Finance Process Lead - Cell Operations
McKinsey & Company
Accounting & Finance, Operations
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Gurugram, Haryana, India
Posted on Apr 4, 2025
Finance Process Lead - Cell Operations
Job ID: 96835
Do you want to work on complex and pressing challenges—the kind that bring together curious, ambitious, and determined leaders who strive to become better every day? If this sounds like you, you’ve come to the right place.
Your Impact
You will play a pivotal role in analyzing and optimizing the operational expenses of offices to drive financial efficiency. Your primary responsibilities will include reviewing cost structures, analyzing variances against budget, and preparing detailed reports for stakeholders and senior management.
By conducting in-depth cost analysis and addressing stranded costs, you will identify opportunities for cost savings and implement strategies to optimize financial performance. This role requires meticulous data collection, accurate cost analysis, and comprehensive reporting to ensure effective financial management across all departments.
You will work closely with stakeholders across the organization to streamline expense management processes and minimize operational impact. Your ability to analyze complex financial data, identify trends, and communicate actionable insights will be critical in enhancing overall financial efficiency. Additionally, you will be responsible for addressing indirect costs and overheads, ensuring they are minimized and effectively managed to support the organization's cost optimization goals.
You will need a strong background in finance, accounting, or business administration, coupled with advanced analytical skills and proficiency in financial tools and software. The ability to manage multiple tasks with precision, attention to detail, and a results-oriented mindset will be essential. You will play a vital role in ensuring the organization achieves its financial objectives and maintains a sustainable cost structure.
Your Growth
You will work as a part of the Finance Global Operations (FGO) team in Chennai or Gurugram office within the McKinsey Global Services (MGS) domain, a wholly owned subsidiary of McKinsey & Company in India.
You will work in coordination with various offices, the accounting department, and applications support team to ensure to support the complex operational activities not only limited to accounting boundaries but also coordinating with various stakeholders to understand challenges, identify solution and drive projects to achieve the desired result.
You’re understanding on end to end accounting flow on R2R is important to coordinate with various stakeholders inside Global Ops FINTECH team and Tax team. In this role, you will support to manage and improve the overall operations (performance metrics, internal controls, compliance, automation, etc.), perform accounting related duties, including ad hoc projects, system upgrades, and testing and assist with data requests as needed.
Your qualifications and skills
- CA, CA Inter, MBA or master’s degree in accounting
- 7+ years of work experience, leading a team in a multi-national shared services environment is an added advantage
- Good working knowledge of SAP, Microsoft Office and accounting concepts
- Good analytical skills and understanding technicality of any complex macros, system logics
- Excellent stakeholder management skill with minimal support, supervision
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Job Skill Code - GFPL - Finance Process Lead
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Job Skill Code - GFPL - Finance Process Lead
Function - Firm Administration
Industry -
Post to LinkedIn - Yes
Posted to LinkedIn Date - Fri Apr 04 00:00:00 GMT 2025
LinkedIn Posting City - Chennai
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LinkedIn Posting Country - India
LinkedIn Job Title - Finance Process Lead - Cell Operations
LinkedIn Function - Accounting / Auditing;Finance
LinkedIn Industry - Accounting;Financial Services
LinkedIn Seniority Level - Mid-Senior level