Head - Finance Shared Services India

• Lead end-to-end Accounts Payable operations.
• Drive implementation and user adoption of Medius tool.
• Ensure full compliance in all processes including TDS, GST, IDPMS, MTT
• Drive payment cycle effectiveness and working capital visibility.

• Monitor compliance with travel and expense policies. Drive zero tolerance.
• Implement controls and exception reporting.

Treasury and cash management

• Ensure optimum investment of funds as per treasury policy
• Ensure close alignment with central treasury team
• Track and project cash flow - ensure availability of funds as required
• Be central point of contact for relationships with bankers and NBFCs. Lead co-ordination with banks for aspects such as RBI approvals (where required), EDPMS, IDPMS, MTT transactions closure.
• Update list of bank signatories on regular basis – keep signatory list current.

• Act as Finance Process Owner for ERP implementation till go live and beyond.
• Lead process harmonization and future-state finance design as per global template.
• Drive process transformation required for new ERP
• Drive user adoption and post-go-live stabilization.

• Drive implementation of global initiatives such as tools, processes in India.
• Drive simplification, standardization, transformation and governance.
• Implement automation and digitization projects.
• Minimize non-value-added activities and manual interventions.
• Define, measure and ensure adherence to KPIs and SLAs including quality, timeliness, productivity, compliance, cost efficiency.

• Drive a strong control culture. Strengthen preventive and detective finance controls.
• Close all audit issues timely and implement sustainable actions to prevent recurrence.
• Map end-to-end processes and ensure all risk areas are appropriately mitigated.
• Ensure strict adherence to all applicable policies, processes and authority matrix
• Ensure appropriate backup documents, approvals, audit trail is available, retained and accessible easily. Eliminate person-dependence to retrieve records.

• Partner with business finance teams and leadership.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across all teams - global and local as well as external stakeholders such as auditors, banks, other service providers.
• Manage stakeholder expectations through service-level agreements.

• Build, coach and develop a high-performing finance shared services team.
• Establish cross-training and succession plans.
• Promote accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.

To contribute effectively to our business, you will require these essential skills -

• 15-20 years of experience, at least 5 years in leadership role
• Proficient in accounting (IFRS, India GAAP) and strong process knowledge
• Working knowledge of India company law and taxation laws
• Hands-on experience with statutory audit and financial reporting
• Experience of leading shared service organization is recommended
• Preferred experience: ERP implementation, process improvement, working in a matrix MNC

Personal attributes:

• Go-getter attitude, willingness and ability to challenge the status quo and improve ways of working
• Ruthless focus on integrity, controls and compliance
• Ability to collaborate and work in sync with multiple stakeholders
• Ability to form and assertively put forward a point of view.
• An eye for detail
• High degree of ownership and accountability.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Ability to influence without direct authority.

Why should you apply:

We offer you an interesting and challenging position in an open and friendly environment where we help each other to develop and create value for our customers.

An exciting place to build a global network with different nationalities.

Your work will have a true impact on Alfa Laval’s future success; you will be learning new things every day.

We care about diversity, inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes.

We also believe behavioural traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role.

To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games.

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