Cognizant Looking for Director at Chennai, Tamil Nadu Full Time

• Act as a thought leader by providing analytical insight and perspective to leadership

o Assess and evaluate financial performance of Corporate functions against its long-term operational goals, budgets, and forecasts.

o Analyze in-flight capital investments including the actual B/S, P&L, contracts, and cash-flow schedules

o Establish and maintain cadence for analysis and review of financial results and provide recommendations

o Preparing routine and special reports for senior management as necessary

• Strengthen corporate function financial management and oversight

o Develop and set clear governance guidelines for investment and spending

o Drive transparency, cost simplification, and value measures across Corporate Functions

o Hold stakeholders accountable for budget goals, financial forecast, return on investment business cases, and other corporate agreements

o Monitor and provide strong oversight of all Corporate functions operating costs and investment spending

o Uphold and maintain a balance between risk mitigation and operational efficiency.

o Ensure regulatory, data, and controls compliance for all processes/programs undertaken by the finance teams.

o Analyze strategic rationale, B/S, P&L, C/F impacts of new capital investment requests/business cases prior to submitting for approval per governance framework

• Partner with corporate functions on financial planning, including the operating forecast, annual budget, and multi-year outlook

o Collaborate with function owners to build the annual budget that balances corporate guidance and critical growth investments

o Ensure material changes to operating forecast is accurately captured and communicated to key stakeholders, such as Corporate FP&A team, Treasury, Controllership

o Consolidate and capture investment requests during annual budgeting. Subsequently, track actuals & forecasts to the budget

o Manage chargeback mechanism consistent with chargeback policies and be able to explain to stakeholders their allocations

o Implement standardized reporting to senior management (consolidation of monthly/ quarterly financial results, annual budget and monthly forecasts)

• Balance stakeholder interests and align investment consideration to top-line and bottom-line performance goals with clear return on investment (RoI) objectives and hold stakeholders accountable for results
• Lead with integrity and create an environment where team members feel included, valued, and supported to do work that energizes them.
• Accomplish management responsibilities which include sourcing and hiring talented team members, providing ongoing coaching and feedback, recognizing and developing team members, identifying and managing risks, and completing daily management tasks
• Identify and drive initiatives to continuously improve, automate and scale the team
• Build relationships and partners across departments and with business teams to thoroughly understand investment impact and advocate for the company’s return on investment objectives

• Bachelor Degree in Accounting or Finance; CA or MBA Preferred
• 12+ years of experience in one or a combination of the following: finance, accounting, FP&A, treasury, analytics, and reporting
• 8+ years of management experience
• Prior finance experience in large-scale global IT or professional service organization required
• Experience with Peoplesoft ESA and Oracle BI, Hyperion a plus
• Good knowledge of U.S. GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley, particularly around accounting treatment for capital investments

• Strong ability to build awareness and consensus on the value of financial navigation
• Strong relationship building skills and a highly professional “client service orientation”
• Strong analytical skills and able to translate financial information to various business audiences to drive decision making.
• Excellent communicator in both oral and written settings. Able to distill insights from analysis into practical actionable recommendations.
• Ability to interact with all levels of management, specifically Senior Management
• Strong attention to detail, formatting, and numerical accuracy
• Strong interpersonal skills – with the emotional intelligence to relate effectively to a range of individuals with significantly different personality types and/or cultural backgrounds.
• Organized and self-motivated
• Advance ability to investigate and drill into the required level of detail to understand root cause
• Able to adapt style to changing situations with tact, poise, and patience
• Strong passion for how finance can drive positive business outcomes
• Able to receive feedback and look to make improvements