The role will ensure the:
- Provision of financial information for internal reporting is timely, accurate and insightful,
- Forecasts and Budgets are realistic and balanced,
- FP&A processes across the globe are continually improving,
- Operating Profit and Working Capital risks and opportunities across the globe are properly managed.
The role requires a solid team player who will bring energy and passion to this dynamic, diverse and highly acquisitive company. They will need to influence and collaborate all levels of the Finance team the regional Finance teams, the local Finance teams and the outsourced teams
Job Description:
Key activities this role will be focussing on are as follows:
Financial Reporting & Analysis
- Ensure that all internal monthly Actuals reporting, annual Budgeting and quarterly Forecasting is delivered in a timely and accurate way (P&L and Balance Sheet), balancing speed, efficiency and quality.
- Deliver best in class financial information and analysis to both the Dentsu International Board and Dentsu Inc. Finance team, providing timely, sound and clear financial analysis of current results and insights on impacts to future performance.
- Summarize the financial trends across businesses, geographies, brands and capabilities into Board level executive summaries.
- Identify and pursue actionable opportunities to improve the financial performance of the global business.
- Drive P&L, Working Capital and Cash Conversion analysis across the globe.
- Attend the monthly regional business performance reviews, driving closure of the resulting action plans with each region.
- Execute the Budgeting and Forecasting process, working in collaboration with regional Finance teams to ensure planning is realistic, balanced and action-orientated.
- Work closely with the Finance Transformation team to embed the Finance Operating Model, and develop end-to-end FP&A process improvements.
- Develop new reporting formats and analytical tools with the Group consolidation system team, to drive improved financial insight and performance.
- Anticipate internal and or external business challenges and/or regulatory issues and recommend how the business should prepare.
- Maintain a robust FP&A control environment that adheres to the DAN Group policies and embeds best practice across the business.
Business Partnering
- Provide best in class reporting and analysis to the Dentsu Int. Exec and Global Brand Teams, identifying Operating Profit risks to be mitigated and opportunities to be pursued.
- Provide ad hoc analysis as required by the Global teams, including the Dentsu Int. Exec, Treasury, Tax, M&A, IT, Internal Audit, Legal and HR.
Team development
- Be an active part of the Group Finance team, focusing on developing a professional, high performing function. This will include prioritising staff development and putting in place the best structure to deliver the FP&A vision for the business.
- Build strong team ethos with the regional and local Finance teams.
- Mentor some of the next generation of leaders and support the opportunity to transfer talent across DAN.
What we're looking for:
- B.Com /M.Com/ICWAI/MBA/semi-qualified accountant with a minimum of 5-8 years of experience in financial analysis, planning & reporting roles.
- Proven experience of business partnering and commercial acumen, with proven capability to communicate financial performance to senior executives
- Strong communication, collaboration and relationship building skills across global cultures
- Excellent stakeholder management skills
- Clear record of driving end-to-end FP&A process improvements
- Experience of finance transformation projects, including ERP rollouts and offshoring
- Experience of incorporating new acquisitions an advantage
- Knowledge of the Media or Digital sectors an advantage
- Knowledge of SAP BPC reporting tool will add advantage
Location:
Bangalore
Brand:
Bcoe
Time Type:
Full time
Contract Type:
Permanent
