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Thursday, May 17, 2012

FINANCE MANAGER @ ELECTRONIC ARTS at Electronic Arts Games (India) Pvt. Ltd.

n case your profile is short listed, you might be called for an in-person interview at our HYDERABAD office in the next few days. Hence, please send across your updated resume with the below requested details to raprasad@ea.com at the earliest.

Electronic Arts has the following exciting opportunity in their rapidly growing Hyderabad office:

Role : FINANCE MANAGER - INDIA
Job Location : HYDERABAD

Job Type : On Permanent Rolls of EA India


Reports To

• Directly: Finance Director, India

• Indirectly: Financial Controller, Asia (based in Singapore)




Required Skills

The desired candidate for this role must have 8 – 12 years’ experience in finance and accounting department of an India based subsidiary of US product or services MNC.

• Qualified Chartered Accountant

• Must have 8 – 12 years’ of related experience in a large, complex, multinational organization in areas of financial transaction processing, budgeting, planning, reporting & analysis with minimum 5 years in a supervisory role.

• Working knowledge of Oracle 11i and / or R12. Hyperion, Discoverer Reports and MS Office applications.

• Working knowledge of India & US GAAP, local auditing, tax, statutory & legal requirements. International standards – SOX, IFRS, Finance functions – Procure to Pay, Record to Report, ICO Netting & Settlements

• Outgoing personality with excellent verbal & written English communication skills, commitment to achieving results.

• Willingness to be flexible with working hours given the global nature of EA’s business



Introduction to the role:


The Finance Manager, India is the head of finance and accounts department for EA’s India operations based in Hyderabad. The successful candidate will have ownership for ensuring EA meets all legal, regulatory (US & India GAAP), internal & external audit, budgeting & forecasting, management reporting, period end close, general accounting including intercompany, payroll objectives.

In addition, the Finance Manager is required to implement and monitor global policies as mandated by corporate within the India finance & accounting function. Ensure adherence to EA’s global practices with respect to general accounting practices (allocations, recharges), procurement, and accounts payables, etc.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Supervise India finance team to maintain accurate general ledger and subsidiary ledgers, review reconciliations, fixed assets register, journal entries and adjustments in India books maintained in Oracle.

• Should have hands on experience in preparing and reviewing Indian GAAP Financials, able to apply accounting standards and interpret new accounting guidelines issued. Able to understand the key FASB standards and able to perform necessary adjustments in the books.

• Calculate periodic BU wise cost allocations; confirm inter-company transactions with EARS (Corporate HQ), EA SWISSCO (European HQ) and EA Singapore (Asia HQ).

• Review books of accounts, financial statements on periodic basis and present management reports to India Leadership, internal & external auditors. Analyze key variance and provide commentary for the same.

• Coordinate with both internal and external audits and adjust US GAAP applied book following local GAAP. Ensure audit completion and maintain high quality of results.

• Liaise with tax consultant for corporate tax, VAT, Duty and with-holding tax filings. Provide information and supporting documents to tax authority and reduce tax risk at a minimum level. Work with corporate tax and transfer pricing teams and their appointed advisors on tax planning and solving outstanding tax issues. Participate in periodic transfer pricing reviews & analysis.

• Annual Budgeting & Actual Reporting – support India business units, department finance business partners & support functions with annual budgeting exercise, budget versus actual reporting and analysis.

• Maintain healthy cash flow for local operations. Ensure the accurate, timeliness and cost effectiveness of transaction processing, reporting and forecasting.

• Banking operations – review payment requests and authorize payment transactions. Ensure bank reconciliations are performed periodically and accurately.

• Build strong relationship with department heads in operations, facilities, HR & IT to ensure positive assistance on resolving accounting issues.

• Policy and Procedures – Ensure adherence to global policies issued by corporate controller on purchasing, accounts payable, travel & entertainment expenses, corporate cards. Ensure business partners follow processes and procedures that are in line with policies, accounting standards.

• Should have demonstrated experience in preparing the India GAAP and US GAAP P&L and balance sheet walkthroughs with detailed analysis of variance along with the commentary. Participate in regular balance sheet reviews with corporate and regional controllers

• Should have demonstrated experience in preparing budgets, financial reporting, dashboards, and perform variance analysis.

• Must have excellent working knowledge of Oracle EBS R12, Reporting using Hyperion Financial Management or Cognos.

• Should have demonstrated experience of India compensation & benefits, payroll processing, employee taxation.


Capabilities & Talents

• Demonstrates global business mindset.

• Prioritize work and independently meet multiple deadlines, elevating issues to supervisor whenever required.

• Operate with high integrity and controllership mindset.

• Effective time management, work prioritization and delegation skills.

• Ability to be flexible as a member of multiple teams and comfortably across functional areas as well as amongst all levels of management.

• Excellent organizational and analytical skills. Detail-oriented and thorough.

• Self-motivated, able to work with little or no supervision, demonstrates initiative, flexibility, teamwork, perseverance, maturity under pressure, and anticipates and resolves problems before they develop.



If your candidature/profile is matching to this opportunity, please mail us your updated resume to raprasad@ea.com with the following details immediately.


Please note that profiles sent with the below details will be promptly evaluated

  • Full Name (inclusive of Surname)

  • Willingness to relocate to Hyderabad. (Yes/No / Already in Hyderabad)

  • English Spoken Communication rating on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the highest)

  • Current Salary

  • Expected Salary

  • Joining Time frame (Notice Period)

  • Educational Qualifications (Mention percentages/grades in 10th, +2, Graduation , Post Graduation)

  • Are you a qualified Chartered Accountant (pls specify details)

  • Gaps in Education / Career (pls specify)

  • Total Work Experience (in years) - For which you have verifiable documentation

  • Total Number of companies Worked in (inclusive of Current Employer) - For which you have verifiable documentation

  • Finance & Accounting Experience (in years)

  • India & US GAAP Experience (in years)

  • How many years of experience do you have in India Accounting? (in years)

  • People Management Experience (in years)

  • What is the largest Team size that you have handled so far (Year & company Details Too)

  • Exposure to Oracle Apps ERP (in years)

  • Exposure to any other ERP (Pls specify)

  • Exposure to Hyperion / Discoverer Reports (in years)

  • Current Employer

  • Current Designation

  • What are your Top 3 responsibilities as part of your current role

  • How long have you been working at your current employer?

  • Reason for Looking out for a Change

  • Current Team Size

  • Are you a permanent / Contract Employee?

  • Current Location

  • Primary e-Mail ID

  • Contact Numbers

  • When did you last attend an interview with EA?

  • Availability to take an Interview

Salary: INR 15,00,000 - 20,00,000 P.A
Industry: Accounting, Finance
Functional Area: Accounts, Finance, Tax, CS, Audit
Role Category: Finance/ Audit
Role: Finance/ Budgeting Manager
Keyskills: Finance Manager , Finance Manager , GAAP

Desired Candidate Profile
Education: (UG - Any Graduate) AND (PG - CA)
Ideal Candidate :  qualified Chartered Accountant with 8 – 12 years’ experience in finance and accounting department of an India based subsidiary of US product or services MNC.

In case your profile is short listed, you might be called for an in-person interview at our HYDERABAD office in the next few days. Hence, please send across your updated resume with the below requested details to raprasad@ea.com at the earliest.
Company Profile
Electronic Arts Games (India) Pvt. Ltd.
http://www.ea.com
Note : please send across your updated resume with the below requested details to raprasad@ea.com at the earliest

ABOUT Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts (EA) is an international developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. EA was formed in 1982 and ever since, we have been the leader in thrilling the world with cutting edge Interactive Entertainment.

EA has the #1 market share in North America & Europe with revenues of US$ 3.6 billion in FY11 and has a distribution network spread across 75 countries with worldwide employee strength of 9000+

We, at EA, have some of the finest career defining opportunities for potential talent. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit and are looking for a work culture where innovation is the goal, work is fun, and creativity is rewarded – then EA could be your career destination.

We have been rated world over by independent surveys as one of the best employers to work with. Working at EA is an experience of its own kind, something most outsiders dream of and something that our employees always cherish.

EA has a strong presence in India since 2006 and our Hyderabad centre houses 850+ of the finest talent in India. We have diverse opportunities ranging into Global Finance, Mobile Gaming, IT, QA Testing & so on…

The Global Finance Shared Service Centre supports purchase to pay, accounts receivables, revenue accounting, fixed assets accounting, procurement support, payroll & FP&A.


We invite you to explore this opportunity to be a part of the EA family……

Join the fun…..

Contact Details

Executive Name:https://jobs.ea.com/jobcart/
Contact Company:Electronic Arts Games (India) Pvt Ltd
Email Address:raprasad@ea.com
Reference Id:FinanceManager

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