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About CIBC India:CIBC India is a technology and operations hub in Hyderabad, where you’ll be part of our highly engaged and global team, and play a central role in supporting our growth. Whether you’re driving innovation in digital banking or streamlining client onboarding, you’ll be part of a culture recognized for excellence and investment in people. At CIBC India, people and progress are at the center of what we do: you’ll develop skills, collaborate with industry leaders, and see your ideas realized in a culture that values progress and belonging. We provide cutting-edge resources, ongoing learning, and a supportive environment where people come first. If you’re ready to create meaningful change and build your future, CIBC India is where your ambition meets opportunity.Role Overview:The Head of Finance will lead the end-to-end finance function for the Global Capability Centre, ensuring operational excellence across controllership, FP&A, compliance, and transformation initiatives. This role will act as a strategic partner to global business leaders while scaling finance operations, driving process automation, and maintaining strong governance.Key Responsibilities:Strategic Leadership:Define and execute the GCC finance strategy aligned with lobal Finance objectives.Act as a finance business partner to global stakeholders.Drive cost optimization, productivity improvements, and value creation initiatives.Financial Operations & Controllership:Oversee Record-to-Report (R2R), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Order-to-Cash (O2C), and Payroll operations.Ensure accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes, including tax and other regulatory filings.Maintain strong internal controls, as well as local ICFR and SOX compliance frameworks.Manage statutory reporting, internal and external audits, and regulatory compliance.FP&A and Business Partnering:Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes for the entity.Deliver management reporting, variance analysis, and executive dashboards.Transformation & Automation:Drive finance transformation programs including ERP upgrades, RPA, AI-enabled reporting, and process standardization.Implement global best practices and continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma).Enhance data quality and analytics maturity across finance operations.Stakeholder Management:Collaborate with global HQ, regional finance leaders, auditors, and external partners.Serve as escalation point for operational and compliance issues.Represent GCC finance function in leadership governance forums.People Leadership:Build and scale high-performing finance teams across multiple towers.Develop leadership pipelines and succession planning.Drive performance management, capability building, and employee engagement.Primary internal and external contacts:Chief Operating Officer – line manager, advising on current activities and concerns for Finance.Group Finance departments supporting the financial, regulatory, P&L reporting and expense accounting for the entity.Tax Group – covering local tax reporting and transfer pricing agreements.Internal Audit – in relation to review of financial results and performance of Finance group activities.External Audit – regarding planning reviews and audit work and local accounting issues in relation to Short Form and Long Form audits and any other matters arising.Tax Agent – in relation to filing of various direct and indirect tax returns for the Company.Regulators – direct liaison with supervisor, local ownership of Finance regulatory returns and attending to ad-hoc requests / queries from Regulators.Management committee participation as outlined in responsibilities.Required Qualifications & Experience:Education & Certifications:CA / CPA / ACCA / MBA (Finance) preferred.Lean Six Sigma certification is an advantage.Experience:15+ years of progressive finance leadership experience.Minimum 5+ years in GCC / Shared Services / Captive Center environment.Hands-on experience with global ERPs (SAP, Oracle, Workday etc.)Technical Skills:Strong knowledge of IFRS, Indian Accounting Standards and Indian GAAP.Expertise in controllership, FP&A, and compliance.Experience with internal audit, and risk frameworks.Advanced analytics and reporting exposure (Power BI, Tableau).Leadership & Behavioral Competencies:Strategic thinking and execution orientation.Strong executive communication skills.Change management capability.Global stakeholder management experience.Cultural agility and matrix organization leadership.