Manager - Finance

Our Growth Plans

About The Role

Key responsibilities:-

🔹 Financial Planning, Forecasting & Analysis

• Support the preparation of annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and variance analysis.
• Track actual vs. budgeted expenses and revenue; provide timely insights to management.
• Support financial planning activities and help identify areas for cost optimization.
• Update financial models promptly to reflect the latest actuals and projections, supporting timely and informed decision-making.
• Support management with ad hoc financial analysis, scenario modeling, and business cases as needed for decision-making.
  

🔹 Investor Relations

• Compile, validate, and distribute monthly MIS reports—including P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow summaries—within two business days of month-end close to align with management review cycles.
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of data inputs to avoid delays and ensure reliability of reports as this needs to be shared with the Board of Directors and Investors.
  

🔹 Month-End Closures

• Coordinate with the accounting team to ensure timely completion of accruals, reconciliations, and journal entries as per the monthly close calendar.
• Validate that all closing activities are completed and financials are review-ready within the prescribed closing window.
  

🔹 Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with internal, sales, and product teams to gather inputs and validate assumptions early in the planning cycle to prevent last-minute delays.
• Facilitate planning meetings and checkpoints to ensure all stakeholders meet agreed timelines.
  

🔹 Process Improvement & Automation

• Identify opportunities for process improvement (e.g., centralized templates, automation of data pulls, streamlined workflows) to reduce turnaround time.
• Monitor close cycle KPIs to drive ongoing improvements in efficiency and reporting timelines.
  

🔹 Ad Hoc Analysis & Special Projects

• Support management with ad hoc analysis, ensuring a quick turnaround without compromising insight quality.
• Contribute to strategic initiatives (e.g., business cases, scenario planning) with well-defined deliverables, schedules, and milestone tracking.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant with 1-2 years of experience (Business Finance/ FP&A experience preferred) with article-ship from Big 4 firms/ Tier 2 firms.
• Excellent academic credentials across levels - Class X, XII marks and CA rank-holder preferred (first attempt is acceptable).
• Excellent MS Excel skills and working knowledge of accounting tools (Zoho/QuickBooks/Tally).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• High attention to detail as the individual is expected to work on critical investor/ board queries with a sense of ownership.
• Good verbal and written communication skills. High on energy.
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple tasks under tight timelines.