Assistant Manager - Finance & Accounts - Hospitality

The Dukes Retreat is an up market resort, nestled in the middle of the nature and offers a great view of the famous cliff of Western Ghats hill road in Khandala. We offer 80 well-appointed Deluxe Rooms, Executive Rooms and Cottage with fantastic views of the hills and farms in the surrounding area. We have 8 conference rooms with modern equipment and conference facilities. Dukes Retreat has developed a reputation for excellent corporate hospitality and is the preferred venue for a number of preeminent national and multi-national corporates.

For their corporate office in Mumbai, they have a requirement for Assistant Manager- Finance and Accounts

The Assistant Finance Manager will play a vital role in improving and maintaining the financial standing of our companies. The ideal candidate will help determine financial strategy and policy, arranging the appropriate funding and managing financial risks in the organization.

The Finance Manager will ensure our companies have the cash and liquidity to meet its obligations, will be involved in securing credit from banks and other sources, tax, HR and compliance matters. The Finance Manager will be an official point of contact for all financial matters and one of the authorized signatories on all financial documents.

The Finance Manager is responsible for :

- Managing daily cash balances;

- Ensuring that cash flows are adequate to allow business units to operate effectively;

- Forecasting cash payments and anticipating challenges arising from limited cash flow;

- Maintain banking relationships and negotiating loans and merchant services for business units;

- Maintaining our accounts system;

- Preparing and presenting financial reports for meetings and investors;

- Working with executives and business heads to prepare budgets and track profit / loss performance by business unit and on consolidated basis;

- Creating solutions to new financial challenges by applying financial/treasury knowledge;

- Liaising with other departments and business units on a range of issues;

- Providing advice on financial matters impacting on the company as a whole;

- Taking responsibility for, and supervising the work of, more junior members of staff;

- Preparing financial reports and submissions to relevant government entities;

- Arranging financial audits and reviews as required;

- Banking money and cheques received and issuing receipts as requested or needed;

- Processing credit card payments received and transferring money from Paypal accounts;

- Maintaining and transferring money between bank accounts as required;

- Payment of invoices and fees as required or otherwise instructed;

- Complete tax filings and dealing with matters relating to the IRD;

- Recommend and maintain a system of policies and procedures that impose an adequate level of control over Finance Department activities

Candidate should be B.Com/ M.Com with minimum 5-8 years of Accounting experience.