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Specification Manager

Finance Manager

Accounting Specialist

Key Accounts Director (APAC)

Commercial Finance Analyst

Customer Service Associate IV

Sr. Solution Account Manager Data Center

Sr Manager - Finance and Accounting

Role Summary: <ul><li>As Business Development Director, you will drive significant revenue growth by expanding and deepening relationships across a portfolio of strategically important customer accounts within a defined geographic or industry focus. </li><li>You’ll operate as a senior, consultative commercial leader—building credibility with executive decision makers, identifying high-value opportunities, shaping demand for our solutions, and consistently closing complex deals. </li><li>You’ll also lead through managers, setting direction, developing talent, and owning performance outcomes across your remit.</li></ul> Responsibilities: Strategic Account Growth &amp; Executive Partnership <ul><li>Build and sustain trusted, long-term relationships with senior-level decision makers and key influencers across assigned accounts, including major strategic customers.</li><li>Lead executive engagement through regular status, performance, and strategy sessions—surfacing priorities, pain points, and growth opportunities.</li><li>Translate customer needs into compelling, solution-led proposals aligned to organizational product and service strategy.</li></ul> New Business Development &amp; Opportunity Leadership <ul><li>Identify, qualify, develop, and typically close new sales opportunities with targeted prospects.</li><li>Lead complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles—shaping value propositions, securing sponsorship, managing risk, and driving deals to close.</li></ul> Demand Creation &amp; Market Presence <ul><li>Increase awareness and preference for the organization’s products and services by elevating their profile with customers and within the market.</li><li>Partner with internal stakeholders to position solutions effectively, strengthen pipelines, and accelerate conversion through coordinated go-to-market activity.</li></ul> Leadership, Performance &amp; Execution <ul><li>Provide leadership and direction through managers; build high-performing teams that deliver against growth objectives.</li><li>Own performance and results for related departments/functions within your scope—ensuring accountability, coaching, and continuous improvement.</li><li>Execute functional business plans and contribute to broader functional strategy, aligning priorities and investments with divisional direction.</li></ul> Success Measures <ul><li>Achievement (and outperformance) of revenue targets and growth KPIs.</li><li>Increased measurable expansion within strategic customers.</li><li>Strong pipeline creation and high conversion of qualified opportunities.</li><li>Improved customer satisfaction and executive-level engagement depth.</li><li>Effective leadership outcomes: team performance, capability growth, and retention.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Proven track record in business development and enterprise/B2B sales, including closing complex, high-value opportunities.</li><li>Demonstrated success in managing strategic accounts and influencing C-suite or senior leadership stakeholders.</li><li>Strong commercial acumen: pipeline management, forecasting discipline, negotiation, and value-based selling.</li><li>Ability to connect customer strategy to solution strategy and build compelling, outcomes-driven business cases.</li><li>Experience leading through managers with accountability for departmental performance and results.</li></ul> Leadership Profile <ul><li>Executive presence with the ability to influence and inspire confidence at senior levels.</li><li>Highly collaborative—able to align cross-functional teams around customer outcomes.</li><li>Strategic and disciplined—comfortable making decisions guided by divisional priorities and long-term direction.</li><li>Results-driven with a growth mindset and strong ownership mentality.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: Pacific Region Specification Activity management <ul><li>Identify upcoming projects in the market</li><li>Reach and influence decision makers involved in those projects to specify the technical features of our products</li><li>Follow-up on the project in its different stages (specification, pricing &amp; budget, order, supply chain, etc).</li><li>Completion of specification sheets</li><li>Provide technical support and training during prescription seminars and fairs</li></ul> Business Development &amp; Specification for Project Business <ul><li>Create and/or update a regional map of stakeholders in the area (consultants, contractors, end users, distributors, etc) and their market focus (industry, IT, etc)</li><li>Work as a hunter, to generate and follow-up on leads, to boost the project pipeline and create interest</li><li>Be involved and supportive in the pre-sales phases (compliance, technical comparison, BOQ creation, counter objections, etc.)</li></ul> Support Specification Marketing actions &amp; tools <ul><li>Support product launches</li><li>Participate in marketing actions</li><li>Assist with market data pricing analysis</li><li>Platforming of accounts and account management planning</li></ul> Performance plan and KPI’s <ul><li>Identify spec-in action plans, target and flag corresponding accounts in SalesForce</li><li>Link opportunities to the selected action plans&nbsp;and the corresponding data</li><li>Update and follow KPI’s for specification effort</li></ul> Requirements:&nbsp;<ul><li>Degree in Engineering and/or a strong electrical trade background in the commercial or industrial space</li><li>Minimum of 2 years of professional experience in specifying in the electrical engineering industry</li><li>Good understanding of low voltage distribution &amp; applications</li><li>Demonstrates substantial experience within the electrical low voltage market, complemented by a well-established local network that includes panel builders, M&amp;E consultants, electrical contractors and end users.</li><li>Prioritises product offer specification, working closely with consultants and large end users, with a particular emphasis on the Data Centre (DTC) segment.</li><li>Acts as a highly strategic, commercially driven sales leader, with a proven knowledge and history of success in the Pacific DTC segment.</li><li>Possesses a robust technical background, especially in critical power systems, which is essential for the role.</li><li>Is capable of leveraging key contacts and decision makers to benefit the organization.</li><li>Effectively operates in a matrix environment, collaborating with local PCO and PSM sales and technical engineering leads, as well as the regional key account team, to strengthen the company’s presence and install base in the Pacific.</li><li>Additionally, works closely with our Pacific (PSM Partner) to develop a comprehensive offer strategy</li></ul>

Responsibilities: Specification Activity Management <ul><li>Identify upcoming projects in the market.</li><li>Reach and influence decision makers involved in those projects in order to specify the technical features of our products.</li><li>Follow-up on the project in its different stages (specification, pricing &amp; budget, order, supply chain, etc).&nbsp;</li><li>Fill in specification sheets.</li><li>Provide technical support and training during prescription seminars and fairs.</li></ul> Business Development &amp; Specification For Project Business <ul><li>Create and/or update a regional map of stakeholders in the area (consultants, contractors, end users, distributors, etc) and their market focus (industry, IT, etc).</li><li>Work as a hunter, to generate and follow-up on leads, to boost the project pipeline and create interest.</li><li>Be involved and supportive on the pre-sales phases (Compliance, tech comparison, BOQ creation, counter objections, etc.).</li></ul> Support Specification Marketing Actions &amp; Tools&nbsp;<ul><li>Support product launch.</li><li>Participate in marketing actions.</li><li>Assist with market data pricing analysis.</li><li>Platforming of accounts and account management planning.</li></ul> Performance Plan and KPI’s <ul><li>Identify spec-in action plans, target and flag corresponding accounts in SalesForce.</li><li>Link opportunities to the selected action plans&nbsp;and the corresponding data.</li><li>Update and follow KPI’s for specification effort.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Degree in Engineering.</li><li>Minimum of 2 years professional experience in specifying in the electrical engineering industry.</li><li>Good understanding of low voltage distribution &amp; applications.</li><li>Strong interpersonal and communication skills.</li></ul>

Job Purpose: Reporting to the Financial Controller, the overall purpose of the Finance Manager role is to oversee all financials, process excellence, related administrative matters and manage systems Responsibilities: Financial Reporting: <ul><li>Monitor and report any variances from the established budgets to senior management monthly basis showing controls are in place</li><li>Prepare accurate financial reports monthly, interpret the financial results to management, research and report on factors influencing business performance</li><li>Manage the companys financial accounting, monitoring, and reporting systems for effective decision making and statutory compliance</li><li>Ensure to maintain master data file for loans given to related and third parties helping in understanding the live position of the accounts</li><li>Ensure Fixed asset register is kept and maintained with accuracy as per statutory requirement</li><li>Ensuring accuracy of invoicing to affiliates thereby helping them in getting the actual costings of products and decision of selling price.</li></ul> Taxation: <ul><li>Ensure the monthly filing of the PAYE returns and TDS returns are executed on timely basis to meet statutory requirement</li><li>Ensure the monthly statutory contributions return are filed on timely basis to meet statutory requirement</li><li>Communicate every change in relation to personal income tax and corporate tax matters to senior management in the organization for timely decision making.</li><li>Ensure the accuracy and timeliness of the quarterly APS returns and annual tax returns as per statutory requirement</li><li>Ensure the liaison with other third parties like tax authorities and ensure our tax controls are up to date, backed with all supporting evidence they might require.</li><li>Conduct monthly payroll duties in a timely manner including disbursing statutory contributions as per the statutory requirements.</li></ul> Bookkeeping : <ul><li>Perform checks and bank reconciliations within agreed timelines and undertake end of year processes within the agreed timelines to facilitate timely closure of Accounts</li><li>Ensure petty cash is updated on timely basis to capture all the expenses and accurate reporting</li><li>Ensure the financial records are up to speed with statutory requirements and high quality management reports.</li><li>Act as a secondary check on payroll duties in a timely manner including disbursing statutory contributions as per the statutory requirements.</li><li>Ensure clearing of Recons Accounts to meet internal controls guidelines</li><li>Ensure Inventory reconciliation is conducted on monthly basis to mitigate reporting risks</li><li>Ensure Supplier reconciliation is conducted on quarterly basis with proper signing offs for timely settlement of Supplier accounts.</li><li>Ensure Intercompany loans reconciliation is executed on quarterly basis (principal and interest) to meet internal controls guidelines</li></ul> Cost &amp; Cash Flow Management: <ul><li>Assist the Treasury department on schedules they might require in relation to redemption/maturity of fixed deposits accounts, loans and investment in equity and debt instruments.</li><li>Monitor and interpret cash flows and predict future trends through in-depth analysis of changes and advising accordingly</li></ul>&nbsp;Process Excellence: <ul><li>Review and update all existing business, financial and operational processes as per statutory requirement</li><li>Conduct a gap analysis for current processes and develop new proposed processes if required to control business risks.</li><li>Implement optimal process framework in accordance with strategic business objectives&nbsp;</li><li>Develop a compliance checklist and monitor progress through dashboards and/ or data analytics; to monitor internal controls.</li><li>Identify of areas of improvement in overall business performance, with a focus on cost optimization, revenue assurance and maximization, improved process efficiency, supply chain management and resource utilization</li><li>Monitor systems implementation project management and keep track of any systems changes for effective decision making</li></ul> Compliance: <ul><li>Receive all invoices and ensure they are appropriately authorised according to the outlined standard operating procedures</li><li>Increase organizational effectiveness through sound financial analysis and process improvement.</li><li>Liaise with the audit function and offer required support to ensure annual audit is conducted and also developing external relationships with appropriate contacts, e.g.&nbsp;</li><li>external auditors, bankers and approach independent person/body to conduct test on our tax compliance.</li></ul> Requirements: Knowledge: Skills and Experience required for this Role: <ul><li>A first degree in Accounting/Finance or any related discipline.</li><li>Membership in either of the following professional bodies Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA).</li><li>Possession of any of the following certifications is an added advantage: Certified Quality Auditor (CQA), CISA or International Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA).</li><li>At least 7 years of post-qualification experience.</li><li>Experience in use of modern accounting/financial techniques and software.</li><li>Must have the experience and capability to ensure timely and accurate preparation of the consolidated financial reports.</li><li>In-depth understanding of finance and accounting principles and standards, responsibilities, code of ethics and certification.</li><li>Ability to identify key audit issues, present sensitive and difficult audit findings and recommendations to the management.</li></ul>&nbsp;Competencies required for this Role: <ul><li>Entrepreneurial and Commercial Thinking</li><li>Adhering to principles and values</li><li>Applying expertise and technology</li><li>Presenting and communicating information</li><li>Working with people&nbsp;</li><li>Analyzing</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Maintain the general ledger, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end close activities.</li><li>Manage accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) processes.</li><li>Maintain and reconcile the fixed asset register, including capitalization, depreciation, and disposals.</li><li>Support inventory accounting and cost tracking in coordination with operations.</li><li>Assist in preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.</li><li>Support internal and external audits by preparing schedules and documentation.</li><li>Ensure compliance with company policies, internal controls, and accounting standards.</li><li>Assist with ERP system transactions and support improvements in accounting workflows during startup and scale-up phases.</li><li>Monitor and report on operational KPIs, capital expenditure, and project financial performance to drive cost efficiency and identify financial risks and opportunities.</li><li>Contribute to establishing finance-related procedures and documentation during plant startup and scale-up.</li></ul> Requirements: Qualifications &amp; Experience <ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field (MBA or CPA preferred).</li><li>3–5 years of experience in financial analysis, preferably within pharmaceutical manufacturing or a regulated industry.</li><li>Strong understanding of cost accounting principles, financial modeling, and manufacturing operations.</li><li>Familiarity with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, and financial reporting tools.</li><li>Experience in startup or greenfield environments is highly desirable.</li></ul> Skills &amp; Competencies: <ul><li>Analytical mindset with strong attention to detail and accuracy.</li><li>Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally.</li><li>Advanced Excel skills and proficiency in financial systems and data analysis tools.</li><li>Strong time management and organizational skills in a fast-paced, evolving environment.</li><li>Strong business acumen with a proactive, solution-oriented approach.</li><li>High level of integrity, confidentiality, and commitment to continuous improvement.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Leads Key Account organizations with an emphasis on strategic decision making.&nbsp;</li><li>Responsible for business strategies with a middle to longer-term focus.</li><li>Ensures account management talent development and career plans and succession planning.</li><li>Identifies market trends. Develops value proposition for the respective targeted market and selected IKA and RKA</li><li>Achieve the sales targets for the related IKA and RKA</li><li>Responsible for IKA and RKA satisfaction via NPS and drive corrective action</li><li>Driving key pipelines, leading major IKA and RKA commercial agreement or tender</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>A Degree or higher with at least 5 years of relevant working experience in key account management and proven sales track record in the electrical/technology industry is preferred</li><li>Minimum of 5 years’ experience in working within the data centre segment</li><li>Good project management experience</li><li>Experienced in working with international/multicultural teams</li><li>Able to build relationships with executive stakeholders</li><li>Time required for international travels, 30-50%.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: Strategy &amp; Business Partnership <ul><li>Provide financial market intelligence and strategic insights across the Americas region.</li><li>Partner with Sales and Pricing teams to align GTM strategy with financial targets, including:</li><li>Customer segmentation</li><li>Regional segmentation</li><li>Product and industry segmentation</li><li>Analyze macroeconomic and market trends impacting business performance.</li><li>Translate financial and operational data into actionable short-term and long-term recommendations.</li><li>Collaborate directly with Sales leaders to support GTM planning and customer engagement.</li><li>Support pricing strategy by analyzing pricing trends and evaluating price adjustments or erosion risks.</li><li>Partner with Operations to understand manufacturing and supply chain structures and align financial planning accordingly.</li></ul> Financial Planning &amp; Forecasting <ul><li>Support the Sales &amp; Operations Planning (S&amp;OP) financial process.</li><li>Align supply chain and operational assumptions with revenue forecasts.</li><li>Prepare and manage forecasts for:</li><li>Revenue and sales performance</li><li>Gross margin and cost of sales</li><li>Accounts receivable and cash flow</li><li>Participate in financial planning cycles, including:</li><li>Forecast commitments</li><li>Risk and opportunity assessments</li><li>Annual and multi-year business planning</li><li>Develop supporting forecasts such as GTM forecasts and plant financial forecasts.</li></ul> Financial Reporting &amp; Analysis <ul><li>Analyze financial results versus forecast and identify root causes of variances.</li><li>Provide weekly and monthly financial reports with performance insights.</li><li>Deliver financial analytics to support decision-making by Sales and business leadership.</li><li>Conduct customer profitability and business performance analysis.</li></ul> Financial Controls &amp; Accounts Receivable <ul><li>Manage and forecast sales adjustments, accruals, and liabilities.</li><li>Perform balance sheet reconciliations and ensure financial accuracy.</li><li>Forecast accounts receivable and support improvements in Days Sales Outstanding (DSO).</li><li>Act as liaison between business units and finance shared services for collections and AR management.</li></ul> Requirements: Required Qualifications <ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.</li><li>3–7+ years of experience in commercial finance, FP&amp;A, or financial analysis.</li><li>Experience supporting Sales, Pricing, or Operations teams in a manufacturing or industrial environment preferred.</li><li>Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and analytical skills.</li><li>Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.</li><li>Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, or similar) preferred.</li><li>Strong communication and stakeholder management skills</li></ul>

Role Description: <ul><li>Clients Customer Service Teams interact with customers, company sales and/or service representatives to handle a variety of pre-sales and post-sales service functions. </li><li>They take and process transactions via phone, internet, and correspondence from customers and respond to inquiries about Clients products or services.</li><li>They may promote and sell our companys products or services as well as investigate and resolve customer complaints.</li><li>A key area of focus is to develop strong business relationships via Clients Extraordinary Customer Experience strategy.</li><li>This position is the central point of contact for various accounts regarding all daily operational requirements from inquiry and pre-orders needs through all post-order activities.</li></ul> Responsibilities: Key performance responsibilities : <ul><li>Extraordinaire Customer Experience (ECE) and Customer touch point On-going efforts to drive ECE by interacting professionally with our internal and external customers. KPI’s are STR, CES, FCR, and efficiency.</li><li>Satisfaction Management Support the execution of improvement actions based on Net Promoter Score (NPS) and transactional surveys.&nbsp;</li><li>Metric - NPS/Transactional Survey.</li><li>Customer Relationship &amp; Satisfaction.</li><li>Central point of contact for Customer on all daily inquiries and provides timely follow up and resolution of issues and inquiries.</li><li>Proactive communication to Customer and liaise with parties to come up with solutions for open and upcoming matters.&nbsp;</li><li>Customer visits might be required.</li><li>Seek regular informal and formal feedback via transactional surveys or via phone and e-mail during daily communications.</li><li>Manage Service Delivery Process/Execution</li><li>Manage escalations for your customers.</li><li>Review quote and order requirements, create scheduling agreements, clear blocks, workflows daily, monitor critical shipments, backlog management.</li><li>Follow up on quotes and quality issues.</li></ul> Manage Interfaces &amp; Build Service Culture <ul><li>Act as voice of the Customer for internal support departments.</li><li>Participate in development training and process improvement projects to expand and challenge learning new ideas and processes.</li><li>Take ownership for actions and follow through on tasks until resolved.</li></ul> Requirements: Customer Focus, Organizational Agility, Communication Skills, Problem Solving, Drive for Results, Good working knowledge of English, Action Oriented, Detail Oriented and Business Acumen, minimal bachelor’s degree. SFDC (salesforce) is a big advantage. <ul><li>All candidates are required to be fluent in English.</li><li>Flexibility to work in US shift hours (6 pm to 3:30 am).</li><li>Education Experience: Any Graduation/Post Graduation.</li><li>Employment Experience: 6+ years.</li><li>SAP experience preferred (SD module).</li><li>Should be from Product based company (Manufacturing Industry).</li><li>Should have complete knowledge on Quote To Cash process.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Secure sales volume to meet or exceed the sales budget in the data centre vertical.&nbsp;</li><li>Spec-in company solution through active engagement with a consultant, EPC’s &amp; SI’s.&nbsp;</li><li>Provide quote and application solutions to potential customers with timely and high-quality service.&nbsp;</li><li>Manage and improve sales funnel/CRM with a good win ratio. Develop monthly sales forecasts.&nbsp;</li><li>Initiate a weekly plan for specified verticals or territories.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Educate and engage customers with new products/solutions/programs.</li><li>Effectively manage existing and new accounts to consistently improve market share in India.&nbsp;</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Education – Degree in Electronics/Electrical/Computer Science Engineering with a minimum of 8-12 years of experience in related technical sales.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Markets – Should have experience in building Data Centres in new makets.&nbsp;</li><li>Familiar with structure cable and connectivity products.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Customers Define our Success – Results-oriented with a process mindset.&nbsp;</li><li>Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with strong ownership.&nbsp;</li><li>Willing to dedicate extra time and travel to meet objectives.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul>

Responsibilities: Financial Reporting &amp; Compliance: <ul><li>Prepare accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.</li><li>Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards (Ind AS, IFRS, or US GAAP).</li><li>Manage period-end close processes and general ledger reconciliations.</li><li>Support external and internal audits, ensuring timely resolution of audit points.</li></ul> Cost Accounting &amp; Inventory Management: <ul><li>Monitor and manage inventory valuation, batch costing, and cost of goods sold (COGS).</li><li>Conduct standard vs actual cost variance analysis.</li><li>Collaborate with manufacturing and supply chain teams for real-time cost tracking.</li></ul> Taxation &amp; Regulatory Compliance: <ul><li>Handle GST, TDS, and income tax compliances including returns, reconciliations, and assessments.</li><li>Assist in regulatory compliance relevant to the pharmaceutical industry (e.g., NPPA, CDSCO).</li><li>Maintain records for transfer pricing and other compliance reports (e.g., Form 3CD).</li></ul> Accounts Payable &amp; Receivable: <ul><li>Oversee vendor payments, import transactions, and ensure proper accounting treatment.</li><li>Monitor receivables, perform aging analysis, and coordinate with sales teams for collections.</li><li>Conduct periodic reconciliation of vendor and customer accounts. 5. Budgeting, MIS &amp; Financial Planning</li><li>Assist in annual budgeting and rolling forecasts.</li><li>Provide financial analysis and reports to management (sales trends, cost analysis, profitability reports).</li><li>Develop and automate MIS for enhanced decision-making.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Minimum 10 years of experience in accounting/finance roles; at least 3–5 years in a senior or lead role.</li><li>Experience in pharma or manufacturing industry is highly preferred. •	Strong knowledge of accounting principles, tax laws, and cost accounting.</li><li>Hands-on experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Tally, etc.)</li><li>Proficiency in MS Excel and financial reporting tools. •	Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.</li><li>Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational abilities. Nice to Have:</li><li>Experience in handling audits for pharmaceutical R&amp;D or DSIR-registered entities.</li><li>Knowledge of pharma-specific compliance (NPPA reporting, drug pricing, etc.)</li><li>Exposure to internal controls, SOX compliance, or process improvement initiatives.</li></ul>

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