Manager, General Accounting Operations

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Your Role:

As a Team Manager of General Ledger team, you will be handling the below responsibilities:

1. Strategic leadership support: ~10% of your time.

1. Able to envision future of the GL team members for next 3 years, skills/competencies needed, Workforce Upskilling requirements
2. Adopting "AI” + “Hyper automation" as the way forward: Standard & replicable AI agents for PE closes doing sanity checks, identify outliers, one-offs, Trend analysis, analytics for accounting managers, insights on blind spots
3. Measure penetration & Identify, Plan, suggest & Handle transition projects related to scope increase.

2. Tactical management: 40% of your time

1. Stakeholder management:

1. Regular engagement with stakeholders on a periodic basis.
2. Ability to translate stakeholder’s expectations & needs, concerns, Issues into action plans and implement it on the floor.
3. Handling escalations & take it to closure within reasonable period.

2. Team Management: for the overall team (Directs + Team members)

1. End to end People management scope right from ‘Hire’ to ‘Retire’ - Oversee the Process onboarding, change management, Engagement, Setting annual goals & objectives, Feedback, Career discussions, motivation, Rewards & recognition, Workload management, transformation projects (‘Fix’ after lift & shift).
2. Transform the ‘Operating’ culture in line with internal culture programs.
3. Upskill team to next level of challenges & opportunities within Finance through various programs/ curriculums.

3. Knowledge management:

1. Devise & operate a model to preserve ‘What’ & ‘why’ part of the service scope and not only ‘How’
2. Devise & operationalize mechanisms to preserve, retain & upgrade knowledge bank
3. Ensuring business continuity by owning backup arrangement, Cross-training, Process documentation, Training videos.

3. Operations / Process management:

1. Accountable for service scope – Period end closes, Balance sheet account reconciliation, Group a/c queries, supporting statutory & tax audit, achieving Targets in process KPIs (accurate books & On-time submission of books, clean books of accounts, ‘Zero’ audit/Internal control failures,
2. Process transformation – Living a ‘LEAN’ life to achieve process excellence - Identify Initiatives, enable/facilitate brain-storming sessions, bring out ideas for implementation, Business cases for any additional investment and cascading productivity Savings, YoY cost control.
3. Co-ordinate, problem solve, resolve, fix process gaps, knowledge gaps by collaborating with various teams laterally, vertically and cross functional.
4. Able to understand & adopt industry best practices and implementing it.

Who You Are:

To be successful in this role, you need to be:

CPA/CMA with 15+ years of relevant experience – General accounting in a MNC environment working hands on in ERP (mainly SAP). Project management certifications / Experience would be preferred.

Behavioral:

• Able to deal with ambiguity
• Able to influence without authority
• Result-oriented, Pro-active
• Lead by Example
• Game changer

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!