables management/ageing analysis (A/R), payable/creditor/vendor management (A/P), working capital/cash flow management, including external support from banks and financial institutions.
• Direct accounting operations, statutory compliance, and finance controllership for respective offices. Collaborate with Finance leadership to ensure smooth finance operations for all sites.
• Advise finance and Tax leadership on local tax and regulatory matters.
• Support Finance Business Partners in forecasting and budgeting activities.
• Closely collaborate with In-Country Teams, GSS Teams, and Controllers.
• Liaise with Operations teams, suppliers, and internal teams to resolve financial matters.
• Point of contact for vendors and customers' queries.
• Effectively manage cash and approve invoices and payments.
• Maintain healthy business metrics for Business Units.
• Support Financial Controller in quarterly and full-year reporting requirements and liaison with Group and local auditors.
• Lead teams of Team Leaders/Senior Team Leaders and be responsible for their growth and development within the organization.
• Mentor Regional Level Controllers.
• Independently manage financial operations without in-country support.
• Maintain statutory books and monitor statutory compliance, including external periodic statutory audits. Manage and review periodical budgets (annual/quarterly/monthly basis), variance analysis with corrective recommendations.
• Support accounting and due diligence for acquisitions and disposals.
• Implement solutions in discussion with stakeholders.
• Provide management information and decision-supportive reports, including project and profitability analysis, project and associate performance analysis, including project accounting.
• Manage periodic statutory compliances, including Tax audit, TP audit, MCA filings.
• Adhere to group-wide financial discipline through balance sheet review, identification of best practice processes, and driving continuous improvement.
• Key role in delivery of quarterly and full-year Stat reporting requirements and liaison with Group and local auditors.
• Custodian of control documents and review its completeness.
• Develop a culture of control, quality, and consistency.
• Build strong relationships and trust with financial stakeholders throughout the Group.
• Assist with control improvement and ad-hoc finance initiatives.
• Drive initiatives towards cost rationalization and productivity improvement.
• Engage actively with focus groups.
• Lead Group change initiatives.
• Maintain consistent policies and practices for financial reporting across the Group.

**Requirements:**

• Chartered Accountant with a minimum of 10 years' experience.
• Experience in accounting and financial systems.
• Extensive experience in interfacing with business operational customers and Controllers.
• Able to manage diverse groups of skill sets in a delivery center environment.
• Able to portray professionalism and confidence to customers via phone and e-mail.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Able to multitask and handle large volumes of work efficiently and accurately.