Operations Manager - Team Lead II, Accounting

Overview

Team Lead II, Accounting oversees the delivery and performance of services within the Record-to-Report subprocess, ensuring efficient, high-quality processes and compliance with relevant regulations and policies. The role manages a medium-sized team (direct reports only).

What you'll do

• Oversee the Record-to-Report (RTR) subprocess, ensuring all financial transactions are accurately recorded, reported, and compliant with accounting standards, company policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead and coordinate month-end and year-end close activities, ensuring timely, accurate, and complete financial reporting, including management of journal entries, accruals, provisions, and adjustments in line with internal controls.
• Perform and review balance sheet reconciliations to ensure the integrity, accuracy, and reliability of financial data.
• Ensure adherence to SOX/internal controls and support internal and external audits through timely resolution of audit queries and remediation of identified issues.
• Manage optimal utilization of team resources by balancing workloads, driving productivity, and delivering against established KPIs, SLAs, and performance targets.
• Identify process inefficiencies, root causes, and operational risks, implementing corrective and preventive actions while driving continuous improvement initiatives across the RTR function.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners, including AP, AR, FP&A, Tax, and Treasury teams, to ensure seamless end-to-end process alignment and effective issue resolution.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships, ensuring high levels of service satisfaction while supporting transition activities, knowledge transfer, and stabilization in a shared services environment.
• Lead, coach, and develop team members through ongoing training, performance management, and career development initiatives, fostering an inclusive, high-performing, and engaged team culture focused on talent retention.

What you'll need

• Qualified professional (CA, CPA, CMA, ICWA) or post graduation in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 4-8 years of progressive experience in Finance and Accounting, with strong exposure to the Record-to-Report (RTR) process.
• Minimum 1-3 years of people management experience, with a proven ability to lead, coach, develop, and engage high-performing teams.
• Demonstrated experience managing month-end and year-end close activities, balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, provisions, and financial reporting.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, internal controls, SOX compliance requirements, and audit support processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with stakeholders across multiple functions and levels.
• Proven ability to manage priorities, balance workloads, monitor KPIs/SLAs, and deliver results in a fast-paced shared services or global business environment.

Nice to have

• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills.
• Continuous improvement mindset with experience driving process optimization and operational excellence.
• Strong SAP and RTR process expertise within a shared services environment.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad, India (Hyderabad GBS).
• Work mode: Hybrid.
• Notice: The Food Ingredients business unit is expected to transition to CVC Capital Partners, with the sale presently expected to close in the first half of 2027, pending regulatory approvals and other closing conditions. Applicants acknowledge this awareness in applying.