Manager - Finance (Shared Services)

Role Overview

Manager - Finance (Shared Services) at Land Mark. This role leads financial management, reporting, and transformation within a shared services environment, reporting to Finance leadership.

Role Purpose

Own the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end financial close process within the Record-to-Report framework while driving finance transformation initiatives, strengthening internal controls, and ensuring accurate management reporting that aligns with corporate financial strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Management & Reporting

• Lead the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end financial close process within the R2R framework, ensuring strict adherence to global timelines.
• Review and finalize monthly management accounts (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) prior to leadership distribution.
• Conduct deep-dive variance analysis (Actuals vs. Budget/Forecast) and provide actionable financial insights to executive management.
• Ensure management reporting accurately reflects business operations and aligns with corporate financial strategies.
• Govern balance sheet across all legal entities and ensure continuous risk assessment.
• Manage internal and external audits.
• Define and track KPIs and SLAs for Shared Services performance.

Governance & Compliance

• Strengthen internal controls, compliance, and governance across Shared Services.

Finance Transformation & Strategy

• Lead end-to-end finance transformation initiatives across Record-to-Report (R2R) and VAT.
• Support the design and execution of the Shared Services transformation roadmap.
• Identify opportunities for process standardization, simplification, and automation.
• Partner with Finance leadership to align transformation initiatives with business strategy.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.
• Drive adoption of automation solutions including RPA, AI, and analytics.
• Partner with IT and vendors to deliver scalable and sustainable solutions.

Change Management & Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a key liaison between Shared Services, Corporate Finance, and business stakeholders.
• Lead change management activities including communication, training, and adoption tracking.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure successful transition to new ways of working.

Qualifications & Experience

• MBA or CA (Chartered Accountant).
• Lean Six Sigma certification, minimum Green Belt.
• 8+ years of finance experience.
• Demonstrated shared services exposure.
• Minimum one shared services transition successfully managed.
• Process transformation experience.

Skills & Competencies

• Record-to-Report (R2R) process expertise.
• Variance analysis and financial modeling.
• Lean Six Sigma and continuous improvement methodologies.
• RPA, AI, and automation technologies.
• Internal controls and compliance governance.
• Stakeholder management and change leadership.
• VAT process knowledge.