Role: Deputy Finance Manager
Industry Type: FMCG
Department: Finance & Accounting
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Role Category: Finance
Education: CA qualification would be preferred for a role with significant financial controllership and statutory compliance responsibilities.
PG: CA in Second Attempt
Role & responsibilities
. Financial Controllership & Governance
- Ensure accuracy, completeness, and integrity of books of accounts and financial records.
- Establish and maintain a robust financial control framework across key business processes.
2. Accounting & Financial Closing
- Oversee periodic book closure processes and ensure timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing.
- Review general ledger entries, provisions, accruals, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, and other key accounting areas.
3. Payments & Accounts Payable Management
- Oversee end-to-end payment processes, ensuring timely and accurate payments to vendors, employees, statutory authorities, and other stakeholders.
- Ensure all payments are processed in accordance with approved policies, contractual terms, delegation of authority, and internal controls.
4. Statutory & Regulatory Compliance
- Ensure timely and accurate compliance with applicable direct and indirect tax requirements, including GST, TDS, income tax, and other relevant statutory obligations.
- Ensure timely filing of statutory returns and payment of applicable taxes and duties.
5. Audit Management
- Lead and coordinate statutory audits, internal audits, tax audits, and other financial or compliance-related audits.
- Act as the primary point of coordination between auditors and internal stakeholders.
6. Internal Financial Controls & Risk Management
- Design, implement, document, and periodically test internal financial controls across key finance processes.
- Identify control gaps, financial risks, fraud vulnerabilities, and process inefficiencies.
7. Treasury & Banking Coordination
- Coordinate with banks for payment processing, account administration, and other banking requirements.
- Monitor cash positions and support effective cash-flow management.
8. Financial MIS & Reporting
- Prepare and review periodic financial reports and management dashboards covering financial performance, cash flows, working capital, compliance, payments, audit status, and key control indicators
9. Process Improvement & Automation
- Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise, and automate finance processes.
Preferred candidate profile
- Education: CA qualification would be preferred for a role with significant financial controllership and statutory compliance responsibilities.
- Experience: 1-4 years of relevant experience in financial controllership, accounting, payments, statutory compliance, audit management, and financial governance.
- Preferred Experience: Prior experience in FMCG, manufacturing, consumer goods, food processing, or a similar operating environment would be advantageous.