Senior Group Manager

Senior Group Manager - Controlling

Job Description

Required Functional skills

• Drive culture and mind set change within teams
• Part of leadership team in driving Organization strategy & Transformation
• Lead finance target picture roadmap realization for FPNA (Controlling), Process and managing transition & projects, adhering to project milestones & timelines
• Monitor, track and control project outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies and critical path deliverables
• Experience in leading teams in specific processes like Forecasting, budgeting, strategic planning and monitoring (value creation plans), reporting and analysis, Management financial performance overview and support management decision.
• Responsible for presenting financial performance updates at all relevant meetings and reporting on all the key metrics of performance
• Ensure that key performance reporting is accessible, user focused, and action orientated
• Ensure complying with all corporate governance (Capex approval, budget etc.) and identifying and escalating risk when required
• Managing the processes for financial forecasting and budgeting and overseeing the preparation of all financial reporting in compliance and regulatory guidelines and IFRS.
• Responsible for the forecast and reporting of Free Cash Flow, being able to analyze and propose corrective actions
• Delivering value to countries through business case realization & improving customer experience (NPS)
• Manage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives
• Develop and deliver proposals for new process transitions and presentations to various audiences, including GBS Leadership team, sponsors, CFOs and key stakeholders
• Background in Lean Six Sigma is a plus.
• IFRS Certification is a plus
• Exposure to IT industry / running IT projects (Automation / ERP implementation) is a plus
• International Exposure (Min 6 months) is a plus
• Experience in using big databases
• Responsible for Developing and managing budgets, forecasting future financial performance, and analyzing variances for India & Poland GSC entities
• Preparing and analyzing financial statements (Income statements, cash flow statements) for India & Poland GSC entities
• Conducting in-depth analysis of financial data to support business decisions and identify areas for improvement
• Identifying and implementing strategies to optimize costs and improve profitability
• Assessing and mitigating financial risks
• Adhering to financial policies, accounting standards, and relevant legal and regulatory requirements
• Liaising with various departments within the business to understand the interdependencies of various elements which impact EBIT and profitability in a GSC/GCC environment and improve the integrity of information for decision making
• Learn how to use the already developed solutions and finetune them further. Leverage RPA / CI / Business Intelligence tools to simplify / automate existing processes
• Develop new ideas and define development tasks to improve the department / solution wise performance, and have periodic reviews of the same

Required Technical Competencies

• SAP, MicroStrategy, Tagetik, Looker, Power BI & other forecasting, budgeting and reporting tools within industry
• MS Office Suite/ Teams

Managerial Requirements

Executive presence, Story-telling, Leadership skills, C-Level communication, transformation, Conflict management, Stakeholder management & visits, Change management, Project management, Team management, AI & Digital, AGILE ways of working

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant (CA) or Masters Degree in Business Administration, Finance (reputed institute). Preference for candidates with consumer goods industry experience.
• 15 years+ of experience in leading FPNA (Controlling) End-to-End Process Transformation, Transition, Service delivery, Digitization.
• Experience in people leadership & leading large teams with FPA processes (current 50+ FTEs) and driving results
• Experience in driving FPA process transformation including but not limited to process improvements, standardization, best practices and bench marking.
• Stakeholder engagement & relationship management including stakeholder visits
• Set-up, review & baseline business & operational KPIs
• Has P&L responsibility & Cost leadership
• Out of the above 5+ years of experience in driving organization change management and process transformation including digital
• Experience in coaching and mentoring leadership teams - Build team capabilities, individual developments & create career path
• Experience in supporting in large strategic impact projects
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, ability to interact effectively with all levels of management
• Ability to prioritize, manage time effectively, escalate / resolve issues appropriately

Additional information

Behavioural Competencies

• Proactive and Solution oriented attitude.
• Leading by example.
• Integrity and honesty first approach.
• Result self-driven and high motivation.
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
• Cost Leadership.
• AI & Digital.
• Open to travel & Hybrid working.
• Strategical thinking and very efficient analytical skills.
• Passionate work.
• Self-checking and quality assurance attitude whatever you do.
• Managerial skills to motivate and lead team members or developers.