Thursday, September 30, 2010

Sr Accounting manager- Microsoft

Company :  Microsoft 

location :  Hyderabad

Position/Role:
• Accounting Manager
• End to End ownership of all controllership for One Legal Entity
• This is an individual contributor role but will work very closely with the respective leads in each function and manage through impact and influence
Reporting:
• Reports to Hyderabad Financial Controller, who has overall responsibility for accounting, reporting, statutory compliances for all business units in Hyderabad. The Hyderabad Finance Controller position reports to the India Finance Controller
Education:
• Chartered Accountant, with strong academic achievements, CS qualification will be an added advantage
Experience:
• Desired experience of 7-8 years of relevant experience
• Strong relevant experience from industry or public accounting
• Experience with strong organization pedigree is important
Location:
• Hyderabad
Other:
-In-depth Knowledge of Statutory and Accounting Policy requirements
-Exceptional interpersonal, organizational and analytical skills
-Strong written and verbal communication skill
-Demonstrated ability to multi-task and work with remote and diverse teams.
-Proven skills of handling consolidation, statutory book close and audit processes
-Advanced PC skills in spreadsheet and relational database applications required.

Book Keeping, Accounting and Close processes
•Work closely with the Accenture BPO teams to drive accuracy and completeness on accounting and month close processes
•Responsible to maintain and monitor books for various requirements; a) US GAAP accounts for parent company b) Statutory books for Indian Company law/ Indian GAAP c) Tax books as per Income-Tax requirements
•Responsible for evangelism and implementation of finance policies and practices
•Responsible for implementation of Sox related compliances
Statutory Compliance and Governance
•Responsible for all tax, statutory and regulatory compliances of the legal entity– IT, IDT, RBI, IT, ROC etc.
•Responsible for Transfer Pricing study and compliance of all contemporaneous documentation requirements mandated by law and practice
•Responsible to ensure that all statutory compliances including adhering to FEMA rules are followed while handling all foreign currency transactions.
•Driving toward Green on Compliance Tracker through timely and accurate compliance of all returns and payments
Partnership with Stakeholders
•Partner with other enabler functions – Tax, Trade, HR, LCA, RE&F to drive compliance and controllership agenda
•Responsible for partnering with the Senior Management of the Business Units for seamless execution of business priorities and controllership agenda
Internal Controls and Audits
•Working with Local finance teams to have a process to analyze outliers and potential Audit Issues
•Working with Hyderabad Location finance lead to drive Financial Audit Issues to closure
•Responsible for timely completion of Stat audit, internal audit and internal assessments without any qualifcation
•Work with all stakeholders to ensure no overdue audit issues

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Finance Positions at Microsoft -Hyd

POSITION -  1 
Job: Financial/Business Analyst
Qualification: Chartered Accountant/MBA
Relevant Experience: 6-7 Years
• 6-7 years of demonstrated work experience in Finance.
• Exceptional interpersonal, organizational and analytical skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in complex environments and work through cross group collaboration.
• Advanced PC skills in spreadsheet and relational database applications required.
• Willingness to travel, as required.
Role:
The role of the financial/business analyst is to understand the business goals, objectives and strategies of an organization and to use that knowledge to help design and implement new business systems that align with the business vision.
Using a variety of communication skills (e.g. interviews, meetings, and facilitated sessions) and by analyzing business processes, data and systems, the business analyst develops a series of business and system models that are used by the business to better understand itself and to plan and design a future state business model.
The business analyst should be able to see the big picture as well as barriers and enablers. Business analysts must be comfortable working with "specialists" in diverse roles and to understand the business from many diverse perspectives.
Following are the key roles & responsibilities of a business analyst:
• Work closely with the MGSCI Controller
• Drive monthly P&L reviews & help monitor financial efficiencies and targets
• Define performance business metrics & provide insightful analyses of results
• Help run an efficient Rhythm of Business through weekly, monthly and quarterly reviews of business
• Define performance business metrics & provide insightful analyses of results
• Benchmarking, measurement & optimization analysis
• Support the Business Management Office in business priorities / trade-offs, as well as investments to land the Org scorecard and commitments
• Provide insights on Business metrics
• Gather data/information for the development of measures and reports for historical and/or predictive analysis within the business unit.
• Prepare accurate forecasts and conduct various ad hoc analysis
• Interpret and communicate business analysis and business information
• Identify and initiate process improvements to improve business processes.

POSITION  -  2  


Job:   Sr. Financial/Business Analyst
Qualification: Chartered Accountant/MBA
Relevant Experience: 11-12 Years
          11-12 years of demonstrated work experience in Finance.
          Exceptional interpersonal, organizational and analytical skills.
          Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
          Demonstrated ability to thrive in complex environments and work through cross group    collaboration.
          Advanced PC skills in spreadsheet and relational database applications required.
          Willingness to travel, as required.
Role:
The role of the financial/business analyst is to understand the business goals, objectives and strategies of an organization and to use that knowledge to help design and implement new business systems that align with the business vision.
Using a variety of communication skills (e.g. interviews, meetings, and facilitated sessions) and by analyzing business processes, data and systems, the business analyst develops a series of business and system models that are used by the business to better understand itself and to plan and design a future state business model.
The business analyst should be able to see the big picture as well as barriers and enablers.  Business analysts must be comfortable working with "specialists" in diverse roles and to understand the business from many diverse perspectives.
Following are the key roles & responsibilities of a business analyst:
·         Work closely with the MGSCI Controller
·         Drive monthly P&L reviews & help monitor financial efficiencies and targets
·         Define performance business metrics & provide insightful analyses of results
·         Help run an efficient Rhythm of Business through weekly, monthly and quarterly reviews of business
·         Define performance business metrics & provide insightful analyses of results
·         Benchmarking, measurement & optimization analysis
·         Support the Business Management Office in business priorities / trade-offs, as well as investments to land the Org scorecard and commitments
·         Provide insights on Business metrics
·         Gather data/information for the development of measures and reports for historical and/or predictive analysis within the business unit.
·         Prepare accurate forecasts and conduct various ad hoc analysis
·         Interpret and communicate business analysis and business information
·         Identify and initiate process improvements to improve business processes.
·         Act as the single point of contact to the Practice for their data needs and also help them understand the targets and Practice P&L and various matrices. 
·         Strong business partnering with the LT and Practice owners.
·         Drive strong Controls & Compliance culture in the business and cascade down to Practices.
·          

Skills Required:
        Excellent planning, time management, decision making, presentation and organization skills
        Proven ability to effectively perform in a fast-paced environment, high-growth, rapidly changing environment.
        Forecasting and analytical skills with proven ability to form conclusions and develop action plans
        Excellent communication, collaboration and relationship skills, including conflict resolution skills
        Good working knowledge of all Indian Acts and Laws (Specialist in Direct and Indirect Taxes and Labour Laws). 
        Subject matter expertise with Excel is required
        Knowledge of Microsoft Services Reporting & Systems (SIR, SAAM, ChangePoint, RPM, etc.) is desired

POSITION-  3  
Slide 1
Position/Role:
 Accounting Manager
 End to End ownership of all controllership for One Legal Entity
 This is an individual contributor role but will work very closely with the respective leads in each function and manage through impact and influence
Reporting:
 Reports to Hyderabad Financial Controller, who has overall responsibility for accounting, reporting, statutory compliances for all business units in Hyderabad. The Hyderabad Finance Controller position reports to the India Finance Controller
Slide 2
Education:
 Chartered Accountant, with strong academic achievements, CS qualification will be an added advantage
Experience: 
 Desired experience of 7-8 years of relevant experience
 Strong relevant experience from industry or public accounting
 Experience with strong organization pedigree is important
Location:
 Hyderabad
Other:
-In-depth Knowledge of Statutory and Accounting Policy requirements
-Exceptional interpersonal, organizational and analytical skills
-Strong written and verbal communication skill
-Demonstrated ability to multi-task and work with remote and diverse teams.
-Proven skills of handling consolidation, statutory book close and audit processes
-Advanced PC skills in spreadsheet and relational database applications required. 
Slide 3
Book Keeping, Accounting and Close processes
Work closely with the Accenture BPO teams to drive accuracy and completeness on accounting and month close processes
Responsible to maintain and monitor books for various requirements; a) US GAAP accounts for parent company b) Statutory books for Indian Company law/ Indian GAAP c) Tax books as per Income-Tax requirements
Responsible for evangelism and implementation of finance policies and practices
Responsible for implementation of Sox related compliances
Statutory Compliance and Governance
Responsible for all tax, statutory and regulatory compliances of the legal entity– IT, IDT, RBI, IT, ROC etc.
Responsible for Transfer Pricing study and compliance of all contemporaneous documentation requirements mandated by law and practice
Responsible to ensure that all statutory compliances including adhering to FEMA rules are followed while handling all foreign currency transactions.
Driving toward Green on Compliance Tracker through timely and accurate compliance of all returns and payments
Partnership with Stakeholders
Partner with other enabler functions – Tax, Trade, HR, LCA, RE&F to drive compliance and controllership agenda
Responsible for partnering with the Senior Management of the Business Units for seamless execution of business priorities and controllership agenda
Internal Controls and Audits
Working with Local finance teams to have a process to analyze outliers and potential Audit Issues
Working with Hyderabad Location finance lead to drive Financial Audit Issues to closure
Responsible for timely completion of Stat audit, internal audit and internal assessments without any qualifcation
Work with all stakeholders to ensure no overdue audit issues
 
 

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Finance Manager - Microsoft Hyderabad


Company : Microsoft 
location - Hyderabad

Job Description

We at MS IT, Hyderabad, develop mission critical applications that support Microsoft businesses worldwide and manage Microsoft worldwide IT infrastructure. Working on next generation technologies to create software that helps Microsoft and its customers realize their full potential, is a challenge that drives us. We at MS IT are Microsoft’s 1st and best customer.

Service delivery involves, Developing applications using pre-ready-to-manufacture (RTM) Microsoft products and technologies like: VB.NET, ASP.NET, SQL server, Yukon, XML web services, SOAP and BizTalk Server. Our focus includes continuous process improvements using six sigma and TSP/PSP. Also Managing Microsoft’s World Wide IT infrastructure: - Which consists of over 7000 servers and 300,000 client devices spread across 400 locations worldwide and being used by 89,000 end users.

With services ranging from server and network operations to software deployment and end-user technical support, MS IT India partners with the IT teams in Redmond to deliver bleeding edge information technology solutions that ensure predictable and trustworthy services for customers, clients and partners.

Finance Manager will provide superior analytical horsepower and lead the financial planning, analysis & reporting for various IT groups at MS IT India. He or she will be expected to work very closely with MS IT India leaders, MS IT Finance teams at Redmond, long range planning, demand forecasting, cost optimization, modeling and ad hoc analysis basing all of this support on strong business, partnering and analytical skills.

We are looking for a highly motivated, independent, analytical and impactful finance professional. You should be able to work at the highest, big picture level and also dive deep into the details and execute on process. Use your financial management skills, experience and business acumen to partner with MSIT leaders to drive business insight and business excellence. In this role, you will partner with the MSIT leadership team on financial planning, manage MSIT financial reporting and analysis (Including Ad hoc) processes/tools/events, develop key performance metrics, benchmark performance with the industry, and manage relationships with key partner groups in India and in the US. You will contribute to the company’s business planning processes including mid-year reviews, strategy reviews and business plan reviews.



Required:

1.       Qualified CA / ICWA / CIMA / MBA ( Finance ) from Reputed Institute, with 8 to 12 years of relevant experience preferably in the high tech industry
2.       Skills : Quantitative modeling ability, excellent analytical skills, interpretation of numbers, customer focus, business partnering , problem solving, ability to deal with ambiguity in changing business requirements
3.       Good interpersonal and communication skills, particularly strong with cross-group collaboration and driving executive level communications & presentations.
4.       The candidate must have the confidence and fortitude to contribute as an integral part of the team.


How to Apply
1. If u have received a mail from me ...reply to that mail with your CTC details

Else

2. Send in your resume to bala@crest.in with "finance manager" as the subject ..Include CTC details in your mail


Thursday, July 22, 2010

Asst Mgr/ Dy manager Compliance And Audit - IT (Pune)

Company  : ADP

Location :Pune

Website:  www.adp.com




Position
Asst Mgr/ Dy  Mgr Compliance & Audit ( G3L2 or G4L1)
Department
Finance & Accounts
Report To

Location
Pune
Basic Function and Responsibility

Finance & Accounts- Pune
Skills / Knowledge / Experience

BASIC FUNCTION
Looking for Manager with experience in Finance, Accounts , Audit & Compliance ( Direct & Indirect Taxes)
QUALIFICATIONS
Education/Experience
·          CA with post qualification experience of 4-6  years in IT /ITES industry
·          Should be a Chartered Accountant.
General Skills
·          Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written English.
·          Should be proficient at excel.
·          Understanding and managing Client expectations effectively.
·          Flexibility in adjusting to fluid task assignments and priorities.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
·          Overall supervision of Finance & Accounts, General accounting, Month close and reporting..
·          Overall responsibility of AP,GL and FA
·          Compliance with STPI Requirements, such as quarterly, annual reports, Softex Invoice and FIRC’s
·          Complies with RBI reporting requirements.
·          Familiar with Direct Taxes.
·          Hands on with Service tax requirements.
·          Statutory Audits
·          Handling of Tax Audits, tax assessments & compliance with Transfer pricing regulations.
·          Secretarial compliances

How to Apply
1. If u have received a mail from me ...reply to that mail with your CTC details

Else

2. Send in your resume to bala@crest.in with "Dy Mgr Finance " as subject  ...Include CTC details in your mail

Friday, June 4, 2010

Finance / Accounts - 4-5 yrs with Quick Books experience

Company : Virtify

Location :  Hyderabad

website :  www.virtify.com

Company  Size :  Approx 35- 40 in hyderabad

Requirement :  4-5 yrs experience in Finance Accounts with experience in using Quick Books

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Procurement Shared Services- IT 2 Billion $ MNC- Hyderabad

Company : Confidential


Location : Hyderabad


Experience range : 3- 5 yrs

Taking care of the procurement responsibilities along with compliance of the STPI

· Should have experience / exposure to customs and excise related matters.

· Should have experience in the same role and should be quick in understanding.

· Min. qualification – Graduate

· Good communication skills

· Experience – 3-5 Yrs

Thursday, January 28, 2010

CA- 5+ Yrs -Accounts Manager -Microsoft hyd

Company : Microsoft Corporation

Location :  Hyderabad

Designation : Accounts Manager/ Accounting Manager

Type of  Role : Individual Contributor ,  ( No team  management  roles available )

Scope : Accounts/ Statutory Compliance/ Audits/ Financial reporting

Required Profile : CA with 6-9  yrs experience with an excellent academic as well as professional record

5+ yrs can also  be considered provided the the academic record is exceptionally  brilliant

Note : Only  those working on Indian accounts should apply **

US accounting / Accounting back office / exp is NOT SUITABLE

How to  apply :
1. If you  have received a mail  from us ...Reply to  taht  mail  with ur resume and CTC details

Else

Send in ur resume to  the Id Below with your CTC details