
Finance Manager
- Bhiwandi, Maharashtra
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Oversee all financial operations, safeguard all assets of the company and generate accurate, timely financial reports (both statutory and management)
- Adhere to market and group reporting timelines
- Managing interactions with auditors and tax agents
- Ensuring timely filling of all statutory reporting
- Conduct regular reviews of balance sheet accounts to ensure accuracy, compliance to all accounting standards and policies. This role will be supported by a shared service center team
- Lead the annual budgeting process in collaboration with department heads
- Monitor actual performance against budgets, identify variances, and recommend corrective actions
- Provide rolling forecasts to adapt to changes in the business environment
- Participate in the S&OP process to ensure robustness of forecasts
- Articulate commercial and financial risks and opportunities; partner with Functional Heads to review profitability estimates, explore and realise opportunities, and mitigate risks
- Lead ad hoc analysis as and when required, this includes preparation of business cases to support investments in boutiques, etc
- Role will require an ability to work independent and drive changes in line with the strategic goals of the organization
- Participate in strategic planning discussions
- Monitor cash position via tight cashflow management and forecasting to ensure adequate liquidity for day-to-day business operations and strategic initiatives
- Driving early conversations and actions to ensure sufficient funding either internally or externally, working closely with the group Treasurer
- Ensuring a strong controls environment to mitigate risks
- Setting the “tone at the top” in all controls related matters
- Candidate needs to display an ability to lead via working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders and having a strong capability to influence
- Ability to lead and develop the finance team is a must
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field (Professional qualification such as ACCA, CPA preferred)
- Strong understanding of IFRS/MFRS, tax laws, and regulatory requirements
- Proven experience in working capital management, cash flow forecasting, and financial analysis
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to lead and develop teams. Will need to have managed a decent-sized team
- Have good interpersonal skills and an ability to drive tasks to completion
- Experience in using SAP Accounting software is a plus but not a must.