Saturday, September 22, 2007

General Manager - Financial Planning



Industry-IT Enabled Services/BPO
Career Level-Management/Superviser
Occupation-Finance and Control
Education Level-Bachelor's Degree
Location-Delhi/NCR
Work Experience-18-21
Job Type-Full Time
Ist Language-English
Yearly Salary-1800000-2500000
2nd Language-English
No Of Positions-1
Nationality-India

Probation Period- 3 months

Job Description
Candidate Profile
1. Develops and manages the process, recommends and implements and/or tracks the corporate operations strategy, current year plan, and other programs. The strategy should be both achievable and attractive to investors, permitting efficient funding to occur until the company achieves sustained positive free cash flow operations.
2. Manage the planning process to deliver and effective presentation to the executive team on a timely basis, with effective interim review meetings with Senior Management. Recommend plan targets for the operations team and the individual business units/functional areas at the beginning of the plan. Develop a plan data format to capture the necessary information to evaluate the plan as well as measure the business on a monthly basis in the coming year.
3. Manages the monthly performance review process for the EVP Operations, highlighting areas of performance concern in advance and recommending alternatives to executive management attention.
4. Manages the project/customer profitability analysis for line management, and leads the monthly profitability review for the EVP Operations.
5. Manage the headcount and capital expenditure process for Operations, ensuring investment in both categories is prioritized and achieves targeted productivity and return parameters. Recommend quarterly and annual investments based on inputs from the business units and functional areas, and when necessary present alternative investment approaches.
6. Leads the Corporation’s product and service pricing process, ensuring a closed loop system of pricing that will lead to high quality customer invoices and target margins. Methodologies should be periodically reviewed for applicability in the changing competitive and business environment.
7. Perform financial analysis for corporate special projects as required.
8. Ensure all employees have performance plans within 60 days of assuming a new position, or within 30 days following a performance evaluation that is not followed with a position change.
9. Ensure all employees receive on-time annual evaluations, and at least one informal interim review.
10. Encourage all employees to participate in Development Planning session, and work with all participating employees to assist them in an on-going professional and personal development.
11. Maintain an on-going communication program with all employees which keeps everyone fully informed of company and functional progress.
12. Develop and implement a regular technical training program to ensure all planning personnel are fully capable of complying with US and Indian GAAP requirements, with increasing competencies defined and build into individual position descriptions and performance plans.
13. Maintain an up-to-date organization chart for current and future Aptara requirements, with an annual review with the CFO of development plans for all managers and key staff.
14. Maintain a work environment with high morale, high integrity, high customer satisfaction, high respect for the individual, and full enthusiastic compliance with State and Federal Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, and Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, as well as other statutory and regulatory requirements including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
15. Provide a positive SMILE leadership example and TechBooks ambassador to all employees, team members, peers, and the external community. (SMILE = Success, More Effectively, Imagination, Leadership, Excellence)

Job Profile/Description
Responsible for the Corporate Operations Plan, forecasts, and monthly measurements for Aptara’s vertical, horizontal, and location business units. The individual will directly report to the SVP Finance, and will report on a matrix basis to the EVP Global Operations to support that executives initiative tio sustain and improve gross profitability and EBITDA margins. Issues should be identified in advance, with alternative courses of action identified with a clear recommendation supported by appropriate financial analysis. All matters, technical and personnel, should be conducted with the highest standards of personal and professional integrity. As seniot member of the company and of the Operations staff, this individual must exhibit positive and active leadership to all Aptara management and employees in formal and informal settings. High morale must be gained and maintained within the Planning team, and positive teamwork results must be achieved with peers.

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