We have an excellent opportunity for RTR Treasury & Tax JOB DESCRIPTION- TEAM LEAD RTR Treasury & Tax Team Lead-R2R bachelor’s degree or PG degree in Commerce. Lead a team of accountants in closing sub-ledgers, resolving kick outs, reviewing accounts to ensure the balances are reasonable, analyzing variances in account balances – previous period to current period, Actuals v Budgets, identifying root causes for issues and fixing them to ensure SLAs are met as agreed for customer satisfaction. “Business/ Customer: Should have Excellent communication and SAP S4Hana hands on experience. • Ensure adherence to Quality norms and processes • Interact with customers (internal / external) to meet process deliverables • Create status reports for customers (internal/external) • Manage and resolve escalations and issues raised by customers and process specialists • Identify & drive opportunities to enhance service delivery • Identify cost optimization opportunities • Identify and suggest business improvement opportunities Handling simple billing transactions, doing rule based credit appraisals, rectifying errors in customer master, following up with customers on overdue invoices, applying single receipts across multiple invoices, adjusting customer debit notes/(self) credit notes against open invoices, creating customer account statements and performing Account Reconciliation, coordinating with end customers, sales and customer service to resolve the disputed invoices to ensure SLAs are met as agreed for customer satisfaction. Project / Process: • Drive team to achieve process SLAs / metrics – productivity and quality targets within the established timelines • Ensure individual SLAs are met on processing transactions (if applicable) • Ensure process guidelines are followed and met as documented • Conduct analysis and track services delivered • Initiate and deliver on process improvement projects to improve process efficiencies • Review process audit findings and take corrective action to prevent negative results • Innovate opportunities to automate & reduce manual interventions • Conduct Quality checks & periodical review of process adherence • Discuss/ suggest the way forward, improvement areas to the customer/process • Drive a culture of continuous improvement within the team • Maintain operations rigor around daily huddles, knowledge management. Cross training etc. • Provide updates and submit reports related to own area of work Knowledge Management: - Perform knowledge sharing - Update Process documentation /user manuals as appropriate for the process - Participate in knowledge transfer People/Team Management: • Provide work direction and guidance to team members: ensure accuracy of the work of team members, their ability to operate under deadlines and to work on multiple tasks • Establish systems and procedures in the team • Allocate work and tasks to the team • Conduct team building activities to enhance motivation • Conduct knowledge transfer sessions for new joiners in the team • Conduct process training or refresher training if required • Contribute to and participate proactively in knowledge sharing sessions • Complete mandatory training for self as identified in the training plan for the project • Conduct appraisals for team members in a timely fashion • Identify training needs of team members and provide coaching support to them • Report to the manager on performance, status and any escalations • Resignations / Absconder communication to Operations Manager • Manage attrition and absenteeism • Support recruitment efforts for the team **Tax Roles and responsibilities** · Prepare tax provisions schedules, returns, payments, reports and maintain a company’s tax database · Find tax solutions to complicated tax issues or errors from incorrect tax filings · Identify legal tax savings and recommend ways to improve profits · Make sure that clients comply with federal, state and local tax regulations · Advise management about the impact of tax liabilities and corporate strategies or new tax laws · Coordinate outsourced tax preparation work · Accurately prepare quarterly and annual tax reports · Keep up to date with tax changes and industry trends by participating in educational opportunities, participating in professional organizations, keeping up with professional networks and reading professional publications · Should manage the cashflow and Payments in Treasury Location - Chennai Note- Looking for candidate comfortable with UK Shift Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.