Reporting Team Leader

Omnicom; Mumbai City; Vor Ort; INR 1.200.000 - 2.000.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

SharePoint experience

Professional development opportunities

Zusammenfassung

Omnicom in Mumbai seeks a Team Leader for R2R closing and statutory accounting across agencies. This role manages month-end close, reconciliations, and reporting, ensuring accuracy and compliance with policies.

You will mentor associates, drive process improvements, and support audits while maintaining high service levels. The ideal candidate holds Chartered Accountant Equivalent or MBA in Finance with 6+ years in R2R, plus experience in SAP/Hyperion/Vantage and strong English communication.

Qualifikationen

• 6+ years of work experience in R2R areas; 2+ years as a team leader/supervisor
• Experience in SAP/Hyperion/Vantage or similar ERP systems
• Good knowledge of period-end closing & reporting and Statutory reporting
• Experience in Advertising and Media industry preferred
• Minimum Education Qualification – Chartered Accountant Equivalent, MBA in finance
• Management of a high transaction volumes business, with good knowledge of controls and procedures
• Ability to provide high level of customer service for the closing & reporting processes
• Strong written and oral communications skills in English
• Strong problem solving and organizational skills
• Experience in managing people and processes through a sustained period of change
• Excellent computer skills and competency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)

Aufgaben

• Perform month-end and year-end closing activities, ensuring timely completion in accordance with the close calendar and SLAs
• Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations, lead schedules, general ledger balances and supporting documentation for accuracy of financial reporting
• Prepare and review monthly account reconciliations, adjustment journal entries and other general ledger activities
• Support Agency Local Finance – financial statement preparation, data consolidation, Hyperion/OneStream reporting, GAAP conversion, statutory accounting and ad-hoc reporting
• Prepare and review annual financial statements
• Prepare and review Lead sheets and supporting documents for monthly binders
• Ensure financial controls for R2R closing and reporting are documented and complied with
• Manage internal and external audit process and respond to queries
• Review audit templates and liaise with audit staff
• Monitor SharePoint tickets and adhere to SLA
• Review team performance and drive improvements
• Provide enhanced customer service to Omnicom network agencies
• Drive process improvements and standardize practices across agencies
• Ensure SOX compliance within processes
• Provide feedback via annual performance appraisals and rotate responsibilities as needed
• Contribute inputs for annual budgeting and agency billings
• Liaise with consultants for LLP returns and compliance
• Act as Controller for Omnicom book closing and guide SSC teams on provisions and accruals

Kenntnisse

R2R processes

Team leadership

SAP

Hyperion

Vantage

GAAP reporting

Statutory reporting

Advertising industry knowledge

Microsoft Office

English communication

Ausbildung

Chartered Accountant Equivalent

MBA in Finance

Tools

SAP

Hyperion

Vantage

SharePoint

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Jobbeschreibung

Position Summary:

The Team Leader will manage activities related to period end closing & reporting, Statutory accounting across agencies. Responsibility includes managing day-to-day operations, assisting the R2R Manager with workload management, supervising associates in transaction processing and conducting data & process analysis as required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform month-end and year-end closing activities, ensuring timely completion in accordance with the close calendar and established SLAs.
• Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations, lead schedules, general ledger balances and supporting documentation to ensure the accuracy of financial reporting.
• Prepare and review monthly account reconciliations, adjustment journal entries and other general ledger activities to ensure accuracy, completeness and compliance with applicable accounting policies.
• Support provided to Agency Local Finance – Financial statement preparation, consolidation of data / schedules, Hyperion/One stream reporting, GAAP Conversion, Statutory Accounting, Mandatory and ad-hoc reporting.
• Preparing and reviewing annual financial statements.
• Prepare and review Lead sheets (summary of GL balance mapped to Hyperion balance) along with applicable supporting documents for monthly binders.
• Ensure the financial controls pertaining to R2R Closing and reporting processes are appropriately documented, complied with and reviewed on a periodic basis.
• Manage internal and external audit process and queries for in scope agencies.
• Review audit templates and liaise with audit staff
• Monitor SharePoint tickets and adhere to agreed Service Level Agreement (SLA)
• Review team’s monthly performance in accordance with the SLA, discuss areas for improvement and Report
• Provide enhanced level of customer service to external groups (Omnicom network agencies)
• Drive process improvements and efficiency ensuring common processes are applied to all agencies and leading practices are adopted through staff training and system enhancements
• Ensure processes operate within the Group’s Sarbanes Oxley programme and Standard Policy and Procedures.
• Provide valuable feedback to reporting staff through annual performance appraisals and goal settings programme. Also assign and periodically rotate responsibilities to team members based on performance.
• Provide inputs required for various phases of annual Budgeting process and Agency billings.
• Liaise with consultant for filing of LLP returns and other compliance.
• Act as a Controller for Omnicom book closing and provide instructions to different SSC teams for booking expense provisions, revenue accruals, payroll related accruals, etc.

Knowledge and Experience

Essentials:

• 6+ years of work experience in R2R areas. 2+ years as a team leader/ supervisor
• Experience in SAP/Hyperion /Vantage or similar ERP systems
• Good knowledge of concepts and procedures related to period-end closing & reporting and Statutory reporting
• Experience in Advertising and Media industry preferred
• Minimum Education Qualification – Chartered Accountant Equivalent, MBA in finance
• Management of a high transaction volumes business, with good knowledge of associated controls and procedures
• Ability to provide high level of customer service for the closing & reporting processes
• Strong written and oral communications skills in English
• Strong problem solving and organizational skills
• Experience in managing people and processes through a sustained period of change
• Excellent computer skills and competency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)

A distinct advantage:

• Experience working in a Shared Services Centre focused on Finance & Accounting activities
• Experience in document imaging software like SharePoint