Job Description
Assistant Manager - Finance & Accounting
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in finance operations or BPO environments
- At least 2 years of experience in a supervisory role within a Shared Services environment.
- Fully or partly qualified in Finance or Accounting, with a degree or professional qualification such as CIMA, ACCA, CMA, AAT, or CA.
- Strong hands-on experience in SAP ERP, with in-depth knowledge of FI/CO and MM modules supporting AP, AR, and GL processes.
- Proven expertise in SAP FI/CO workflows, month-end close, reconciliations, and financial controls.
- Advanced proficiency in MS Excel; experience with SAP reporting and analytics tools is preferred.
- Exposure to automation initiatives, including RPA and workflow automation, is an added advantage.
- Ability to work under pressure, manage competing deadlines, and prioritise tasks effectively.
- Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving, stakeholder management, team leadership, coaching, decision-making, and people management skills.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of 8 - 10 finance associates handling SAP-based processes.
- Allocate workload, monitor productivity, and ensure SLA/KPI adherence and oversee day-to-day delivery of finance processes.
- Conduct regular team meetings, performance reviews, and skill development sessions.
- Support recruitment, onboarding, training, and competency building for new team members.
- Implement and monitor internal controls, quality checks, and compliance requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives and automation opportunities.
- Prepare and present performance dashboards, weekly/monthly business reviews, and compliance reports.
- Identify risks, maintain process documentation (SOPs), and support audit requests.
- Support migration, transition, or stabilization of new finance processes into SAP.
What We Offer
- An opportunity to work in a dynamic, friendly, exciting, and fun-filled environment.
- An entry into the John Keells Group, Sri Lanka’s largest listed conglomerate.
- Continuous Training in accounting, soft skills, best practices.
- Fulfill training requirements of ACCA, CIMA, CMA and CA Sri Lanka.
