Manager - Finance & Accounting

Role & responsibilities:

- Direct and coordinate financial activities of the firms offices, departments. Collaborate with the executive management team to analyze finances and develop budgets that achieves cost optimization.

- Analyze financial records to improve budgeting and planning. Analyze forecasting data to improve business decisions.

- Oversee the preparation of various monthly financial and management related reports.

- Direct and improve financial operations of the firm. Ensure that sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing operations.

- Oversee month-end and year-end closing activities to confirm entries are properly recorded in general ledger and in accordance with the firm's policy and Accounting standards.

- Work with Partners in developing their annual plan and forecast. Regularly review and analyze firmwide financial results and discuss variances with Partners.

- Able to monitor and control expenditure and interpret the impact of unusual figures identified by analytical review.

- Able to prepare budgets and forecasts.

- Manage a team of internal Finance & Accounting Executives.

- Manage/monitor GST credits/payments.

- Process staff expense claims and ensure the claims are properly authorized

Preferred candidate profile:

- Minimum of 5 years of progressive accounting and finance experience; preferably within a professional services environment with a minimum of two years of supervisory experience

- Experience summarizing results and producing financial reports.

- Able to identify an arithmetical mistake. Able to review financial data and to identify unusual items.

- Able to make a presentation to any small group (including non-finance staff) and deal with questions raised.

- Excellent communications skills to comprehend required information to relevant stakeholders.

- Able to produce simple reports in Word. Able to use Excel efficiently by creating spreadsheets incorporating simple financial and mathematical functions

- Ability to exercise discretion and confidentiality.

- Ability to work cooperatively as well as independently under pressure with close attention to detail.

- Excellent planning and organizational skills with the ability to successfully adapt to changing priorities.

- Post Graduate in Accounting, Finance or related field from recognized university. CA preferred.

- Working knowledge of Accounting software e.g. tally, SAP Fico or any other financial accounting platform.

Technical

- Systems- Solid working knowledge financial and management accounting systems. Ability to effectively use Ms. Office tools.

- Finance- Adherence to financial and accounting standards.

- Management accounting- Preparation and communication of management accounting information.

- Regulation- Maintaining governance by ethically practicing internal audit of the process.

Informative- Able to provide accounting information on very short notice.

Functional

- Situational awareness- Able to anticipate situations and act to mitigate outcomes.

- Conscious Administration- Bringing attention to issues where action needs to be taken.

- Conservatism- Practice concept of recognizing expenses and liabilities as soon as possible when there is uncertainty about the outcome, but recognize revenues and assets when they are assured of being received.

- Time Management & Execution- Proactive planning, setting priorities and optimally use resources to complete the task in hand.

- Business Awareness- Understands the overall industry and business operation.

- Integrity- Being honest and ethical