Overview
Senior Finance Manager
About Our Client: A well-established, employee-owned global commodities merchant operates in multiple agricultural products such as sugar, coffee, molasses, and animal feed, with a presence in dozens of countries and significant annual revenue. The company emphasizes sustainable production, corporate responsibility, and works closely with local and international trading partners. They are looking for a Senior Finance Manager to join a fast-paced trading environment, providing high-quality financial reporting, transactional oversight, and strategic insights across commercial operations.
Job Description: Senior Finance Manager
Location: Govandi, Mumbai (Hybrid role- 3 days WFO)
Experience: PQE 2-5 years
Qualification: CA
About the role: We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as an experienced and high calibre Senior Finance Manager to work in a truly global environment to control and report high quality and value adding financial information related to commercial activity. This is a key role in an exciting part of the business, involving close interaction with trading teams, finance, and risk. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to gain a unique insight into the business. Our ideal candidate will have proven experience of operating within a fast-paced trading environment with a proactive approach to transactional activities, financial reporting, taxation and control.
Responsibilities:
The primary aim of this role is to manage the Corporate Accounts & Taxation for the Indian vertical of their Global trade house.
The core responsibilities entailed are:
– High level review and finalisations of accounts, Annual budgets and monthly track, Flash Commentary, Hyperion Reporting ,etc
– Centralized Accounting/Controls
– Handling & leading Statutory Audit including Tax Audit and Transfer Pricing Audit
– GST monthly filings & annual Departmental Audit
– Handling Direct taxes & Tax Assessments Income tax & Transfer pricing ensuring a robust control environment, in line with Minimum Control Standards
The job holder will also:
– Actively partake in projects to bring improvement to the Sugar reporting process – P&L attribution,
– Balance Sheet analysis & Reconciliation
– All Corporate compliances
– Undertake adhoc duties as required
Requirements :
– Ideally be a qualified Chartered Accountant with solid demonstrable experience of both trade and financial accounting
– 2-5 years of experience gained within a bank, big four or trade house
– Experience of working within physical commodities trading would be desirable
– Ability to analyse financial data and prepare financial reports and projections
– Strong tax experience majorly on GST
– Strong interpersonal and communication skills
– The role requires a well organised and efficient individual who can manage competing deadlines with strict time constraints
– Flexible, proactive, and willing to take on additional tasks as the departments workload requires