Sr| Executive| Accounts Finance

Job Title: Senior Executive – Accounts & Finance

Reporting To: Regional Finance Controller - Middle East - Africa

Location: Mumbai

Minimum Qualifications: University degree or equivalent in Accounting or Finance.

Desired Qualifications: Semi-qualified CA or B. Com

Roles and Responsibilities:

· Support the RFC for the deployment and integration of the finance organization including implementation of group standards and systems, sharing the best practices, providing training, etc.

· Support the dedicated finance team across the region for the invoicing and cash collection process. Also ensure vendor management is done in an effective manner.

· Work and challenge the entities to produce monthly and quarterly consolidated financial statements, KPIs, budgets.

· Analyze the financial performance of the projects/entities.

· Analyze SG&A, Working capital, Cash Flow from Operations, risk and opportunities, foreign exchange impacts.

· Setting up procedures related to timely and qualitative statutory reporting processes and for reconciliation process between financial statements for local purpose and those report for consolidation and being accountable for the same.

· Advise countries across the region on accounting, IFRS, Tax.

· Supports the continuous improvement of the regional accounting, ERP, and reporting tools.

· Contribute to the watch and assessment of new regulations, in particular with respect to finance, accounting and tax matters.

· Contribute to the compliance of all companies within the Middle East region with finance & accounting policies of group.

· Contribute when needed to the definition of procedures and methods for Business Development in all aspects related to project accounting representation and integration within the Middle East scope.

Skills:

· Ability to work independently with a high level of initiative, and sense of urgency.

· Able to manage various and shifting priorities, able to adapt quickly with tight deadlines.

· Team player with ability to work with all levels of management and develop relationships.

· Ability to engage constructively with different stakeholders (finance and non-finance)

· Capability to summarize (synthetic mindset)

· Must be very good with communication and English language.

· Strong analytical reasoning

· Able to work with collaboration tools like PowerBI.

· Capabilities to drive IT digitalization within the finance department.

· Good knowledge of O365; proficiency in building complicated tables in Excel is mandatory.

· Knowledge/experience on D365 is a plus point.

· Knowledge and experience in financial controlling, FP&A, or similar environment

· Additional experience outside finance is optional but could be useful.

· Strong base knowledge of accounting, finance, and operational principles

· Must have budgeting/forecasting/reporting experience with managing multiple entities.

· Familiar with complex organizations (multicultural, wide geographical scope)

· Knowledge of NVOCC / Freight forwarding Business is a plus point