Vice President – Finance Operations

Key Responsibilities

Executive Leadership & Center of Excellence Management

• Strategic Vision: Provide executive leadership to define the long-term vision and strategy for India’s role as a global Financial Operations Center of Excellence.
• Team Leadership (Bangalore & Chennai): Have direct line management responsibility for the large, multi-functional Financial Operations team across Bangalore (focused on Procurement/Sourcing) and the critical compliance functions in Chennai (Accounting, Tax, Internal Audit, and Treasury). This includes executive hiring, talent development, succession planning, and performance management in collaboration with US functional owners .
• Process Transformation: Serve as the primary change agent, leveraging deep experience to identify, champion, and lead high-impact process simplification and automation initiatives across all financial operations globally, focusing on uncomplicating complex processes for the end customer.

Grid Management & Global Governance

• Functional Partnership: Collaborate closely with US-based Functional Owners (Heads of Global Accounting, Strategic Sourcing, Internal Audit, etc.) who define the global strategy, policy, and compliance standards. The VP will provide critical operational insights and ensure local execution excellence.
• Local Leadership: Serve as the most senior financial operations representative in India, collaborating with local country leadership on strategic investments, budget execution, and regional initiatives.
• Global Alignment: Ensure all local financial operations and processes are robustly aligned with global policies, systems, and controls defined by US functional owners.

Functional Oversight (Execution & Compliance)

• Accounting & Treasury (Chennai Focus): Oversee the operational execution of General Accounting, Revenue Accounting, and Treasury functions in India, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting compliant with US GAAP and local statutory requirements.
• Tax & Internal Audit (Chennai Focus): Provide executive guidance on the operational execution of all direct and indirect tax compliance (e.g., GST) and support oversee the local execution of the global India Internal Audit plan, guaranteeing the maintenance of world-class SOX compliance and internal controls.
• Procurement & Strategic Sourcing (Bangalore Focus): Direct the operational implementation of global Procurement and Strategic Sourcing strategy, ensuring P2P efficiency, compliance, and driving significant value capture through cost savings.

Qualification & Requirements

• Education: Chartered Accountant (CA) qualification is mandatory. A CPA or an Executive MBA is highly desirable.
• Experience: 20+ years of extensive, progressive finance and accounting experience, with at least 10+ years in a senior executive leadership role (VP/SVP) leading Global Financial Operations or Shared Service Centers for a major multi-national company (MNC).
• Leadership of Dispersed Teams: Extensive experience successfully leading, mentoring, and motivating very large, multi-functional teams across different Indian locations (specifically Bangalore and Chennai), with direct oversight of compliance-heavy functions (Accounting, Tax, Audit, Treasury).
• Grid Structure Expertise: Extensive experience successfully navigating and leading within a highly complex, global matrix or grid reporting structure, demonstrating executive-level collaboration and influence across functional and geographic lines.
• Transformation Acumen: Verifiable track record as a successful change agent who has personally led and delivered major, multi-year finance transformation programs, resulting in significant process simplification and efficiency gains.
• Technical Depth: Expert-level, executive-grade knowledge of US GAAP, advanced internal controls (SOX), and India-specific tax, accounting, and treasury compliance.

Benefits

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