Manager - Finance - Healthcare

Manager - Finance

Location: Bangalore (Office)

Shift Timing: US (7.30 PM to 4.30 AM)

Reporting to: Head of Finance / CFO

Team: Assistant Manager, Treasury Accountant, Vendor Coordinator/Treasury, AP/GL Accountants

Role Summary

We are looking for a highly experienced Finance Manager with a strong background in the healthcare sector to oversee and drive all aspects of the finance function at our facility/organisation. This is a handson leadership role, requiring deep accounting, treasury, vendor coordination and healthcare accounting insight. The candidate must be based in the designated location and work from office full time.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the finance team of accountants (AP, GL, Treasury, vendor coordination) to ensure smooth and timely monthly, quarterly and yearend closes.
• Ensure accounting compliance with applicable standards (GAAP / local accounting standards) in a healthcare environment (hospitals, clinics, etc).
• Oversee cash management, treasury flows, vendor payments, and intercompany/cost centre reconciliations.
• Develop, implement and maintain robust financial policies, procedures and internal controls with special focus on healthcare operations (billing, patient revenue, cost allocations, vendor contracts).
• Provide financial analysis, commentary and insights to senior management on key healthcare financial metrics (e.g., cost per patient day, equipment amortisation, service line profitability).
• Coordinate vendor agreements, ensure timely vendor payment, manage vendor performance and vendor reconciliations.
• Supervise the preparation of the general ledger, ensure appropriate account structures, integrity of data, reconciliations of balance sheet accounts.
• Work closely with treasury/accounting team in forecasting cash flows, managing working capital, banking relationships and optimizing cost of funds.
• Liaise with internal audit / external auditors, provide support for statutory and internal audits, especially healthcarerelated regulatory compliance and audit schedules.
• Coach and mentor the finance team; ensure strong operational discipline and continuous improvement of the teams capabilities.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelors degree in Accounting/Finance. MBA or professional qualification (CA/CMA/CPA) preferred.
• Minimum 8 to 12 years of experience in the finance/accounting field, of which at least 2+ years in healthcare (hospital/clinic) finance is highly preferred.
• Prior experience in a leadership role, managing a team (35 or more members).
• Strong knowledge of healthcare financial operations (patient billing, insurance reimbursement, cost accounting, fixed assets in medical equipment, serviceline costing).
• Excellent proficiency in accounting systems, ERP (SAP/Oracle/Microsoft Dynamics) and strong Excel skills.
• Demonstrated ability to implement and manage internal controls, process improvements.
• Working knowledge of treasury operations, cash flow management, vendor management.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to present financial data to nonfinance professionals (clinical/operations teams)
• Must be willing to work from an office in Bangalore or Trichy and be fully onsite.