This role needs to manage a team sized up to 250 FTEs with direct reports based in the Hub. Main responsibilities shall include recruitment, onboarding, training, performance management, offering feedback, employee relations, and ensuring compliance with labor laws and regulations.

STRATEGY

Develop and execute a comprehensive Accounting & Finance operations strategy in the Hub aligned with the organization’s goals and objectives. Provide visionary leadership to the operations team, driving continuous improvement, innovation, data integrity, best practices, and cost efficiency of the operations. Position Accounting & Finance operations as a trusted partner, manage stakeholders efficiently.

GOVERNANCE

Create efficient organizational structure focusing on core skills for better and faster decision-making, operations, and improvement. Maintain and continuously improve the span of control. Understand alignment need within MBS (e.g., Functional Solution, CAO) and outside MBS (e.g., Enabling Functions).

PERFORMANCE

Build performance transparency and steer service delivery of the Accounting & Finance operations based on data, reaching agreed KPIs and productivity targets. Understand the business need and deliver service based on the requirement. Establish sustainable Daily management, Problem solving and Performance management process. Drive performance improvements in the Hub and cross functionally. Ensure adherence to the SOPs, policies etc. and improve quality and compliance of the delivered service. Drive quality, user experience and effectiveness across the organization E2E by working with relevant business stakeholders.

PROCESS

Identify opportunities for automation and process improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce manual interventions, optimize end-to-end operation.

CAPABILITY & COMPETENCE

Create a talent hub, understand the upskilling need, develop teams to be true solution partner, develop learning journeys for SMEs in operations, drive best practice sharing, knowledge sharing.

PEOPLE & CULTURE

Effectively communicate company’s goals, strategies, and performance targets to the operational teams. Be a role model driving continuous improvement mindset and High Impact Culture. Provide environment for the innovation, curiosity and learning.

Strategic impact:

• Guide the team to leverage the power of technology and LEAN management to achieve efficiency and effectiveness goals.
• Contribute to the standardization of the Accounting and Finance process from a global view. Build up proper interface and strong partnership with internal and external stakeholders

• Bachelor’s degree is required, advance degree is strongly preferred.
• CPA certification is required.
• A minimum of 8 years of professional experience in Finance Operations focusing on Month End Closing, General Ledger, Product Costing and Management Accounting.
• A minimum of 3 years of management experience is required.
• Experience in Global Business Services or Shared Services for at least 5 years is a must.
• A solid understanding of Accounting and Finance processes is strongly preferred.
• Highly analytical, detail oriented and a strong business sense
• Strong written and verbal communication in English, knowledge of other European language is a plus.
• Effective time management, stakeholder management, organizational skills and sense of risk management,
• Experience in the GBS area is a strong plus.