Assistant Director of Finance

As an experienced and dedicated finance professional, you will be responsible for leading financial planning, analysis, budgeting, and compliance functions. Your role will play a crucial part in driving strategic decision-making by delivering accurate financial insights, ensuring compliance with regulations, and managing key stakeholder relationships. You will be expected to lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes across academic and administrative departments. Providing regular financial reports and insights to senior leadership, monitoring key performance indicators, and advising on financial implications of policy or academic changes will be part of your strategic financial management responsibilities. In terms of financial operations, you will oversee month-end and year-end closing processes to ensure the accuracy of financial statements in compliance with accounting standards such as Ind AS, IFRS, and GAAP. Your role will also involve ensuring timely compliance with statutory requirements, including tax filings, audit, and regulatory submissions. Coordinating internal and external audits, ensuring adherence to audit recommendations, and supporting in the preparation and submission of reports to regulatory bodies will fall under your regulatory and compliance responsibilities. Monitoring the utilization of research grants and sponsored projects, ensuring compliance with financial terms of MoUs and funding contracts, and supporting faculty and departments in grant budgeting and financial reporting will be part of your grant and research fund management duties. Developing and enforcing robust financial policies and internal controls, recommending process improvements, and leading the implementation and use of ERP systems related to finance and controls will be essential for maintaining policy, processes, and controls. You will also be responsible for supervising finance staff, ensuring clear delegation, training, and performance management. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including HR, Procurement, Travel Desk, Campus Life and Maintenance, Student Affairs, Academic, and other administrative departments, will be crucial for effective team leadership. To qualify for this role, you should hold a CA/ICWA qualification with a minimum of 5-8 years of experience. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, advanced Excel proficiency, excellent communication skills, stakeholder management skills, ERP implementation experience, and knowledge of UGC/NIRF/NAAC reporting and statutory frameworks are highly desirable assets for this position.,