Senior Manager/Manager - Finance & Accounts - Education Industry - CA (10-12 yrs)

Senior Manager / Manager Finance and Accounts.

Location: Mumbai.

Industry: Education (preferred).

Key Result Areas (Key Performance Indicators):

- Overview of accounts.

- Monthly accounts closure and MIS reporting.

- Compliances and audit.

- Working for annual income tax returns and making presentation.

- Cost Efficiencies and Control.

- Multitasking within finance domain.

Critical Tasks:

- Processes & Systems Establish best in class IT enabled financial systems and processes wherever required, check system anomaly and provide corrective course of action.

- Planning & Budgeting: Adhere to long term budgetary planning and cost management objective and principles.

- Oversee and lead annual planning and budgeting process with other key operations team members.

- Review all financial plans and budgets, monitor progress and changes and inform management at critical juncture.

p- Accounting & Reporting: Lead and direct a team of professionals for timely and accurate preparation of organisation's financial reports, such as income and expenditure/profit and loss accounts, balance sheet, management financial reports, and regulatory reports and filings and presenting it to management and Board as required.

- Consolidate results across business and verticals as required.

- Identify innovative means for cost reduction, efficiency improvement, strengthening systems and process and building leadership capabilities across team members.

- Audit, Risk Management and Compliance Coordinate and lead the annual audit process, liaise with external auditors.

- Assess recommendations and make necessary changes.

- Establish internal process control norms and adequate checks.

- Safeguarding organisation existing assets and de-risking new projects.

Job Description:

- Compliance on all Accounting & legal standards and regulatory requirements.

- Managing Internal & External StakeholdersContinuous engagement with Internal and external stakeholders for collaborating on key strategic initiatives and activities such as Internal Audit, Business.

- Vertical Finance, taxation, Bankers, Legal Counsels etc.

- Team Leadership -Lead, direct, evaluate, and develop financial staff to ensure the organization's accounting activities are conducted accurately, ethically, consistently and according to relevant regulations, laws, and standards.

- Decision making authority (Decisions expected).

- Timely completion of MIS, Accounting and compliances.

Educational Background and Work Experience:

- CA of at least 7+ years of total Work Experience or Graduate/Post Graduate with 10+ years of experience.

- Team management experience is mandatory.

- Proficient analytical, logical, problem-solving skills.

- Should have good communication and leadership skills to interface with key business stakeholders.

- Ability to connect and work with a team and stakeholders across various businesses.

- Knowledge of Tally and Advance Excel.

Competencies:

- Analytical with ability to visualize trends.

- Proactive Risk management and mitigation skills.

- Good Communication, Networking skills.

- Ability to work under tight deadlines and high pressure under dynamic situations