Head of Accounts receivable (Remote)

We are looking for an experienced finance professional to take on the role as Head of Section Cash Management (HoS CM), who will play a key role in building up the new Global Centre. The HoS CM will report to the Global Centre Pune, Finance Manager. The HoS CM will be leading a team of XX  accountants supporting the IMEA, Americas and Asian regions delivering transactional and operational control do we know the expected team size with US, IMEA & South Asia transitioned.

In your role you will:

Be an active member of the GSS Fi management team in Global Centre Pune driving strategic and people orientated change programs.

Manage a team of professionals delivering/processing the full cycle of cash allocation, cash management, accounts receivable and master data management

Oversee and steer the day to day operation and delegate responsibilities across your team such that key performance indicators are consistently delivered.

Build, coach and develop your team.

Ensure that stakeholder requests are handled with professionalism and positive service attitude while ensuring that delivery is according to defined SLA.

Establish and maintain close and professional partnerships with internal stakeholders.

Streamline internal processes to ensure the most efficient operational standards.

Review and manage exception reports, KPIs, and other key indicators of performance/output.

Work closely with the European Global Centre

Multinational company experience in a shared service organisation (preferably in businesses like ours)

Strong communication skills, both written and oral

Several years experience in managing Credit collections teams to drive performance.  Must be organised and goal oriented.

Solid knowledge in double entry book keeping (you don’t have to be a qualified accountant)

Experience in creating and presenting cash flow forecasts to Regions and Group Treasury.

Drive high quality Balance sheet reconciliations (Accounts receivable and Bank account)

Experience in arranging payments (daily cash mobilisation) in the Regions that are being supported, which means multi-currencies.  This will also mean Legal Entity (LE) deposit maintenance and tracking.

Credit Card payment processing and reconciliation

Given we use Oracle, driving more automation to improve efficiency would be a good thing.