Senior Finance Manager

About Our Client: A well-established, employee-owned global commodities merchant operates in multiple agricultural products such as sugar, coffee, molasses, and animal feed, with a presence in dozens of countries and significant annual revenue. The company emphasizes sustainable production, corporate responsibility, and works closely with local and international trading partners. They are looking for a Senior Finance Manager to join a fast-paced trading environment, providing high-quality financial reporting, transactional oversight, and strategic insights across commercial operations.

Job Description: Senior Finance Manager

Location: Govandi, Mumbai (Hybrid role- 3 days WFO)

Experience: PQE 2-5 years

Qualification: CA

About the role: We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as an experienced and high calibre Senior Finance Manager to work in a truly global environment to control and report high quality and value adding financial information related to commercial activity. This is a key role in an exciting part of the business, involving close interaction with trading teams, finance, and risk. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to gain a unique insight into the business. Our ideal candidate will have proven experience of operating within a fast-paced trading environment with a proactive approach to transactional activities, financial reporting, taxation and control.

Responsibilities:

The primary aim of this role is to manage the Corporate Accounts & Taxation for the Indian vertical of their Global trade house.

The core responsibilities entailed are:

- High level review and finalisations of accounts, Annual budgets and monthly track, Flash Commentary, Hyperion Reporting ,etc

- Centralized Accounting/Controls

- Handling & leading Statutory Audit including Tax Audit and Transfer Pricing Audit

- GST monthly filings & annual Departmental Audit

- Handling Direct taxes & Tax Assessments Income tax & Transfer pricing ensuring a robust control environment, in line with Minimum Control Standards

The job holder will also:

- Actively partake in projects to bring improvement to the Sugar reporting process - P&L attribution,

- Balance Sheet analysis & Reconciliation

- All Corporate compliances

- Undertake adhoc duties as required

Requirements :

- Ideally be a qualified Chartered Accountant with solid demonstrable experience of both trade and financial accounting

- 2-5 years of experience gained within a bank, big four or trade house

- Experience of working within physical commodities trading would be desirable

- Ability to analyse financial data and prepare financial reports and projections

- Strong tax experience majorly on GST

- Strong interpersonal and communication skills

- The role requires a well organised and efficient individual who can manage competing deadlines with strict time constraints

- Flexible, proactive, and willing to take on additional tasks as the departments workload requires