Job Description
Job Title: Job Title: Senior Manager, Reporting COE (GBS – ATR) (B12)
Location: Gujarat, India
Reports to: ATR Tower Lead
Position Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Manager, Reporting Center of Excellence (COE) to join our Global Business Services (GBS) Accounting to Reporting (ATR) organization in Gujarat. This role will lead key components of the global financial close and reporting agenda, including financial close execution support, post-close schedules, monthly/quarterly reporting, and variance analytics, while serving as a systems and consolidation expert with strong working knowledge of HFM (Hyperion Financial Management) and upstream feeds from multiple ERPs (including BPCS, JDE, and SAP S/4HANA Central Finance, among others).
The ideal candidate combines deep controllership and reporting expertise with strong leadership and stakeholder management, and a continuous improvement mindset to drive standardization, automation, and higher-quality insights.
Working Hours:
Candidate will be serving 3 Markets: Australia, Europe and North America
Key Responsibilities
Reporting COE Leadership & Governance
- Lead and mentor a team of reporting and close professionals within the ATR Reporting COE.
- Define and drive global standards for reporting deliverables, calendars, templates, and quality controls.
- Establish governance, SLAs, and performance metrics for recurring reporting and post-close activities.
- Ensure documentation and knowledge management for processes, systems, and reporting packs.
Financial Close & Post-Close Schedule
- Own coordination and execution support for month-end and quarter-end reporting cycles, ensuring timely, complete, and accurate deliverables.
- Lead preparation/review of post-close schedules and supporting documentation (e.g., flux/variance decks, roll forwards, key reconciliations support, management schedules).
- Drive adherence to close calendars, dependency tracking, and issue resolution across entities/regions.
- Partner with controllership teams to validate results, follow up on open items, and ensure completeness of reporting narratives.
Monthly & Quarterly Reporting (Management and Statutory Support)
- Oversee production and review of standard monthly and quarterly reporting packages.
- Ensure consistency across entities and alignment to corporate reporting requirements and definitions.
- Coordinate inputs across ATR teams and upstream record-to-report processes to support accurate reporting outputs.
- Provide support for internal and external audit requests related to reporting deliverables and post-close schedules.
4) Variance Analysis & Business Insights
- Lead variance analysis (P&L, balance sheet, cash drivers where applicable) and root-cause identification.
- Drive standard analytics, commentary quality, and actionable insights for controllership and senior stakeholders.
- Develop dashboards and analytical views to improve transparency and speed of decision support.
5) Systems Expertise (HFM + ERP Feeds)
- Serve as a subject matter expert for HFM, including understanding of data flows, hierarchies, mappings, validations, and consolidation/reporting outputs.
- Own coordination with upstream ERP teams to ensure accurate and timely feeds into HFM (including but not limited to BPCS, JDE, SAP S/4HANA Central Finance).
- Partner with IT/Finance transformation teams on change management: enhancements, defect resolution, UAT, cutover planning, and controls for reporting systems.
- Drive automation and standardization (e.g., HFM rules/process improvements, reporting tools, workflow solutions such as Blackline where applicable).
6) Controls, Compliance & Continuous Improvement
- Ensure reporting processes comply with internal control requirements and applicable accounting standards (US GAAP).
- Implement controls for data integrity, completeness, and audit trails across close-to-reporting activities.
- Identify and execute process improvements to reduce cycle time, reduce manual effort, and improve reporting accuracy.
7) Stakeholder Management
- Act as a key partner to global/regional controllership teams and finance leadership for reporting cadence, priorities, and issue resolution.
- Communicate status, risks, and dependencies clearly across global stakeholders, including escalation management when required.
Qualifications
Education / Certification
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (required).
- CA/CPA or equivalent (required).
Experience
- 12–15 years of progressive experience in financial close, reporting, and controllership-related roles.
- Demonstrated experience in a GBS/GCC/shared services environment with global stakeholders.
- Strong experience with consolidation/reporting tools, ideally HFM, and multi-ERP environments (BPCS/JDE/SAP S/4HANA Central Finance exposure strongly preferred).
- FMCG experience is desirable.
Skills / Competencies
- Strong understanding of end-to-end close and reporting cycles and post-close schedules.
- Solid knowledge of US GAAP and financial statement analytics.
- Advanced variance analysis and story lining skills for executive-ready reporting.
- Strong systems aptitude: data mapping, interfaces, reconciliations between ERPs and consolidation tools.
- Proven people leadership, coaching, and performance management capability.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and ability to manage multiple deadlines across time zones.
What we offer
- Opportunity to shape and lead a critical Reporting COE capability within a global GBS ATR organization.
- Join a dynamic, inclusive work culture that encourages innovation and professional growth;
- An ambitious employer: we only want the best for you;
- A fast career track like only few other companies can match;
- A competitive salary and excellent bonus structure (above market);
- A fast-paced environment where each of your ideas count and be a key player in supporting the technological infrastructure that drives our success;
Location(s)
Ahmedabad - Venus Stratum GCC
Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.