General Ledger - Manager

Role and Responsibilities Position: Manager / Sr. Manager Finance and Accounting Function: General Ledger Location: Chennai Role / Tower Description (Describe in a line)

A general ledger (GL) process is a chronological accounting that a business uses to keep track of financial transactions. A general ledger consists of recording all accounting transactions related to a entities assets, liabilities, equity, revenue, and expenses. The general ledger works as a central repository for accounting data transferred from all sub ledgers or modules like accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash management, fixed assets, purchasing and projects.

Objective of the Position (Describe in a line) This position is responsible for the maintaining the review and control mechanism, support and be part of delivery team; taking the process to next level; the individual is also responsible for achieving the quality and play a vital role in cost reduction.

Key Responsibilities To manage the day-to-day planning, operation and problem-solving of a team of financial accountant/analysts To deliver the process, meet the required service level agreements, maintaining quality and achieving productivity targets & key performance indicators To ensure delivery of a consistently superior Agency/HO experience by showing highly knowledgeable and focused attitude Demonstrate ownership and problem resolution along with offering reasonable solutions To be a Subject Matter Expert having the responsibility of reviewing the deliverables of the team and placing appropriate controls Expected to provide input to validate the work recommendations and the business processes and identify gaps or areas of concern To work on all other additional aspects defined time to time by management To conduct weekly team huddles and report the process progress to the management To act as the communication conduit between staff and the management Own and drive continuous improvement within the process through actively identifying such opportunities through quality initiatives. Recommendations for process development based on Agency/HO feedback and analysis To work closely with the agency/HO/Country Managers/Management/support teams to up skill the capability to deliver end to end process from shared service facility by taking the process to next level To support various audits internal and external covering all aspects with no non-conformity People Management, including all HR related issues, as well as staff training and development and attrition control Monitoring, coaching and feedback of the work performed by the staff Reviewing Team perfomamce with the Supervuisors/AM's. Operational Management: Managing the floor, adherence to schedule Propagate positive teamwork across work groups & drive business results Compiling reports on teams performance and customer feedback including process dashboards and MIS Reports. Communication and being a focal point of dissemination of information from management to team and vice versa A Bachelors or Master's degree in Accounting from an accredited college or university is required. Good to have additional professional qualification.

Qualification 12+ years (preferably 16 years) of responsible accounting & finance experience; reconciliation/ reporting experience with mid to large size organization, outsourcing & share services experience preferred. Team leading experience is must in general ledger process.

Experience Preferred professional qualification/ IFRS certification

Certifications (if any) Accounting & Finance Subject Matter Expert in accounting, closing & reporting. ERP- preferably ORACLE/ SAP Microsoft Office Knowledge (Domain and IT)