Job Title:  Delivery Manager | Project accounting and reporting | Bengaluru Eco space | Finance Transformation |

Manager | Enterprise Technology and Performance-Finance Transformation | Oracle Finance

·        Location:  Bangalore

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Manager will be responsible for ensuring completion of delivery of day-to-day transactions and activities within the Project Finance.

Key responsibilities for the Manager will include:

This role will be responsible for financial and commercial management of development projects partnering with the Development Management team and engaging with capital partners. Key responsibilities include managing commercial, accounting and compliance management outcomes for Lendlease’s development projects (NSW,  Queensland or Singapore as relevant). This position requires strong profit, cost and cash management focus with an understanding of the major drivers of property development across the residential, commercial and retail sectors.

Skills & Attributes:

• This role will be responsible for financial and commercial management of development projects partnering with the Development Management team and engaging with capital partners. Key responsibilities include managing commercial, accounting and compliance management outcomes for Lendlease’s development projects (NSW,  Queensland or Singapore as relevant). This position requires strong profit, cost and cash management focus with an understanding of the major drivers of property development across the residential, commercial and retail sectors.
• Ownership of commercial assessment model including updates to assumptions and cashflow phasing to support monthly management reporting and analysis through coordination with DM team.
• Ownership of internal and external reporting deliverables ensuring consistency, accuracy and timeliness of reporting with variance analysis and insights
• Ownership of of Half Year and Full Year project statutory submissions including presenting in State/FC review meetings.
• Coordinate monthly budget/cost reporting meetings with project development management team
• Act as business partner to project team, providing relevant commercial/financial support and advice, including participation in scenario modelling and analysis, project cost/commercial assessment reviews.
• Coordinate budget management in the finance system and managing governance processes and approvals, focusing on efficient cash management.
• Coordinate the Business Plan budgeting processes for Development projects that aligns profit outcomes, cash, capital and cost base with key strategic initiatives over the plan period, driving accountability for budget outcomes through projects.
• Ensure compliance with milestones and obligations under relevant Development Agreements, including liaison with internal/external Legal advisors
• Leasing analysis to support leasing offers/deals working closely with DM team
• Coordination of risk and opportunities analysis collaborating with DM team
• Collaboration on JV governance deliverables (where DM content needs to align with Finance content like contingency and contract sum reporting
• Analysis for investment committee papers/JV meetings
• Distribution forecasts in relation to settlements, distribution waterfall, coordination of internal and external tax review and coordination of execution with CoSec
• Technical accounting analysis under IFRS as required
• Ad hoc commercial/financial tasks as required by the project team and Senior Management.
• Engagement with Tax (particularly on JVs where LL doesn’t advise JV so need to engage with external advisor (PWC)
• Coordinating contractual deliverables and accurately responding to specific investor queries on numbers or analysis e.g. Monthly TB reporting, forecasts, queries on financial statements, reconciling statutory position to JV BP, coordination with QS for debt reporting (covers whole project budget not just construction claims)

Preferred Skills:

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Develop and manage annual budgets and rolling forecasts.
• Perform detailed variance analysis and provide actionable insights to senior leadership.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial performance reports with commentary.
• Support strategic planning initiatives through scenario modeling and sensitivity analysis.

Controllership & Compliance

• Ensure adherence to accounting standards (GAAP/IFRS) and internal control frameworks.
• Oversee month-end and year-end close processes, including accruals and reconciliations.
• Partner with auditors to support internal and external audit requirements.
• Maintain compliance with corporate governance and SOX requirements.

Key skills required: 

• 10+ years of work experience in financial reporting, financial planning and analysis, project accounting or a related field
• Development or property experience preferred
• Strong stakeholder management skills will be supported by your hands-on approach and ability to work in a fast paced, ever-changing environment working both autonomously and as part of a team
• Critical thinking
• Problem solving
• Confidence/ability to challenge
• Attention to detail
• Initiative and proactivity