Head of Global Finance Hub – India
The opportunity
As the Head of Global Finance Hub - India at Linesight, you will lead highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will build on your vast industry experience which will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. You will be mentored and supported by industry leaders and given the tools to grow. You will also be involved in and contribute to our business strategy as we continue to evolve. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.
This is a newly created role responsible for buidling and leadership of a new global finance hub in Bengaluru, India and reporting to the APAC Director of Finance. The new Global Finance Hub will comprise members from core Finance teams: Financial Reporting, FP&A, Tax & Compliance, Treasury, Accounts Payable & Receivable and Commercial Finance. We anticipate the team will comprise 15 FTEs initially but expect it will grow rapidly. The successful candidate will be an experienced leader with the technical skills and experience to build relationships with Finance Leadership and manage a team spanning multiple finance functions.
In this role you will:
- Engage regularly with the Finance Leadership team and manage internal customers located in APAC, USA and EMEA
- Manage recruitment of new roles across various Finance Functions
- Lead a growing Global Finance Hub Team
- Understand stakeholder issues and proactively identify solutions
- Input to process reviews and identify enhancement opportunities
We would love to hear from you if you:
- Are ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified
- Have 10+ years' PQE finance experience in audit/accounting/analysis
- Are experienced building teams and leading people
- Have experience working with and influencing overseas stakeholders
- Have experience working in a finance shared services team and ideally have helped develop this service offering
- Have broad experience of Finance functions and Finance Operations plus experience with Oracle Fusion would be an advantage
- Are results driven, self-motivated and resourceful
- Are comfortable in a start-up environment and happy to be hands-on initially
- Are able to communicate with and coordinate stakeholders from across the globe, comfortable managing multiple time zones
- Thrive on building strong relationships with your team and clients through a shared purpose and sense of openness and fun
At Linesight, we believe that our success is tied to the success of our employees, and we are committed to creating a workplace that is fair, equitable, and inclusive for everyone. We understand that creating an environment where all employees have an equal opportunity to thrive requires a concerted effort across every stage of their time with us, from hiring and onboarding to promotion, career growth, and development.
As part of this commitment, we have implemented a range of policies and initiatives to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). This starts with our attraction pipeline and accessible job descriptions, designed to attract a broad range of candidates, and continuing throughout the employee life cycle with DE&I checks built in at every stage. Fairness, consistency, and transparency are the core principles for all our hiring, salary increase, and promotion decisions with built-in gender pay gap checks. Employee and family-friendly policies also enhance inclusion and equity in our teams.
About Corporate Services
An extensive range of corporate services expertise is required for an organisation of our scale and reach to be successful, and we have fantastic teams of professionals across a range of functions such as tax and finance, marketing, operations, and people and organisational development. Whether at the earliest stages of your career, or an experienced professional, we are committed to nurturing, supporting, mentoring, and stretching our people, so that you can maximise your potential and meet your career aspirations in your field of expertise.
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