Vice President, Financial Applications

Ares Management Corporation; Mumbai City; Presencial; INR 4.000.000 - 7.000.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Ares Management Corporation in Mumbai seeks a senior Financial Applications Vice President to lead the team responsible for financial applications within Finance. The role collaborates with IT, business partners and auditors to drive automation, improve processes and ensure compliant, robust systems.

The candidate will mentor staff, manage interfaces, design user training, and coordinate production deployments, aiming for reliable, scalable finance technology that supports the firm’s growth.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, information systems, or related fields.
• 15+ years relevant experience with ERP/EPM technologies or familiarity with financial concepts.
• Experience with Oracle Fusion, Coupa, Concur, Trintech, D365 Business Central, OneStream, Workiva.

Responsabilidades

• Develop future leaders within the team and mentor staff.
• Test and troubleshoot interfaces between modules/systems, handle exceptions.
• Design end-user training and optimize automation to reduce manual work.
• Collaborate with Finance, IT, and business partners across project phases.
• Ensure SOX controls and audit readiness in financial applications.
• Gather requirements, test configurations, and deploy enhancements to production.
• Drive automation and process re-engineering; share best practices.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Team management

Communication

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in business administration or finance

Herramientas

Oracle Fusion

Coupa

Concur

Trintech

D365 Business Central

OneStream

Workiva

Azure DataLake

Power BI

Hyperion HFM/Essbase

BIP

Excel Macro

SQL

Python

MS Teams

Confluence

JIRA

SERA

Descripción del empleo

Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Job Description

Ares is seeking a Financial Applications Vice President in Mumbai to work within the Financial Applications team in Finance. Our Financial Applications team collaborates closely with other team members within the Finance and Accounting organization, IT teams, business stakeholders, end-users, consultants, and Audit/Compliance on the maintenance of the financial applications as well as involvement in certain projects.

This role requires a reliable, detail-oriented and adaptive professional who can function in the day-to-day requests sent by users as well as participate in various projects, including UAT, setup requirements and configuration updates. Individual should be able to multi-task and transition quickly. The ideal candidate should quickly become familiar with existing processes, review them thoroughly, and provide recommendations for improvements, including opportunities for automation and optimization. In addition, exposure to configurations within the various financial applications, reporting tools and exceptions handling would be helpful. Effective communication skills, and the ability to work independently with multiple personnel/departments will be crucial. Success will be evaluated based on the quality and accuracy of deliverables, adherence to deadlines and milestones, user satisfaction, and the ability to drive team improvements by streamlining processes and collaborating with IT to implement automation.

Primary functions and responsibilities

• Self-motivator and to develop future leaders within the team
• Assist with the testing and troubleshooting of interfaces between modules/systems including handling of exceptions and API constructs
• Design and perform training for end users on best practices of application/system usage and leveraging of technology to reduce manual work
• Provide support when working with Finance and Accounting personnel, IT personnel, Business Partners, and third-party consultant/vendors through the various project phases
• Collaborate with internal and external auditors to ensure compliance with controls related to the various SOX financial applications
• Collaborate with IT and Project Management teams to gather requirements for system enhancements or new configurations, perform testing, and coordinate deployment to production environments
• Value addition in automation and process re-engineering
• Liaising with peers in other departments for best practice developments and process improvements
• Assisting/leading in ad hoc projects and tasks as needed

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, information systems, or related fields

Experience Required:

• 15+ years relevant experience with ERP/EPM technologies or familiarity with financial concepts and basic exposure to ERP or financial systems
• Preferred experience in any of the following applications/tools implementation and maintenance (security, workflow, configuration etc.):
  • Oracle Fusion (Must have)
  • Coupa
  • Concur
  • Trintech
  • D365 Business Central
  • OneStream
  • Workiva
• Knowledge in data analytics/modelling using tools like Azure DataLake, Power BI, Hyperion HFM/Essbase, BIP
• Knowledge in automation via Business Analyst scripting tools like Excel Macro, VBA, PowerAutomate, SQL, Python
• Familiarity/experience with API for interfacing between applications
• Strong skills in Collaboration Tools: MS Teams, Confluence, JIRA, SERA
• Strong skills in MS Office Suite: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, Project
• Providing support and training for end users
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Networking, discovering, and researching of solutions/best practices to system/process limitations
• Familiarity with automation tools and process improvement methodologies

General Requirements:

• Strong team management and leadership is a must
• Strong motivator to drive the team
• Attention to detail is a must
• Ability to identify and analyze problems and develop an effective course of action
• Strong/concise oral and written communication skills, experience providing support to end users
• Strong documentation skills of process, steps, methodology
• Analytical thinker and problem solver
• Familiarity with alternative manager or investment management industry a plus

Reporting Relationships

Controller

There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.