About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Finance Leader to lead and manage finance delivery across Record-to-Report (R2R), FP&A;, and broader CFO functions. The role will be responsible for ensuring operational excellence, process governance, service delivery, continuous improvement, and effective stakeholder management across finance operations.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead end-to-end finance delivery across R2R, FP&A;, financial close, reporting, analytics and decision support processes.
- Own service delivery, process performance, governance, controls and adherence to agreed SLAs/KPIs.
- Partner with CFOs, Controllers, and Finance Leadership Teams to understand business requirements and ensure effective delivery of finance services.
- Drive process standardization, simplification, automation, and continuous improvement across finance operations.
- Identify opportunities to improve process efficiency, quality, productivity, and customer experience through technology and analytics.
- Collaborate with business, delivery, and technology teams to implement scalable and sustainable finance solutions.
- Leverage AI, automation, analytics, and platform capabilities to enhance R2R and FP&A; delivery and decision support.
- Monitor operational performance, identify risks and issue and drive timely resolution and corrective actions.




- Support transition, migration, and stabilization of finance processes, where required.
- Develop and maintain solid relationships with senior finance stakeholders and provide regular updates on service performance, risks, and improvement initiatives.
- Lead, mentor, and develop finance delivery teams while contributing to capability building and practice growth.

Preferred Experience

- Strong experience in R2R and FP&A; finance operations, with a proven track record of managing large-scale finance delivery.
- Experience working with CFOs, Controllers, and senior Finance Leadership Teams.
- Solid understanding of financial close, reporting, accounting operations, planning, forecasting, and management reporting.
- Experience with ERP platforms such as SAP and exposure to finance technology solutions.
- Knowledge of AI, automation, analytics and digital tools relevant to finance operations.
- Demonstrated experience in service delivery, process governance, operational excellence and continuous improvement.
- Strong communication, executive presentation, stakeholder management and team leadership skills.

Eligibility

- CA - 7 years of post-qualification experience
- Experience working with core FMCG organisations

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