Description Summary of Responsibilities The successful candidate will ensure that our financial operations are prepared for our continued expansion and reports into Manager, Global FinOps AP. This will include working with our Retail partners, finance, transportation, fulfillment center operations teams to ensure we service our vendors in a manner fitting with our "Customer Obsession" philosophy.
FinOps Specialist is responsible for the smooth operations of Vendor Payables operations at Pune, which includes Vendor-setup, Inventory, Non-Inventory, and Other Vendor Payables activities. This position will be responsible for a process within Accounts Payable Operations including: hiring, training, and employee development; managing group workload and establishing priorities; ensuring existing policies and procedures are followed; managing annual performance targets and operating budget; creating and monitoring appropriate performance metrics. This position will also act as an escalation point in resolving complex outstanding issues with internal and external business partners.
The successful candidate will have a good desire in innovating processes and exceed expectations in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, primarily driving innovation on behalf of customers/vendors.
Key Job ResponsibilitiesBusiness Responsibilities
- Drive development and expansion of systems and processes required to execute on-time payments to Vendors.
- Owns defining/adhering to policies related to AP and drive consistency with entities globally.
- Solve complex customer/vendor issues and proactively head off negative service trends. Understanding and correctly utilizing resources provided by internal systems, departments, policies, and procedures.
- Build and monitor performance metrics,
with principal focus on ensuring on-time payments, cost out initiatives and estimating future headcount growth by country.
- Drive the expansion of self-service functionality in order to improve vendor experience and reduce manual processes.
- Maintain weekly and monthly communications and metrics reporting with Director and VP level business partners in Digital business and finance teams.
- Develop, modify and maintain the operational and design effectiveness of internal controls.
- Partner with Internal Audit.
- Lead cross-functional systems and process improvement initiatives.
Knowledge & Skills/ Business Acumen/ Education & Experience
- B.com/M.com/MBA, with 6 or more years of post-qualification experience in Shared Services, Accounts Payable.
- Good Customer focus (both Internal/External).
- A work ethic based on a good desire to exceed expectations.
- Positive interpersonal skills - including written and oral communication skills.
- Expertise in Six Sigma defect reduction techniques (DMAIC, etc.).
- Retail industry experience (Preferred).
- Experience using Oracle Financial Applications (Preferred).
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field.
- 3 years of finance experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of standard software including Excel, Access, Oracle, Essbase, SQL, and VBA skills.
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Locations
- IND, MH, Pune
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