Finance Manager

Operations Team On site

Our vision is to ensure JMAN Group is the passport to our team s future. We want our team to go on a fast-paced, high-growth journey with us when our people want to do something else, the skills, training, exposure, and values that JMAN has instilled in them should open doors all over the world.

Current Benefits:

Competitive annual bonus

Market-leading private health insurance

Regular company socials

Annual company away days

Extensive training opportunities

We are recruiting for a Financial Manager to be based in our Chennai office. Headquartered in the UK, JMAN Group has offices in London, Chennai and New York. We are building a global finance function in our Chennai office, where we already employ 3 trainee accountants. Based in India, this is a global management role. You will be expected to build, manage and delegate to a team. This is a key appointment in the build out of our finance function. You will report directly to the London based Global Financial Controller.

The role s responsibilities broadly divide into two

We employ three trainee accountants in our Chennai office, who are currently being managed remotely, by our team in London and a remote employee in Mumbai. A key aspect of this role is the day to day, onsite management of these employees. You will ensure they are receiving appropriate support and mentoring on their journeys to become Chartered Accountants.

JMAN is a fast growing, private equity backed, business. It is our intention to expand the finance team in Chennai to support the growth of the global business. To do that we need robust management.

You will use your team to ensure that the accounting ledgers, for each global entity, are up to date and accurate at all times. Specifically, in each jurisdiction, you will be responsible for the accuracy of the

Sales Ledger

Purchase ledger

Banking ledgers

Nominal / General Ledger

At month end, your team will be responsible for the preparation of entity level management accounts.

As well as the basic accounting, you will be responsible for conducting analytical reviews, investigating variances, and presenting your findings to the Head of FP&A.

The role involves setting up best in class global financial processes and controls. You will be expected to

Working alongside your global colleagues, establish best in class processes and controls, for JMAN

Document the end-to-end processes in the form a detailed process flow (e.g. using Visio)

Train and manage the team to ensure the processes are being followed

Regularly (quarterly) review the processes to ensure we continue to follow best practice

You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing the complete invoicing process, from invoice creation to client payment collection. This will include:

Ensuring timely and accurate invoicing

Managing regular credit control procedures

Escalating issues to the client team when necessary

You will design, implement and manage an end-to-end supplier management process from receiving a purchase order, accounting for it correctly, to eventually paying the supplier. The process should include

Implementing a global PO system

Managing weekly payment runs

Liaising with budget holders

Education Chartered Accountancy Qualification from any recognised body (e.g. CA India, ACCA, CIMA, ACA, CPA)

Experience Experience of running accounting month ends and managing a team would be ideal, but not essential.

Skills Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills; excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.

Technical Proficiency Proficient with financial software; advanced Excel skills.