Assistant Manager – Accounts

Cadence is a pivotal leader in electronic design, building upon more than 30 years of computational software expertise. The company applies its underlying Intelligent System Design strategy to deliver software, hardware and IP that turn design concepts into reality.

Cadence customers are the world’s most innovative companies, delivering extraordinary electronic products from chips to boards to systems for the most dynamic market applications including consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G communications, automotive, aerospace industrial and health.

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

Job Overview: Handling the day-to-day operations relating to Employee Travel expense claims and Third Party Accounts payable process for our EMEA region entities.

Job Responsibilities:

• Key member of GFSS responsible for Employee Travel Expense Claims processing, Employee Queries, Employee payments, Adhering to and Implementing our Global Employee Travel Policy.
• Proactive management of key processes & partner relationships, regular communication, proactive issue resolution, market & business awareness, supports delivery of change management activities.
• Experience of process transitions and working in a service delivery operating model aiming to meet/exceed all SLA/ KPI’s
• Strong ability to understand complex transactions and to summarize it into presentable documentation
• Experience of preparing Standard Operating procedures at Desktop Instructions level
• Prepare and present details related to Balance Sheet and other monthly reviews with the market controllers in EMEA
• Strong ground level execution which ensures GFSS team complies with internal and external audits deliverables and SOX controls.
• Support the development of short, medium and long term strategic plans for Shared Services to assist in delivery of overall organizational Finance & Accounts strategies and objectives
• Publish monthly volume & performance dashboards as per market requirements
• Focus on Automation and Continuous improvements within the domain

Job Qualifications:

• Graduation or Post Graduation preferably in Finance (B.COM, M.COM, MBA)
• Part professional accounting qualification (like CA Intermediate) or equivalent.  Experience of working in a Global shared services environment will be preferable.

Work Experience

• 4-6 years of experience handling the Employee Travel expense claims and Accounts payable processes

Additional Skills/Preferences:                         

• Knowledge of SAP FICO, Blackline & Concur will be an advantage
• Strong Communication skills both verbal & written
• Strong MS Office Skills
• US GAAP & MNC experience
• Proficient in any one European language will be a bonus
• Ability to deliver to immovable deadlines with a high degree of accuracy
• Strong sense of responsibility for completion of deliverables to meet own objectives
• Ability to work within a matrix business structure with internal customers in multicultural environment with multiple locations and time zones
• Ability to work independently, yet excellent team player
• Attention to detail and conflict resolution skills

Behavioral Competencies:

Teamwork

• Both Supports others and asks for and receives help from others
• Understands and contributes to team objectives
• Constructively resolves conflicts with team members
• Gives opinions and listens to other member’s ideas during team meetings

Customer Focus

• Understand and acts on customer needs (including internal customers)
• Approaches work from the perspective of “what customer problems will I solve” by doing this?
• Works with “suppliers” to make sure that customer needs can be met

Accountability

• Is self-accountable for situations, attitudes, and behaviors
• Recognizes true intent of situations and owns their role in outcome whether positive or negative
• Self-examines and learns from outcomes
• Demonstrates willingness to renew attitudes and behaviors to achieve desired outcomes

Communication

• Communicates ideas, opinions, status, and suggestions to individuals & groups
• Written and verbal communications convey ideas and information in a concise, understandable, and grammatically correct manner, using appropriate style and tone

Leadership

• Takes responsibility for strategic action and initiatives
• Finds innovative solutions to Cadence problems (in business, people, and technology areas)
• Assesses alternative courses of action and seeks information needed to make timely decisions
• Makes effective and efficient decisions and aligns actions with values
• Participates in cross-group initiatives

Additional Information:

Cadence is committed to equal employment opportunity and employment equity throughout all levels of the organization. We strive to attract a qualified and diverse candidate pool and encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Travel: > 10%

Valid Passport required