Director - Finance - Global Business Services

**_Director - Finance - Shared Services_**
- At The Association, our impact is global. We help people build and grow careers that improve their lives, help communities succeed, and help countries build strong economies. Together, we lead the most influential body of professional accountants and shape the future of the global accounting profession._

**Summary of Role**:
Design and implement GBS Finance Strategy for service delivery, operational excellence and finance transformation. Support set-up and grow KL-hub. Functional oversight of Order to Cash (OTC), Procure to Pay (PTP), Payroll and Record to Report (RTR) Towers (mainly covers the Association’s* operations in US, UK, Asia Pacific, Africa, rest of Europe regions). Global Process Owner (GPO) of Towers owning policy decisions, audit & compliance, and End to End (E2E) process & performance framework for the Towers.

**Accountabilities & Responsibilities**:
**Functional Accountability and Service Delivery**
- Oversight of Global OTC, PTP, Payroll and RTR Towers/ Functions ensuring timely delivery of services to external customers, vendors, employees, and other stakeholders of the Association.
- Ensure accurate maintenance of Profit & Loss account (P&L) and Balance Sheet in-line with internal policies and applicable financial reporting standards.
- Design month-end close calendar and ensure timely and materially accurate closure of subledgers and general ledger - monthly and at year-end in collaboration with Finance Leadership Team.
- Review key balance sheet account reconciliations under the purview of GBS, supporting to maintain integrity and robustness of balance sheet of the Association and its subsidiaries.
- Oversight of MAPAGlobal financial operations ensuring timely and accurate maintenance of P&L and Balance Sheet, statutory compliance and reporting, cross-charging of service fees to the ASSN, financial review of key contracts and budgetary alignment.

**Strategy, Stakeholder and **Operational Excellence**
- Set-up the GBS Finance Team consolidating processes across multiple locations and entities across US, UK and Regions to a single hub covering scope of PTP, OTC, Payroll and RTR Towers. This includes agreeing scope of transition with respective stakeholders, roles and levelling of staff, high level job descriptions, determining transition methodology and plan, and having oversight of successful knowledge transfer leading to go-live, and subsequent stabilization of operation.
- Set the strategic direction for the GBS Finance Team in alignment with VP GBS and VP Finance, determining performance metrics, core priorities and ensuring SLAs are met and any deviations are addressed on timely basis aligning key stakeholders
- Drive resolution of strategic issues, support operationalize new business opportunities with high visibility and providing progress updates to Senior Leadership Team and relevant stakeholders.
- Internal stakeholder engagement across the Association at senior level to influence decisions and drive collaborative and partnership approach to solution building, problem solving and cross functional work optimization.
- Oversight of maintaining right relationship with external partners that are relevant for GBS scope of work such as payroll vendors, operational banking teams and auditors to ensure collaboration and joint success.
- Design and ensure implementation of the GBS Finance innovation, optimisation, automation and value creation agenda aligning stakeholders, and leading the team through change.

**Risk, Control, Policy and Compliance**
- Compliance to International Financial Reporting Standards and US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and other local standards as applicable to each country and region, tax and other statutory requirements pertaining to payments, revenue recognition, pension contribution, statutory deductions and all activities concerning PTP, OTC, Payroll and RTR functions.
- Engaging with external auditors and ensuring all audit deliverables are met for all Association’s entities for the successful completion of interim and yearend external audits.
- Ensure preparation of Audited Financial Statements for the Regions and filing with relevant regulatory body.
- Design and maintain the internal control framework and matrix for the OTC, PTP, Payroll and RTR Towers ensuring that risks are identified on a timely manner and are either prevented or detected with sufficient controls or accepted in alignment with Finance VP and IARC Team. Ensure timely closure of Internal Audit (IA) findings.
- Review and approve all polices related to OTC, PTP, Payroll and RTR Towers and ensure effective implementation across the organization and adherence to policy.
- Oversight of business continuity plan for the GBS Finance Team

**People Management**
- Plan resources strategically leveraging on technological advancements (RPA, automated workflows, and ERP enhancements), business cycle and finance transformation to create