Overview
We have a role for a
Finance Business Partner - Lead to provide end to end finance support for Annalect India Business Units. This might be a great fit if have strong Financial Planning and Analysis skills & would like to be part of a growing team. You will be closely working with our Global and India Finance Teams.
Location: Bangalore
About Annalect India
We are an integral part of Annalect Global and Omnicom Group, the second largest advertising agency holding company in the world in terms of revenue and is the leading global marketing communications company. Our portfolio includes: three global advertising agency networks: BBDO, DDB and TBWA; three of the world's premium media services under Omnicom Media Group: OMD, PHD and Hearts & Science.
Annalect India plays a key role for our group companies and global agencies by providing stellar products and services in areas of Creative Services, Technology, Marketing Science (data & analytics) and Media Services. We are growing rapidly and looking for talented professionals like you to be part of this journey.
Let us build this, together!
Responsibilities
This is an exciting role and would entail you to
- Collaborate with Annalect US Client Finance Team and Annalect India Finance Manager to review, Understand Client contracts for Annalect India Services, including Fee reconciliation on a monthly basis.
- Partner with business leads to understand status of projects and assess financial risks.
- Maintain HC & Payroll actual/forecast detail file, perform reconciliations against recruiting reports / payroll records and follow up to resolve discrepancies & Providing Variance Analysis for BU.
- Executing billing to agency/client on monthly basis.
- Follow up with Agency finance for billing approval and accounts receivable.
- Management information System (MIS) at BU level to be shared with respective stakeholders.
- Develop yearly budget and monthly forecast with stakeholders post alignment with agency confirmation.
- Prepare Monthly Sales pipeline in coordination with stakeholders and publishing to US finance Team.
- Actively involved in Ad-hoc projects.
Qualifications
This may be the right role for you, if you have
- Graduate/Post-Graduate degree with 5-8 years of experience in Finance Domain.
- Advanced Excel skills are required including knowledge of pivot tables, V-lookups, and conditional formulas.
- Must be proactive, a team player and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to multi-task, meet deadlines and communicate effectively within and outside Finance department.
- Ability to work both independently and in a team oriented, collaborative environment.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
- Essential stakeholder management skills.
- Experience in Microsoft Dynamics AX, MediaOcean, and Hyperion experience is a plus.
