Head of Finance [T500-23557]

About CIBC India:

CIBC India is a technology and operations hub in Hyderabad, where youll be part of our highly engaged and global team, and play a central role in supporting our growth. Whether youre driving innovation in digital banking or streamlining client onboarding, youll 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: youll 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 youre 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.