Job Details

The Manager - Finance will lead end-to-end accounting operations and controllership activities for the India entity, while also managing an accounting team in the India offices that supports the US entity’s accounting, AR and close deliverables. This role demands strong technical depth across financial accounting, India tax and statutory compliance, India secretarial compliance coordination, AP/AR operations, analytics, and financial modeling, along with the ability to drive high-quality service delivery in a cross-border stakeholder environment (India and US).

Who You Are:

• You excel at building, nurturing, and sustaining strong client relationships.
• You consistently deliver high-quality results while maintaining a positive and engaging work style.
• You perform well in fast-paced, dynamic environments and adapt quickly to change.
• You proactively identify challenges and naturally seek effective solutions.
• You bring strong analytical abilities along with clear, persuasive written and verbal communication skills.
• You enjoy contributing to firm-wide initiatives, including community service, training, recruitment, and company events.
• You are willing and able to travel as required.

What you will do:

1) Financial Accounting, Close and Reporting (India + US Support)

• Own and manage the monthly/quarterly/year-end close for the India entity, including journals, accruals, provisions, prepaids, fixed assets, balance sheet reconciliations, and GL governance.
• Oversee accounting deliverables for the US entity performed by the India team (e.g., close support, reconciliations, schedules, AP/AR accounting entries as applicable), ensuring timeliness and accuracy.
• Ensure financial statements and schedules are prepared in line with applicable standards.
• Prepare and review management reporting packs, variance analysis, and key insights for leadership.

2) Accounts Payable (AP)

• Lead end-to-end AP operations: vendor onboarding governance, invoice processing, approvals workflow, 3-way match (as applicable), payment runs, query resolution, and vendor reconciliations.
• Ensure GST and TDS compliance in AP processes (correct taxation, documentation, and vendor master hygiene).
• Drive AP controls (duplicate invoice prevention, audit trails, approval matrix compliance) and improve cycle times.

3) Accounts Receivable (AR)

• Oversee invoices, revenue support accounting (as applicable), collections tracking, customer reconciliations, dispute management, and reporting of AR aging.
• Monitor and improve working capital metrics (DSO, overdue %, collection effectiveness).

4) India Taxation and Statutory Compliance

• Manage India tax compliances in coordination with advisors where needed: GST compliance (returns, reconciliations and issue resolution), TDS/TCS compliances (deductions, deposits, returns and certificates), and direct tax support (advance tax workings, tax audit support and ITR coordination). All Direct tax matters like Tax filings, Transfer Pricing compliances, etc.
• Handle and coordinate responses to notices, assessments, and departmental queries, maintaining documentation and compliance hygiene.

5) Secretarial Compliance Coordination (India Entity)

• Own the finance-side coordination of the corporate compliance calendar for the India entity, partnering with internal/external Company Secretary and legal team.
• Support governance requirements such as board finance packs, documentation readiness for filings, and compliance evidence maintenance (as applicable under the legal framework).
• Coordinate and enable secretarial compliance inputs (data, schedules, approvals and supporting documents).

6) Audit, Controls and Risk Management (India + US Requirements)

• Lead statutory audit coordination for India, including schedules, confirmations, audit PBCs, and closure of audit findings.
• Support US audit requests / internal controls requirements where the India team contributes to US close and reporting deliverables.
• Drive strong process controls, documentation, and SOP adherence; ensure segregation of duties and compliance with internal policies.

7) Analytics, Dashboards and Financial Modeling

• Build and maintain financial models for business cases, cost/benefit analysis, headcount planning, scenario planning, sensitivity analysis, and cost optimization.
• Create and present actionable insights using structured analytics; improve reporting automation and self-serve dashboards (advanced Excel/Power BI preferred).

8) People Leadership and India Service Delivery

• Manage, coach, and develop a team supporting both India and US accounting activities, including goal setting, performance reviews, training plans, capability building, work allocation, backup planning, and peak-close resourcing.
• Run India service governance: SLAs, KPIs, process adherence, escalations, and continuous improvement for Finance activities
• Drive standardization, automation, and process optimization (workflow streamlining, control strengthening).