Description
1. Operational Oversight & Financial Integrity (Daily/Weekly)
- Reconciliation Governance: Oversee daily, weekly and Pull ahead accounts reconciliation workflows. To provide final approval for subledger adjustments in accordance with the Finance Manual (FM).
- Stakeholder Management: Act as the primary escalation point for complex queries, providing expert guidance to internal teams and external partners.
- Team Leadership: Manage a department of 19 (4 Team Leaders, 15 staff), providing coaching, performance management, and resource allocation to ensure operational excellence.

2. Month-End Close & Compliance (Monthly)
- Aging & Risk Mitigation: Enforce strict adherence to aging policies, ensuring no unreconciled items exceed the 90-day threshold. Validate all required logs for consistency, accuracy, and audit readiness.
- Process Quality Assurance: Conduct deep-dive reviews of monthly processes, specifically focusing on timing items, required adjustments to ensure alignment with the Finance Manual.
- BlackLine Management:



Ensure all reconciliations are finalized within agreed BlackLine timelines. Proactively identify and communicate ledger differences or process deviations to senior management.
- Change & Incident Management:
- Communicate process modifications to the Change Management Champion within 48 hours to ensure seamless implementation.
- Identify and report "Things Gone Wrong" (TGW) or process gaps within two business days.
- Review SharePoint Issues and Incidents to determine the necessity of "Operation Identified Comments" (OIC).
- Performance Reporting: Deliver comprehensive monthly quantitative and qualitative metrics to management, detailing final completion status and departmental performance.

3. Strategic Compliance & Innovation (Quarterly/Annually)
- Internal Control Governance: Coordinate and submit Quarterly Compliance and Risk (CaR) updates to Ford Credit Europe and Global Internal Control.
- Audit Readiness: Target "Nil" major comm

📌 Deputy Manager (Chennai)
🏢 Ford Motor
📍 Chennai