Role - Manager, Finance & Accounting

The role is responsible for leading end- to- end finance delivery for multiple clients of the company. The role requires deep hands- on technical capability, strong judgement, and the ability to design, operate, and stabilise finance processes in complex and rapidly changing environments, while overseeing a team and dealing with Indian and overseas stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

Accounting and ongoing compliance

- Act as primary finance lead for multiple client engagements, covering ongoing managed services.

- Own end-to-end Record to Report processes, including monthly close and reconciliations.

- Ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of monthly and quarterly financial reporting.

- Apply strong working knowledge of Indian GAAP and Ind AS, including researching and resolving complex accounting matters.

- Manage GST compliance and advisory, including return filings, reconciliations, and handling notices.

- Address direct tax considerations in collaboration with tax advisors, ensuring appropriate accounting treatment.

- Review client contracts from an accounting perspective, including revenue recognition, cost treatment, and indirect tax implications.

- Oversee Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable operations, including ageing management.

- Ensure appropriate approval matrices, segregation of duties, and internal controls are designed and followed.

New client onboarding

- Participate in new client setup from a finance perspective, including:

- Chart of accounts design

- Finance policies and processes

- Payroll and reimbursement processes

- Cost tracking frameworks

- Reporting structures

- Design and document finance policies and standard operating procedures.

- Build checks and balances into systems and processes to reduce dependency on individuals.

Year-end functions

- Oversee preparation of annual financial statements under applicable standards.

- Handle coordination of statutory, tax, internal, and other external audits.

- Respond to audit queries in a clear and defensible manner.

- Address queries from investors, lenders, and other external stakeholders during year end cycles.

MIS and reporting

- Prepare and review MIS as part of monthly reporting.

- Support segment reporting and management accounting requirements, including cost allocation frameworks.

- Stabilise cash flow reporting and working capital visibility.

- Ensure reporting outputs meet both statutory and management requirements.

- Create MIS templates and analysis dashboard formats.

- Consolidated reporting across group entities, where needed.

Short projects

- Drive ERP selection support and ERP migration or implementation projects.

- Identify process gaps and recommend pragmatic improvements.

- Execute short, problem driven finance projects alongside ongoing client delivery.

- Participate in Business Process Review & Reengineering projects for clients and also in Process and Risk Mapping assignments, where needed

- Document process flows, policies and procedures in standard finance manual templates

Team leadership and review discipline

- Lead, train, and review the work of analysts and senior executives across engagements.

- Develop team members' technical depth, judgement, and client handling capability.

- Establish clear review protocols and escalation mechanisms.

- Foster a culture of accountability, documentation discipline, and continuous improvement.

- Undertake training sessions and knowledge initiatives

Client management

- Act as the primary point of contact for assigned clients, ensuring timely and professional communication.

- Be accessible and responsive to client queries, with the ability to address matters confidently within the scope of engagement.

- Keep the reporting manager regularly informed on client interactions, key developments, risks, and overall client sentiment.

- Ensure client deliverables and accounts are consistently up to date, accurate, and aligned with agreed timelines.

- Build and maintain strong client relationships, with success measured through client satisfaction, clarity of communication, and minimal escalations.

Qualifications & Requirements:

- Strong technical skills with experience in controllership tracks, financial reporting, consolidated audits, and management accounting (costing, segment reporting).

- Deep familiarity with GAAP environments, complex finance processes and controllership workflows

- Excellent written and verbal communication; capable of interacting with senior management and overseas stakeholders

- Highly organised, technology-savvy, and experienced in team and project management (minimum 4 years background as a team manager)