Sulekha.com - Manager/Senior Manager - Finance - CA

Manager/Senior Manager- Finance - Qualified Chartered Accountant with exposure to Deals/Transactions and Legal matters (for Chennai location only)

Are you passionate about being a part of an impactful Finance Team in a high growth company? Do you believe that that there is no detail too small and are driven to get things done? Do you enjoy financial analytics and helping Senior Management drive decision making? Do you enjoy working on deals? Do you want to build financial systems which can scale to accommodate high growth? Do you enjoy working with other functional areas of the company to solve important business problems? Are you accounting foundations strong and are they supported by good academic performance and extra-curricular learning ? Do you feel confident about independently handling external and internal audits? Are you a CA?

We have the perfect engagement for you. It's not just a job. It's where you would chart out an exciting career in industry, an opportunity that will enhance your personal and professional growth like no other. You will do hands-on work, at the same time leverage your teamwork skills in cohesively working with other members of the Finance and Corporate Development teams to make a meaningful impact on the company. You will be able to create for yourself not only a great foundation but also forge a strong growth path.

Sulekha: India's Expert Services Marketplace

Sulekha is one of India's biggest and fastest-growing digital marketplace for expert services, connecting users with the right businesses in real-time across thousands of location-categories. Sulekha's sophisticated and proprietary AI and ML driven technology platform and innovative processes that have been refined over several years, connect millions of users and local businesses, leveraging deep technology/process IP and domain intelligence. Sulekha's unique mobile and cloud solutions operate at scale to provide:

- Matchmaking for local services where a physical interaction between a user and a service provider is needed

- Digital services delivery for EdTech services that can be rendered online

Sulekha's growth is powered by its forward-looking innovation driven structure and a start-up culture of participation, learning and experimentation. We guarantee you vast scope to learn, opportunity to experiment, acquire multi-faceted skills, gain exposure to the latest technologies, and thus become a top-notch business and thought leader in record time.

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Develop monthly MIS and unaudited financials for shareholders with summary, as required.

- Liaise with internal and statutory auditors to finalize audited financials in a timely manner

- Ensure compliance with all internal financial controls, checks and balances Drive planning, analysis, coordination, and consolidation of corporate annual operating plan/ budget/ targets/forecasts

- Build analytical models that utilize both financial and non-financial data to forecast operating results and provide decision

- Develop and refine key business metrics and drive robust analysis to identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities, while evaluating possible alternatives with a view to market trends and recommend appropriate actions to management

- Conduct comparable analysis as necessary in support of key business metrics and objectives

- Perform strategic and scenario analysis to determine present and future financial performance

- Increase productivity by developing automated reporting/forecasting tools

- Prepare monthly consolidated and regional financial analyses as well as deferred revenue schedules by business. Assist with annual and quarterly forecasting

- Guide cost analysis process by establishing and enforcing policies and procedures; providing trends and forecasts; explaining processes and techniques; recommending actions

- Assist with the development and maintenance of complex pricing models

- Work effectively as part of a team working on financing transactions, corporate development activities, and in evaluation of acquisitions

The ideal candidate will possess skills or experience or both related to the job elements described below.

- CA qualified with 2+ years of relevant experience. Exceptional candidates with lesser experience may also apply with a short explanation

- Some experience with transactions advisory, review of memoranda, legal documents, and other analyses.

- Exposure to company secretary activities is a plus

- Some experience in managing company annual audits

- Sharp financial analytics foundation, familiarity, and comfort with data mining tools, financial modelling, and forecasting.

- Advanced experience working with the corporate budgeting process

- Excellent communication and presentation skills, and interest in interacting with executive-level management.

- Understanding and interest in Market research, business intelligence, and valuation comps is an advantage

- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel is required; familiarity with data query/data management tools extremely helpful (Access, SQL, Business Objects)

- Comfort dealing with ambiguity and ability to work independently

- Self-starter with the passion to learn and grow. Ability to switch between complex to routine tasks as required.