Finance Manager

FINANCE MANAGER – JOB DESCRIPTION

Experience: 7–12 years
Location: Bangalore

ROLE SUMMARY

We are looking for a hands-on Finance Manager who can own the entire Finance & Accounting function end-to-end—including books, compliance, billing discipline, controls, MIS and team management.

You will lead a small accounting team and build strong financial systems, transparency, and accountability across the organization.

This role is not just supervisory—we need someone who is comfortable getting into the details, fixing processes, and ensuring daily discipline around billing, e-way bills, banking, reconciliations, GST and reporting.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Accounting Ownership (End-to-End)

• Full ownership of all books of accounts (Zoho/Tally).
• Ensure daily, weekly, monthly closing discipline.
• Review and approve all sales invoices, purchase bills, credit notes.
• Oversee reconciliations:
• Bank, AR & AP, GST ledgers, TDS ledgers
• Vendor/customer accounts
• Advances & provisions
• Fixed assets
• Maintain accurate trial balance and ensure books always stay audit-ready.

2. Billing, E-Invoice & E-Way Bill Accuracy

• Ensure zero-dispatch without invoice policy.
• Oversee daily generation of invoices, e-way bills and e-invoices.
• Train the accounting team on correct billing practices (HSN, GST rate, customer details, documentation).
• Ensure consistency between dispatch → invoice → e-way bill → accounting.

3. Daily Process Control & Reconciliation

• Establish a daily bank reconciliation process (no suspense entries).
• Ensure daily matching of receipts to invoices and identification of mismatches.
• Implement clear workflows for Billing, Collections, Vendor payments, Document management
• Build systems to reduce errors, delays, data gaps, and financial leakages.

4. Compliance – Full Ownership

You will own, track and ensure zero default in:

A. Statutory Compliance

• GST (monthly, quarterly, annual)
• TDS returns & payments
• Professional Tax, PF/ESI coordination
• Year-end statutory audit,
• Tax audit, Income tax

B. Secretarial Compliance

In coordination with CS:

• AOC-4, MGT-7
• Board/AGM documentation
• Share allotments & registers

Single point of responsibility for making sure every compliance is done on time with accurate data.

5. Cash Flow & Working Capital Management

• Prepare weekly and monthly cash flow.
• Plan payables vs. receivables to ensure smooth working capital.
• Monitor credit periods, vendor terms and customer payment cycles.
• Improve collection efficiency with structured follow-up.
• Maintain banking relationships; track OD/CC utilisation if applicable.

6. MIS, Reporting & Decision Support

Deliver timely and accurate reporting:

• Monthly P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow
• Variance analysis vs last month and last year
• AR & AP ageing
• Gross margin / net margin tracking
• Business dashboards for promoter visibility

7. Process Design, Controls & Governance

• Establish SOPs for billing, payments, approvals, documentation and GST.
• Implement maker-checker controls across finance processes.
• Create workflows that improve transparency and reduce manual errors.
• Build audit-ready documentation culture across teams.

8. Team Leadership & Capability Building

• Lead, guide and mentor a small accounting team.
• Set daily/weekly/monthly responsibilities clearly.
• Train team on billing, e-way bills, GST postings, reconciliation discipline.
• Conduct monthly reviews of team performance and accuracy.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

Experience

• 7–12 years overall experience
• Must have managed accounting + compliance for a company of 15–75 Cr turnover
• Strong hands-on background in GST, TDS, AR/AP, closing
• Experience leading a small finance team
• Experience in a founder-led, fast-moving environment is a big plus
• Experience with Zoho Books or Tally Prime

Technical Skills

• Excellent understanding of accounting principles
• GST & TDS end-to-end
• Invoice, e-invoice, e-way bill regulations
• Bank reconciliation + AR/AP management
• Excel / Google Sheets (pivot, lookup, MIS building)
• Drafting SOPs and implementing finance controls

Soft Skills

• High ownership + reliability
• Detail-oriented with a proactive mindset
• Excellent communication
• Ability to work closely with founders & business teams
• Hands-on problem solving, not just oversight
• Process-driven; able to bring discipline in a growing company

Job Type: Full-time

Application Question(s):

• Are you available for immediate joining?

Experience:

• Finance and Accounting: 7 years (Required)

Location:

• Bangalore, Karnataka (Required)

Work Location: In person