Overview
Key responsibilities
– Responsible for financial planning and analysis, financial reports, company audits and managing the Finance function for the LDHR entity.
– Responsible for the overall end-to-end finance function including the monthly financial close, budget, forecast, year-end close, statutory and tax audits and cash management.
– Ability to work at all levels (operationally, tactically, and strategically) and support the FP and A team in planning and creation of budgets and forecasts.
– Analyze and challenge assumptions for decision making and provide financial guidance on all activities.
– Maintain up to date balance sheet reconciliations monthly.
– Analyze and review financial and business information effectively to extract useful business insights.
– Participate in miscellaneous finance and office related projects or assignments as needed.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
The Finance Manager is a highly motivated individual who is self-disciplined with tremendous attention to detail. This individual has a demonstrated ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines in a fast-paced professional environment. He or she will have strong organizational skills and the ability to proactively work with other departments, colleagues and clients.
Ideal experience
– Bachelors degree in accounting required.
– 5-7 years of working experience in financial accounting department of an international service company, or big 4 or law firm is preferred, but not a must.
– Fluency in Hindi and English is a must.
– Proven experience with IFRS, and local GAAP is a strong advantage.
– Experience with Workday & Tally is a plus.
– Understanding of local Indian Tax Authority law and regulations impacting professional service companies is also a strong advantage.
Critical capabilities
– Accountancy In a fast-paced environment with competing goals and priorities, the ideal candidate will prepare accurate financial reports using Workday:
– Conducting all day-to-day accounting activities for LDHR.
– Preparing monthly and quarterly reports (financial reviews and cash and P&L forecast reports).
– Accurately manage postings and bank reconciliations.
– Evaluate general ledger accounts and prepare journal entries.
– Prepare budgets for each fiscal year.
– Balance sheet reconciliations including accruals and prepayments.
– Manage fixed assets.
– Submitting tax compliances timely as required as well as all tax declarations, and all other required reports by local law.
– Main point of contact for entity audit and tax.
– Business Analytics and Synthesize financial data and provide an accurate, detailed financial view of the business by:
4 Insights
– Maintain and deliver high quality financial and business analysis including recommendations to solve business problems.
– Analyze and review financial and business information effectively to extract useful business insights.
– Monitor the actual performance against plan and monthly update risks & opportunities against plan. Suggest mitigating measures and ensure execution of measures based on inputs from local management as well as global Finance; ensure tight cost control.
– Provide ad hoc financial analysis on expenses and costs. Structuring financial data to allow for efficient reporting and analyses to drive fact-based decision making.
– Insurances Responsibility for managing all local insurances and ensuring best practice solutions at fair prices.
Personal characteristics
– Strong written and verbal communication skills: ability to explain financial information to non-financial colleagues and others.
– Very good time management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities to meet tight deadlines.
– Very good problem-solving skills with a continuous improvement mind-set.
– Result oriented to achieve a high level of quality.
– Willing to take ownership, hardworking, persistent and team-oriented personality.