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The Finance Business Services (FBS) team serves as a strategic and innovative partner focused on supporting business growth, as part of a world-class controllership organization.  

The FBS Manager is responsible for leading the RTR team and is accountable for ensuring customer service, and leading continuous improvement. The role manages the day-today activities (e.g., fixed assets and project accounting, lease accounting, inventory account, payroll accounting, intercompany accounting, or general accounting) within the Record to Report (R2R) tower. Managers will also direct offshore business partners, provide coaching to team members, and support their staff’s development of business and technical skills. The individual in this role has experience leading people and guaranteeing daily service delivery to multiple stakeholders across the company.

This role is expected to collaborate with other FBS team members and stakeholders across the organization to align strategies and to ensure information is shared and transactions are completed effectively. These responsibilities require effective communication skills, building relationships and partnerships, and leveraging business proficiency to suggest solutions and provide recommendations.             

Key Responsibilities and Tasks 

Operational Duties & Oversight (40%)

• Monitors the team's progress against departmental goals.
• Monitors team's daily activities and has a close track of SLAs.
• Plans and executes month end / year end processes.
• Leads regular team calls to address operational topics, improvements and projects that require monitoring and resolution.
• Work with internal and external customers for improving service levels and solving operational issues across the process.
• Fosters continuous improvement and innovation by challenging and empowering teams by giving them guidance and tools for developing automations and building insights for the business.
• Oversees the administration of financial policies.
• Serves as escalation for risks or issues.
• Provides updates and recommendation to leaders at all levels of the organization on short- and long-term objectives and policies, program effectiveness, team accomplishments, summary of findings, and explain internal and external impacts.

  People Management & Team Leadership (30%)                

  • Provides leadership, mentorship and coaching to direct reports (individual contributors).
  • Provides guidance on daily basis, keeps connected, and communicates with the team.
  • Provides performance reviews and timely feedback to direct reports regarding  performance, execution, and contribution.
  • Recruits and hires staff.
  • Manages the different team members with respect for all people, coaching them for bringing up the strengths and skills that will set a successful group of highly motivated and strong performers.
  • Fosters collaboration with team members; develops a supportive and engaged team.

    Continuous Improvements & Controls (10%)

    • Participates in the continuous improvement of FBS processes by developing scalable and innovative solutions.
    • Maintains Internal Controls and drive the team through required compliance.
    • Ensures appropriate processes and job-specific requirements are properly documented.
    • Works closely with controls and compliance teams.

      Collaboration (10%)

      • Leverages prior experiences to help develop and recommend solutions.
      • Effectively develops trust and collaboration with internal customers and cross-functional teams in other towers.
      • Collaborates with appropriate team members to gather input and feedback concerning business needs.
      • Understands the technical needs required for successfully tackling business problems.

        Strategy & Business Development (10%)

        • Manages transformational projects from planning to execution and post action review.
        • Shares insight and ideas on how to continue to evolve processes and increase efficiency.
        • Drives adoption of leading-edge techniques and methods, both predictive and prescriptive; allows team members to develop new skills.

          Nature and Scope         

          • Position reports to FBS Sr. Manager       
          • This position has up to 6 direct reports and manages programs.       
          • Typically requires overnight travel 0-10% of the time.           

            Physical Job Requirements       

            • Most of the time spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about.      
            • On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.            

              Working Conditions      

              • Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.