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 workplace would be advantageous.

📌 Deputy Finance Manager (Mumbai)
🏢 Marico
📍 Mumbai