Job Title: Manager - Asia SSC
Bangalore, KA, IN, 560048
Position Summary:
As the GA & AR Manager at AMETEK, you will be responsible for coordinating the AP, AR, and GA under Asia.
An AR and GA Manager (Accounts Receivable and General Accounting Manager) oversee incoming, credit controls, general ledger operations, book closure activities, financial reporting and SOX controls. This hybrid leadership role ensures accurate month-end close and strict compliance with local financial regulations.
Principal Accountabilities:
- Supervise daily operations of the accounting department to ensure efficiency.
- Take charge of various financial tasks, including managing accounts payable/receivable, cash receipts, payroll, budgeting, etc.
- Analyze accounting data regularly to identify trends or problems.
- Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) in accounting and take actions to improve performance
- Generate timely financial reports or statements regularly.
- Promote compliance with standard practices among staff members.
- Recruit and hire new personnel as needed within the team.
- Provide training for newly hired staff members.
- Identify and implement process enhancement to improve efficiency and effectiveness within the department
- Stakeholder management
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to deliver efficiency and effectiveness. Understanding of AI tools and implementation in Finance processes, Identify the
Key Success Factors:
- Coach and develop finance members
- Meet monthly closing deadline
- Ensure accuracy & quality of tasks performed by the finance members
- Work proactively, independently and accountably.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Chartered Accountant qualification is preferred. Master’s in finance or master’s in business administration will be considered
- 16+ years of experience in accounting with 5+ years as Accounting manager.
- Experience in managing Shared Service team is a plus
- Proficiency in MS Office.
- Expertise in accounting software and databases with practical knowledge.
- Possess effective multitasking abilities.
- Comprehensive understanding of accounting principles, practices, standards, laws, and regulations.
- Equipped with excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Proficient in time-management abilities.
- Collaboration with various teams to deliver results and improve processes
- Understanding of AI tools and their usage in Finance processes – Copilot, Claude etc.
- Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.
JOB LOCATION: Bangalore
TRAVEL: 10% of the time
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. The responsibilities and qualifications listed herein are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to perform the essential functions.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
This job operates in a professional office environment and is regularly exposed to moderate noise and lighting associated with a business office. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptop computers and smartphones phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.
OTHER DUTIES
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.