Accounting Leader

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About this role

As a Accounting Leader located in India Finance Airoli Navi Mumbai you will be responsible for the Cost accounting activities as a team lead. This lead position will assist delivering high quality deliverables to the global cost organization in compliance with Dow work process

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the site cost Leader in implementing the functional and organizational strategy and supplement in achieving the functional and organizational goals.
• Serves as first-line leader for a team of young and dynamic professionals.
• Sets priorities for team to meet operational objectives and complete assigned tasks
• Possesses expertise Knowledge of operational business practices and similar experience with multinational organization in shared service model
• Understands how to apply established practices and coordinate activities of multiple teams to improve efficiency.
• Very high degree of Stakeholder management experience and expertise required.
• Collaboration with other regional team and sharing and implementing global approach and best practices among regional team
• Overall team management, which includes helping team members with work process questions/issues to ensure deadlines are met, reviewing the team’s vacation requests and ensuring back-up support is in place, interview participation when hiring, coordinate on-boarding/training for new team members, distribution of work, providing team member feedback and assist with ongoing coaching.
• Sponsor the contractors on the team, which includes approving monthly time submissions, regular mentoring/coaching, and providing written annual performance feedback to Kelly Services Rep.
• Lead implementation of new work for the team, which includes meeting with Cost Leaders and Cost Accountants to discuss work transition request, determine timing/capacity needed and distribution of work to team members, coordinate the training, documentation and transition of the new work, and follow-up as needed to ensure transition is successful.
• Proving monthly and quarterly update to the site cost leaders and regional costing leaders and business cost leaders
• People management – Assist team in preparing and finalizing annual goals and doing performance review and providing regular feedbacks. Assist and encourage team member in preparing employee development plan and help them with identification and action plan for developmental needs based on team member long term/short term career aspirations. Ensure team is fully motivated and in good spirit throughout.

Required Qualifications:

• Qualified CMA/CA with 10+ years of similar team lead experience
• 10+ years of relevant experience is required, with Manufacturing Cost Experience.
• Proficiency in Powerpoint presentation and other stakeholders’ presentation

Preferred Qualification:

• 10+ years of shared service or costing experience in large manufacturing setup
• Proficiency with SAP, Power BI, Power Query and other automation tool
• People leadership or having prior experience of handling large team

Your Skills :

• Very strong verbal and written communication required.
• Able to handle multiple priorities from multiple sources.
• Must be organized self-starter exhibiting good judgement and the flexibility to adopt to priority changes and demand

Additional Notes:

• The ability to accommodate a flexible schedule aligned with international time zones is essential.
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Benefits – What Dow offers you 

We invest in you. 
 

Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career. You bring your background, talent, and perspective to work every day. Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total wellbeing.  

Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee: 

• Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives. 
• Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it. 
• Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning, and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals. 
  • Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location).
• Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (U.S. only).
  • Dow will take the value of monthly student debt payments and apply them as if they are contributions to the Employees’ Savings Plan (401(k)), helping employees reach the Company match.
• Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options to meet your individual needs. Travel insurance is also available in certain countries/locations.
• Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building. 
• Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs. 
• Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
• Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).  
• Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.  
• Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s (ERG) participation. 
• Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one-stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey.
• On-site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location).
• Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more.
• Additionally, some of our locations might offer:
  • Transportation allowance (availability varies depending on location)
  • Meal subsidiaries/vouchers (availability varies depending on location)
  • Carbon-neutral transportation incentives e.g. bike to work (availability varies depending on location)

Join our team, we can make a difference together.

About Dow Chemical International Pvt Ltd

Dow Chemical International Private Limited (Dow India) aims to be the most innovative, sustainable, inclusive customer-centric materials science company. The company is committed to delivering the right solutions to its customers’ challenges. With broadest technology sets spanning performance materials, industrial intermediates, and plastics Dow India delivers differentiated science-based products and solutions in high-growth segments, such as packaging, infrastructure, automobile, and consumer care.

A Great Place to Work® Certified company with approximately over 1000 employees, its operations comprise of manufacturing sites, innovation center, established centers of excellence, and commercial office. As a responsible corporate, the company supports its Corporate Social Responsibility (program) with technology expertise and employee volunteerism. Dow India works with non-profit partners towards the empowerment of differently abled, women, and children in communities where it operates. The company aims to redefine the societal blueprint, by supporting holistic sustainability and circular economy initiatives.

As part of our dedication to inclusion, Dow is committed to equal opportunities in employment. We encourage every employee to bring their whole self to work each day to not only deliver more value, but also have a more fulfilling career. Further information regarding Dow's equal opportunities is available on www.dow.com.