Director - Finance - Education Startup - CA

Looking for a CA with 10-15 years of post-qualification experience (start-up experience preferred).

Management, Planning, Strategy

- Implementation, maintenance, documentation and development of information systems to ensure that the business units transactions are recorded electronically and integrated with the financial systems of the company and support the operations.

- Work together with the business units leadership team in the elaboration and execution of the annual budget, forecast, and strategic plan.

- Lead the financial planning and the budget construction, assuring this process is focused in realistic but aggressive plans for the Business unit.

- Consolidation of the business financial information, focusing in the achievement of consistency and alignment with home office goals and policies.

- Monitor actual performance against budget and provide a meaningful analysis of the same to the management, and implement corrective actions.

- Preparation of MIS reports for review with respect to core functional areas; monitors KPIs and provides insightful observations and trends that can be used to drive business performance

- Assess and evaluate the financial performance of organization with regard to annual and long-term operational goals, budgets, and forecasts.

- Implement operational changes to improve financial performance of the business

- Lead regular business and financial reviews with the unit/country senior staff, as well as home office.

- Excel at collaboration across the organizational structure and create a cohesive and aligned metric driven organization.

Tax / Treasury/Accounting

- Supervise the treasury function, including short-term financing and cash stability, tax issues, risk management and management of cash excess at local level

- Ensure that the appropriate financial contingency measures are well prepared and taken under stress situation.

- Ensure that monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting of the business financial statements is made in compliance with Indian fiscal, statutory and US GAAP accounting regulations.

- Advising on accounting issues and resolving accounting taxation issues on existing new products. Responsible for annual report and disclosure requirements in conformity with Indian accounting standards and IRDA Guidelines.

- Coordination for Income tax scrutiny and assessment, Filing of Income Tax return.

- Ensure full tax compliance in the organization and maintain regulation amendments from time to time including indirect tax (GST).

- Liaise with tax departments and tax consultants for assessments, notices etc.

- Liaise with Statutory and Internal Auditors.

- Monitor cash balances and cash forecasts

- Arrange for debt financing as required both via ownership structure of with 3rd party