Finance Controller

Hiring: Finance Controller /

We are looking for a sharp, analytical, and highly experienced Finance Controller who can independently review the books of accounts of our clients, lead a team, and take ownership of end-to-end financial controllership.

Key Responsibilities

1. Financial Accounting & Reporting

• Own the end-to-end accounting and financial reporting process.
• Ensure accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing.
• Prepare and review P&L, balance sheet, cash-flow statements, and management reports.
• Ensure appropriate accounting treatment in accordance with applicable accounting standards.
• Review journal entries, reconciliations, provisions, accruals, prepayments, and fixed assets.
• Monitor intercompany transactions and balances, where applicable.
• Establish and maintain a robust month-end and year-end closing process.
• Provide financial analysis and commentary on business performance.

2. Financial Controls & Governance

• Design, implement, and continuously improve financial controls and accounting policies.
• Ensure appropriate segregation of duties and authorization controls.
• Identify financial and operational risks and implement mitigating controls.
• Monitor compliance with internal policies and delegated authority limits.
• Drive process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement across finance.
• Ensure integrity and accuracy of financial data.

3. Budgeting & Forecasting

• Lead the annual budgeting and business-planning process.
• Prepare periodic forecasts and rolling financial projections.
• Track actual performance against budgets and forecasts.
• Analyze significant variances and provide actionable recommendations.
• Support business leaders with financial modelling and scenario analysis.

4. Cash Flow & Working Capital

• Manage cash-flow forecasting and liquidity planning.
• Monitor receivables, payables, inventory, and overall working capital.
• Work closely with commercial and operations teams to improve cash conversion.
• Oversee collections and payment processes.
• Optimize working-capital requirements while maintaining appropriate supplier and customer relationships.

5. Statutory & Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure timely and accurate completion of statutory financial and tax requirements.
• Coordinate with tax advisors and ensure compliance with applicable tax laws.
• Oversee GST, TDS, corporate tax, and other applicable regulatory filings in India.
• Ensure compliance with applicable Companies Act requirements and accounting standards.
• Maintain proper documentation and records for regulatory and statutory purposes.

6. Audit Management

• Lead coordination with statutory, internal, tax, and other external auditors.
• Ensure audit schedules and supporting documentation are complete and accurate.
• Address audit queries and drive timely closure of audit observations.
• Implement corrective actions arising from internal and external audits.
• Maintain strong relationships with auditors and external advisors.

7. Management & Business Support

• Provide financial insights and recommendations to the CFO and senior leadership.
• Develop dashboards and MIS reports covering key financial and operational metrics.
• Support strategic decision-making through financial analysis and business cases.
• Evaluate investment proposals, pricing decisions, cost structures, and profitability.
• Partner with business teams to identify cost-saving and revenue-enhancement opportunities.

8. Team Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and develop the finance and accounting team.
• Define responsibilities, objectives, and performance expectations.
• Build a high-performance and controls-oriented finance culture.
• Review team performance and identify training and development needs.
• Ensure adequate succession planning and knowledge transfer.

9. Systems & Process Improvement

• Drive effective use of ERP/accounting systems and finance technology.
• Identify opportunities for automation of reporting, reconciliations, payables, receivables, and other finance processes.
• Participate in ERP implementation, upgrades, and finance transformation initiatives.
• Improve data quality, reporting accuracy, and turnaround time.