Chief Financial Officer - CA

Chief Financial Officer

Vision India, a conglomerate with three evolved business lines: Staffing, Skill Development and Advisory Services. With a base of 32,000 associates and a client list proudly featuring 150+ Indian, MNC, and Government entities, we carry a solid track record in delivering Human Resource solution across divergent geographies, across India, South East Asia, Middle East and an evolving presence in Americas & Europe.

Our processes carry Quality accreditations with ISO 9001, ISO 21001:2018, ISO 10002, ISO 14001, ISO/IEC 20000, ISO 27001, and OHSAS 18001, reflecting in our service delivery maintained through an unwavering focus on extending quality services to our clients, consistently, setting them up to achieve their business goals with cost efficacy.

We have consistently recorded impressive revenue growth over the past years, achieving a milestone revenue of INR 200 Crore, for the fiscal year 2023-24 and a CAGR of 37% over a three-year period. We are poised for a crest in the coming years, driven by significant projects slated for 2024-25, service portfolio expansion and our strong fundamentals across the business lines.

Our captive job portal, JustJob.co.in, a database of over 5 million active candidates, featuring 20,000 + active job opportunities across industry and beholds the trust of 100+ corporate entities and government organizations for their talent fulfillment.

II. JOB PURPOSE:

- The incumbent is key to driving growth, profitability, value creation & preservation, financial strategy and best in class Corporate Governance for the company & its subsidiaries. S/He would be responsible for the achievement of overall Financial goals of the companies, in collaboration with the Leadership Team.

- Assist in the corporate planning process and maintaining strategic direction by regularly reviewing and analyzing business financial performance.

- Provide advice and counsel to management regarding tax related matters, project cost estimation & reporting and other risk factors to achieve desired business results.

- To ensure complete financial management and accounting services including budgeting and financial control in accordance with statutory requirements, corporate policies and procedures.

- To ensure that the administrative responsibilities set out in company law are properly carried out, there is sound compliance and effective governance and assistance is provided to the Board of Directors in execution of their tasks.

III. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Shape & Drive Business Strategy and Plans

- Drive the development of a financing strategy that supports growth & optimizes profitability across business lines.

- Formulate financial objectives and budgets for the company in coordination with all other departments with periodic assessment of variations in actual performance and timely action to achieve/exceed the financial targets.

- Lead all other finance related initiatives in collaboration with the leadership team for long term growth of the Company.

- Advisory Role: Providing appropriate advice to Finance Controller & function heads to ensure that the financial matters of the companies are being handled in efficient and effective manner.

- Decision Support & Business Performance Management

- Complete analysis of all business lines' monthly financial and business performance reports with a view to provide explanations for variances from budget, forecast and prior period actual data.

- Analysis of the business units' operational processes to improve efficiency, reduce costs and Maximize revenue & PAT.

- Build robust management information systems for timely and effective feedback to the leadership team.

- Set up effective internal control systems and processes in the companies and ensure internal audits across all business lines.

- Review the Operational and Capital Expenditure, assist in monthly and quarterly forecasting.

Finance & Accounts:

- Achieve budgeted financial targets (Revenues, EBIDTA, Cash from Ops, Overheads as a percentage of revenues etc.)

- Supervise the accounts team and oversee the timely preparation of financial statements and financial reports.

- Preparation of Financial Statements as per accounting standards. Oversee the publishing of Financial Results as per statutory requirements on Quarterly and Annual basis.

- Management of Financial Resources: Ensuring efficient management and optimum utilization of Company's Financial Resources

- Treasury & Working Capital Management

- Liaise with banks and financial institutions for raising fund and non-fund based finance to meet working capital and capex requirements and effective Working Capital and Cash Flow Management.

- Provide for the Raising and Deployment of funds efficiently and reducing cost of funds.

- Coordinate with stakeholder to optimize procurement & operational expenses.

- Functional excellence & People

- To ensure the overall compliance with various Corporate Laws with respect to all companies.

- Ensuring proper and timely compliance with Statutory Requirements & Liaison with Government Authorities.

- Ensuring that appropriate Internal Control System are in place at various touch points to prevent loss of financial resources, GAP Analysis of the SOPs and Internal Controls on periodic basis.

- Own up recruitment of qualified & competent personnel in the department

- Ensure timely goal setting, monitoring, review of performance parameters and feedback for team

- Oversee capability building for the team and mentor and groom high-potential team.

IV. KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS:

- Measurable Deliverables Growth in business Volume, Revenue & Profitability for each standalone businesses & companies.

- Process, Controls & tracking mechanisms established & their efficiency.

- Quality of reports & analytics. Closure & tracking of improvements.

- Regimented F&A schedule, closing, Analysis, Review.

- Business process improvements.

V. QUALIFICATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

Qualification:

- CA with 8 to 10 years of experience or MBA Finance with 12 to 15 years of experience, with 3 to 5 years as the head of finance, in organizations of repute & credible practices. Experience in service Industry is essential.

- Specific experience Business Acumen

- Demonstrates an understanding of business drivers and the impact of decisions on the business. Makes sound, timely decisions based on an analysis of the available information and prior experience.

- Showcase industry/functional expertise & deploys relevant processes based on an in-depth understanding of the end-to-end value chain.

- Strategy & Executing for Results

- Track progress through key metrics and display an ability to spot potential issues well in advance

- Actively keeps abreast of industry trends to ensure the company's propositions are relevant, competitively priced and delivered in a manner that meets or exceeds user expectations

Overall experience: As above, 10 to 12 years, managing 10+ resources, primarily in Telecom / FMCG / Staffing / E Skill / E Com companies.