Builds and maintains a relationship with key stakeholders, seeking to understand stakeholder needs and expectations and how and when to best engage them
Communicates and seeks input proactively upfront incl leveraging business understanding to provide stakeholders alternative perspectives and to build credibility and trust & speaks up and report to directly Commercial and/or Finance Management when information / data seems incorrect or when non-compliance behaviors could be a risk
Partner with Finance Controller to implement accounting guidelines and internal controls to ensure adherence to company policies and guidelines.
Partner with FICM and ICM to understand and assist channel strategy implementation in NV, enhance off-contract discounts management, optimize DDI and DSO and help to ensure compliance with IC policies and reporting.
Weekly Agenda process including stakeholder alignment and reporting to NV Asia
Support Month End, working with local commercial team as well as NV Asia, NV Global and HKFC as required incl key monthly/quarterly performance reporting (eg: MMR, GBR) and controls analysis and reporting & lead the Quarterly Forecasting, Annual Budget and LRFP/StratPlan processes for NV India and support the commercial teams to understand their financial objectives
Work with the Finance Manager NV EA & SSP when required for NV APAC consolidation and reporting.
P&L management, analysis, insight and reporting for NV India
Lead Sales reporting, pricing and margin analysis incl supporting tenders, contracts and business initiatives, discount/promotion review and price adjustments as required. Support Commercial LTs in India in the achievement of their financial metrics incl tracking KPIs, new product launch, sales and P&L analysis
Ad hoc reporting request extending across NV India, EA & SSP when required
Identify and detail risks and opportunities across the processes being supported including clear communication to India NV Commercial LT and NV Finance Director and India Snr Finance Director.
Review NV Balance Sheet and work with HKFC and ICM teams to support compliance across India & assists in providing modelling and inputs necessary to support stakeholders in making business decisions. Help to identify opportunities or process improvements and enact CI projects to implement changes that may extend to the broader NV Asia region.
Support cross-functional and global projects as required
As identified in line with organizational goals & system and process development & improvement (JDE, HFM, Encompass, PowerBI)
Team coverage and support across the India, EA & SSP region & support education and training across the NV India and extending to team members in EA & SSP or NV Asia as required.
What you need:
Strong relationship building abilities
Willingness to occasionally work flexible hours given time zones involved
8-10 years experience in Finance with business partner experience helpful
Desirable Requirement
Bachelors degree in Finance/ Accounting/ Business or relevant focus area
CA/CPA qualified
Experience in a regional role and/or with a multinational company