Description of Duties and Responsibilities:
- Prepares weekly, monthly and quarterly project administration reports for operations and finance teams.
- Analyse project information and create various project accounting reports that are actionable, accurate and timely
- Perform other project accounting activities in collaboration with regional project accounting team with accuracy and high quality.
- Develops and maintains strong business relationships with regional project accounting peers and business operations
- Continuously searches for improvements in project accounting activities and analysis to automate and simplify
- Perform activities at your own like Project set ups, Transfers, Back- ups, Invoicing, Closures, Reporting etc. with high quality and timeliness.
- Allocates and reviews work of staff and provides training, guidance and mentoring to the team members.
- Conduct regular performance evaluations and provide constructive feedback
- Manage the team of 6-9 members with technical support and people & performance management.
- Strong People management and functional/ technical expertise in various finance functions like AP/AR/Expense etc and Project Accounting is definite plus.
- Strong time management and multitasking skills.
- Strong leadership skills in Quality management, compliance, baseline skills management
- Able to perform own set of technical activities and manage team operations
Essential Qualifications & Skills:
- Master’s degree in commerce or equivalent (M.Com. / B.Com. + MBA) with additional qualification in accounting / finance (diploma or certificate course)
- 9 to 11 years of experience in critical accounting and finance functions.
- Minimum 2-3 years of experience in managing and leading staff sized minimum of 5-7
- Experience in Computerized Accounting systems
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (especially advanced excel skills
- Strong analytical and mathematical abilities with attention to detail
- Excellent verbal & written communication skills
- Strong team and collaboration bias
- Willingness to learn
- Flexibility to perform diverse types of job as well as work with different time zones
Desired skills:
- Experience in using major ERP accounting software packages. Experience in Oracle EBS is a plus.
- Exposure to international accounting practices (US GAAP and IFRS)
- Experience in working with global teams
- Experience with documenting, standardizing and improving business processes; quality certifications (Six Sigma, ISO) a plus
- Ability to ensure compliance with company policies and industry standards.
- Proficiency in preparing weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports for operations
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