Job Description

At dnata Travel Group Contact Centres, we are proud to support our customers as a leading, award-winning travel services provider. We deliver expertise in all aspects of the travel industry from online travel agencies, local agencies, global travel consolidators, corporate travel and DMCs through to airline representation services. As Head of Finance (HOF) India you oversee the day-to-day finance functions covering finance, treasury, invoicing, internal control, taxes and insurance. You are responsible for the delivery of timely and accurate management accounting and reporting as well as delivering financial information at local and group level. As HOF you report directly to the Managing Director (MD) with a dotted line to the Head Office Finance in dnata Travel and support the Executive and Corporate Management team as a Business Partner on all strategic and tactical matters related to finance, budget management, cost benefit analysis and calculations, forecasting and the development of new projects. In this role, you will: Be accountable for the day-to-day finance functions covering finance, treasury, invoicing, internal control, taxes and insurance. As Head of Finance you are a business partner and build a strong and professional relationship with the executive, corporate and local leadership team to support in all finance-related matters. Actively assist in implementing the dnata strategy and in business development activities. Be responsible for the leadership, development and talent and succession planning of the finance team. Establish and maintain a financing strategy for dnata in India to successfully master the current and future cash, investment and development requirements of the company including financing dnata s green sustainability approach. Be responsible for all local and group reporting requirements and you act as the link to the regional and global finance peers within the dnata group. As Head of Finance you are responsible for the local revenue, cost as well as the cash flow budgeting and forecast process to pro-actively support the identification of financial risks and opportunities in order to develop strategies to master them. Act as the local guardian of the authorities and corporate governance frameworks as well as the internal control systems (IKS) and make sure that adequate controls are in place and maintained at all time. Be responsible for all tax topics including declarations (income tax, VAT, withholding tax, PAYE etc.) in cooperation with external partners. Be the contact person and interface for all corporate insurance topics. Cultivate a professional relationship to banking partners, suppliers, audit companies and governmental bodies. Implement and drive process change and automation. Participate in executive and corporate meetings and in addition you coordinate and lead internal and external audits. Be responsible for the back office administrative function by providing direction and guidance to the team and establishing procedures that enables the business to operate effectively.