Assistant Vice President - Record To Report + Accounts Payable (12-27 yrs)

Inviting applications for the role of Assistant Vice President, Record To Report & Accounts Payable!

In this role, you will be responsible for RTR and AP in the capacity of Service Delivery Leader (SDL) and will be requirement based & hence flexible, equipped to Focus on continuous process improvement and adaptive to change, Develop & lead effective working relationships in the organization and actively collaborate closely with all Key Stakeholders

Responsibilities:

- Lead large R2R team in areas of General Accounting, Fixed Assets, Intercompany, Account Reconciliation. Balance month end, quarter end year end - preparation, be responsible for smooth execution & ensure books are closed on time, groom and enable career progression while encouraging. Achieve /exceed retention targets.

- Lead the delivery of outsourced services F&A: R2R to ensure customer satisfaction and increased revenue through client up-sell

- Sound knowledge of the R2R aspects like Inter-co accounting, Fixed Assets accounting, Bank and balance sheet recons, Month end close aspects, Accruals, amortizations, financials submission in Fin. Reporting systems etc.

- Lead the delivery of outsourced services F&A: AP to ensure customer happiness and increased revenue through client up-sell

- Ensure all month-end activities are completed within agreed time and of the highest quality and ensure metrics are met as per agreed critical metrics / SLAs targets as applicable.

- Handling internal & External Audits: Support Ops Compliance / Surveillance teams to ensure zero audit observations and findings. Extensively involve in building MAPs

= Management action plans wherever required and applicable. This needs outstanding governance in checking for policy and practice adherence

- Review the teams day to day activities, including but not limited to invoicing, audit requests, analysis and other requests pertaining to the accounts payable process

- You should partner with your global teams to set up and monitor vendor master file, Payments, T&E Processing and Audits, External Regulatory reporting (Eg 1099, DADS2 etc.), Helpdesk, Statement Auditing, Escheatment Function, VAT and Other Special Processes.

- Take the lead in working with digital teams on introducing breakthrough technology solutions into operations, especially RPA

- Respond to customer requests from legal, internal/external audit or business units, assisting with management response and resolution for in scope areas of responsibility

- Collaborate and work globally with other business leaders and functional leaders to build and commercialize existing and new product offerings

- Demonstrate lean six sigma framework to drive continuous performance improvement and drive transformation agenda

- Must be able to work with cross functional teams like Operations, GPO, Digital team, Transformation team, Transitions team etc.

- Pro-active, ability to trouble shoot, work through organizational change scenarios.

- Implement appropriate mechanisms to identify, understand and bring up performance gaps and/or performance breakthroughs. Develop and implement improvement plans to close performance gaps.

- Collaborate in the new deal process including solutioning, pricing, due diligence, transition, and stabilization

Qualifications we seek in you!

Minimum Qualifications / Skills:

- Own end-to-end client service delivery and P&L

- Be a key driving force in leading new/existing relationships with a set of valuable clients leading to a balanced P&L

- Develop a strategy for winning and transitioning new deals while running and growing the existing relationships

- Own the way in implementing new technologies in operations and display a strong executive presence

- Engage in building collaborative teams that align and work to achieve and Client goals.

- Excellent knowledge on ERP Applications, Workflow Tools, etc.

- Qualified Chartered Accountant and Graduate from top Commerce colleges.

- Prior experience in the services industry in leading large teams in R2R and AP domains.

- Intellectual agility and analytical outlook

Preferred Qualifications/ Skills:

- Prior Record to Report and Accounts Payable Operations experience in the Industry with driving transformation / projects experience / Robotic implementation experience will be preferred