Senior Manager- RTR
Bunge
- Mohali, Punjab
- Permanent
- Full-time
Bunge Limited (www.bunge.com, NYSE: BG) is a leading global agribusiness and food company operating in over 40 countries with approximately 31,000 employees. Bunge buys, sells, stores and transports oilseeds and grains to serve customers worldwide; processes oilseeds to make protein meal for animal feed and edible oil products for commercial customers and consumers; produces sugar and ethanol from sugarcane; mills wheat, corn and rice to make ingredients used by food companies; and sells fertilizer in South America. Founded in 1818, the company is headquartered in St. Louis, MO, US. Bunge has implemented a Shared Services Center in Mohali, India to support Global Operations in areas of Finance & Accounting, Trade Operations, Treasury and IT Support and other back office support ServicesThe Record-to-Report (RTR) Team Manager will be the owner and will lead a team of Team Leaders, Executives and Officers on Accounting (General Ledger, Fixed Assets, Intercompany), Local & Global reporting, Tax filing & reporting, Period-end close & reporting including planning, management, and delivery of a business services.Key Responsibilities
- Review the month-end close and ensure all of the deliverables are completed on time with highest quality.
- Sound understanding and application of US GAAP, IFRS or Ind AS in preparation of financial statements, Review the effectiveness of internal control processes and systems.
- Review of standalone and consolidated IND AS\ USGAAP\IFRS financial statement for statutory reporting along with related schedules and notes to accounts.
- Responsible for finalization of monthly and quarterly reporting (Balance sheet, income statement, cash flow) as per US GAAP including 10k reporting schedules under US Security Exchange Commission
- Responsible for the timely completion of activities as part of the Record-to-Report (RTR) function - Accounting (General Ledger, Fixed Assets, Intercompany), Local & Global reporting, Tax filing & reporting, Period-end close & reporting and Master data management
- Manage the team performance and ensure delivery of timely output as per the defined SLAs
- Ownership of Master Data across vendors, customers and GL related (company codes, cost centres, etc.). Approves requests for master data changes
- Accountable for evaluating, reconciling and resolving complex accounting transactions and ensuring reconciliations of accounts
- Monitor and measure the performance of the RTR business process in the Mohali Centre
- Improve the business process flow on a continual basis utilizing industry leading practices
- Help Team Leaders setting policies and procedures for the RTR process
- Act as key contact person for all internal and external groups (Bunge Global, Counterparties and Statutory team) which affect / are affected by the RTR process
- Assist team in trouble shooting and decision making
- Identify changes to long term resource needs and implements appropriate actions
- Ensure role alignment of individuals
- Identify, assess and select resources
- Facilitate performance assessments and conducts feedback sessions
- Determine and adjusts team and individual performance measures
- Support in decisions related to monetary and non-monetary compensation / rewards within established guidelines
- Ensure compliance with Group's Sarbanes Oxley programme and Standard Policy and Procedures
- Provide valuable feedback to staff through annual performance appraisals and goal settings programme
- Business Unit Accounting or Factory accounting will be preferred
- Candidate will support US Entities hence he/she will work in Night Shift
Essential:
- 9+ years of work experience in a similar role • Experience in Agribusiness/Commodity trading industry preferred
- Minimum Education Qualification - Chartered Accountant or CPA,ICWA, MBA Finance, Additional certification in US GAAP or IFRS will be an advantage
- Experience in managing people and processes through a sustained period of change
- Strong subject matter expertise in Financial Closure books of accounts
- Eye for details and the ability to view the financials from a Financial Controller standpoint
- Ability to provide high quality level of customer service for end-to-end Accounting & reporting process
- Ability to partner with other SSC Team Managers to optimize processes across the SSC
- Ability to manage the SSC vision and purpose
- Strong written & oral communications skills in English. Knowledge of Asian or European languages added advantage.
- Strong problem solving & organization skills
- Excellent computer skills and competency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
- Experience in ERP systems
- Experience working in a similar Shared Services Centre setup, a distinct advantage
- Prior experience in transitioning/migrating work from onshore to offshore delivery centers will be an advantage • Prior experience in managing high transaction volumes, with good knowledge of associated controls and procedures
- Experience in SAP, workflow tools and document imaging systems
- Experience in managing and leading teams for service delivery