CLIFFORD CHANCE LONDON LIMITED

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title Associate Vice President – Finance Systems

Location Unit No. 3, First Floor, Ambience Corporate Tower II, Plot No. 3, Ambience
Island, NH-8, Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Business Area Partnership Services - Systems

Job Type Permanent

Global Career Band Executive Manager

Global Role Type People and Service Manager

Days/Hours of Work Monday to Friday

Reports to Head of Finance-Delhi office and Portfolio manager Finance systems

Summary Clifford Chance is one of the world's leading law firms, helping clients achieve
their goals by combining the highest global standards with local expertise.
The firm has unrivalled scale and depth of legal resources across the three
key markets of the Americas, Asia and Europe and focuses on the core areas
of commercial activity: capital markets; corporate and M&A; finance and
banking; real estate; tax; pensions and employment; litigation and dispute
resolution.

Alongside world-class legal careers, Clifford Chance offers excellent

opportunities in the support functions that underpin its business operations.
By joining us in business services, you will help us to innovate in the way we
deliver our services and enable us to run a successful multinational business
that never stands still.  Business services are integral to the running of the
firm and are critical to its success.

Clifford Chance Business Services (CCBS) provides a wide range of IT Enabled

Services to its client/parent company, Clifford Chance LLP. Having grown
steadily over ten years, the company employs ~600 highly skilled and
experienced professionals enabling the organization to successfully support
its client in the following areas:

 Finance
  Information Technology
 Business and Research Solutions
 Legal Support Centre
 Document Production Unit
 Project Management and Continuous Improvement

The AVP- Finance Systems will work closely with the Portfolio Manager –
Finance Systems to deliver a capital expenditure programme of integrating
data across systems to ensure there is a single version of truth across the
firm. Provides strategic direction for the global financial systems strategy,
governance, functional support, and related system implementation
activities.

Key Responsibilities
 Proactively identify system requirements for the future and update
the roadmap of IT systems needed by Finance, in consultation with
the Finance Systems Portfolio Manager
 Participate, organize and lead finance teams in project migrations and
upgrades, the delivery of new system functionality and other system
related projects.

 Work with the Finance Systems Portfolio Manager to ensure global

finance teams are in receipt of robust and reliable finance systems.

 Continuously monitor and review the existing systems and processes

and implementation of requisite changes and controls.
 Coordinating across the firm to align around best practice.
 Ownership of the finance systems intranet page.
 Expanding the scope and functionalities of the ERP and owning all
processes related to financial controls and compliance.
 Identify scope for standardisation and improvement of systems and
automation / integration opportunities.
 Working with Finance Systems product teams to detail out
requirements of financial systems and integration with the operating
systems.
 Driving adoption, automation and compliance of ERP and internal
systems within the finance and related business teams.
 Driving process excellence and automation in all financial processes
with respect to AP, AR, Inter-office, Fixed Assets, treasury
management etc.
 Develop and maintain the team's tasks and projects that are to be
 included in the Group Finance departmental plans.

 Periodic review and revision of application security model in the ERP

to accommodate the changing needs of the business.
 Lead the finance systems community, develop and accelerate the
workstreams identified by the global systems community.

 Serve as “hands-on” escalation point to identify and suggest

approaches to resolve reporting and project related issues.
 Responsible for the planning, design and development of training
materials and execution training sessions for end users, based on
specific requirements needed.
 Manage effective working relationships with other departments,
groups and colleagues with whom work must be coordinated or
interfaced.

 Manage professional development of the team, providing mentoring

and timely feedback on performance as well as opportunities to
develop through training and involvement in projects.
 Assist with special projects, as needed.

Key Requirements
 12+ years in financial systems or finance/accounting role(s) within a
large, multi-national company, with significant experience leading a
team responsible for implementation and maintenance of financial
systems and providing systems support to financial reporting and
FP&A functions.
 Education: B.Com/M.Com/ Chartered Accountant / MBA Finance or
Equivalent.

 Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. Ability to build

stakeholder buy-in and drive consensus by sharing the value
proposition.
 Strong project management capabilities.
 Ability to create and execute financial systems roadmap.
 Expertise in functional support in ERP (Oracle 12.2 or higher).

 Experience in HFM and Hyperion Planning - V11.1.2.4.

 Understanding of accounting, financial related processes (GL, AP, FA,

Inter-office, Billing and Cash management etc.) and ERP
implementation and support.
  Good analytical skills, should be comfortable with analysis tools e.g
PL/SQL and general understanding of ERP platforms, data structures
and user interfaces

 Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite .

 Working knowledge of Keystone and experience of the Legal systems

is an ideal advantage.

 Understanding of project management methodologies and best

practice.

 Excellent external and internal stakeholder relationship management.

 Ability to come up with new ideas, iterate and execute independently.
 Good presentation skills with ability to compile credible facts and
figures.
 Strong knowledge/understanding of financial consolidation and
reporting requirements.

Client Focus

At Clifford Chance, we believe in bringing the client - both internal and external - to the centre of
everything we do. To do this we need to understand, anticipate and fulfil the unique needs and
expectations of each client. We call this "Client Focus" and to help deliver this core part of our
business strategy, we want to recruit people who not only excel in their field but who are also client
focused.

We are looking for people who:

can demonstrate a keen interest and enthusiasm to understand their Stakeholder's priorities;

are self-starters but also team players ready to help others and contribute to the overall success;

listen, understand, question and deliver; and

are reliable and responsive, and worked in an environment of "client first"

In short, we are looking for people who are motivated by client satisfaction and who strive to exceed
the expectations of their clients.

Equal Opportunities

We believe in equality of opportunity for all job applicants and employees regardless of gender,
marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity or origin, disability, creed or religion, sexual
orientation or age.