India | Remote | Full-time CA / ACA / ACCA or equivalent
⚙️ Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central | Financial Control | Accounting Operations

The opportunity Script Assist is looking for a Deputy Head of Finance who combines broad Financial Controller / Head of Finance capability with genuinely deep, hands-on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central experience.
Business Central experience is essential for this role.
We are particularly interested in candidates currently or previously working as:
Financial Controller
Finance Controller
Head of Finance
Head of Accounts
Finance Manager
Senior Finance Manager
Deputy Head of Finance
You will work alongside our existing finance leadership and CEO, helping us build a highly controlled, scalable and technology-enabled finance function as the business grows.
This is a senior role, but it is also very hands-on .
You need to be comfortable moving from reviewing management accounts or advising the CEO to investigating a balance-sheet reconciliation, understanding a Business Central posting issue or improving an accounting process yourself.

⚙️ Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central This is one of the most important requirements for the role.
We are not looking merely for someone who worked at a company that happened to use Business Central.
We want someone who has personally used Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (D365 BC / Business Central) deeply within a finance function.
You may have been:
A senior Business Central finance user
A finance superuser
Finance-side owner of a Business Central implementation
Finance lead during an ERP migration
Responsible for improving or configuring Business Central finance processes
Responsible for controls, reporting or workflows within Business Central
Your hands-on Business Central experience may include:
General Ledger
Chart of Accounts
Dimensions
Posting Groups
Journals
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Bank Reconciliations
Fixed Assets
Month-End Close
Financial Reporting
Approval Workflows
Data Migration
Opening Balances
UAT
Finance Integrations
Permissions and Controls
Process Automation
Depth matters more than simply counting years.
Someone who spent 12–18 months heavily involved in implementing or transforming Business Central may have stronger experience than somebody who passively used the system for several years.
Experience with Dynamics NAV / Navision is useful additional experience, but candidates must also have genuine Dynamics 365 Business Central experience.
Experience with Dynamics 365 Finance / F&O;, SAP, Oracle, Tally or another ERP does not substitute for Business Central experience.

About Script Assist Script Assist is building the operating system for next-generation private healthcare in the UK.
Our software is used by clinics, pharmacies and healthcare operators and supports tens of thousands of medical cannabis prescriptions every month .
We are expanding into additional areas of private healthcare including ADHD, weight management, longevity and specialist medicine.
As the company grows, our finance operation needs to become increasingly:
Controlled
Accurate
Automated
Scalable
Data-driven
International
System-led
This role will play an important part in building that finance function.

What you'll ownFinancial control & accounting You will take substantial responsibility across:
Month-end and year-end close
Management accounts
P&L; review
Balance-sheet control and reconciliations
Revenue accounting
Accruals and prepayments
Journals




Accounts payable
Accounts receivable
Billing
Credit control
Cash and bank reconciliations
Payroll oversight
Bookkeeping quality
Financial controls
Management reporting
You should understand the accounting beneath the numbers rather than simply reviewing reports produced by somebody else.
Business Central & finance systems You will help us get significantly more value from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central .
That may include:
Reviewing how finance processes operate in Business Central
Strengthening controls
Improving month-end workflows
Improving dimensions and reporting
Reviewing posting logic
Improving AP and AR processes
Improving reconciliation processes
Identifying unnecessary manual work
Supporting system integrations
Improving data quality
Improving finance automation
Working with external Business Central specialists where required
We want someone who understands both finance and the system running finance .
Building a stronger finance function This role is not simply about keeping the existing process running.
We want someone who can help improve how finance works.
You should be able to look at a process and ask:
Why are we doing this manually?
What is the underlying control?
Can Business Central automate this?
How do we know the output is complete and accurate?
What should be reconciled?
What should be exception-based?
Where are errors most likely to occur?
How do we build a process that still works when the company is substantially larger?
We want good financial control without unnecessary bureaucracy .
Statutory, tax & audit You will also support and increasingly own:
Statutory accounts
External audit
Year-end reporting
Corporation tax coordination
VAT / indirect tax
Payroll-related compliance
Audit schedules
Working papers
External accountants
Tax advisers
Resolution of audit queries
Implementation of audit recommendations
You do not need to personally be a specialist in every area of tax.
You do need to be capable of owning the overall process and challenging advisers intelligently.
Team leadership You will work across a small finance team and with external advisers.
You will help:
Review work produced by the team
Raise accounting quality
Improve month-end discipline
Strengthen reconciliations
Build better controls
Improve documentation
Develop team members
Identify errors early
Increase accountability and ownership
This is not a role for someone who wants to manage entirely from a distance.
You should still enjoy getting into the detail.

International & multi-entity finance Experience in some of the following would be valuable:
Multi-entity accounting
Multi-currency accounting
Group reporting
Consolidations
Intercompany accounting
Overseas subsidiaries
International advisers
International month-end
Group audit
You do not need to have led finance for a huge multinational.
Broad experience in a startup, scale-up, SME or smaller international group may be particularly relevant.

Automation, data & AI We want to build a modern finance function.
Useful experience may include:
Advanced Excel
Power Query




Power BI
Power Automate
Business Central automation
ERP integrations
Automated reconciliations
Automated billing
Workflow automation
AI-enabled finance processes
Microsoft Copilot
ChatGPT
Claude
You do not need to be a developer.
You do need to be interested in using systems and automation to make finance better controlled and more efficient , rather than simply adding people as the company grows.

✅ What we're looking for You will typically have around 8–12 years of relevant finance experience .
You should have:
A full CA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent professional accountancy qualification
Genuine hands-on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central experience
Broad Financial Controller / Head of Finance / Finance Manager-level responsibility
Strong month-end and year-end experience
Strong balance-sheet control
AP and AR oversight
Cash-management experience
Statutory accounts and audit experience
Solid financial-control instincts
Experience reviewing the work of other finance staff
Excellent attention to detail
Strong spoken and written English
Confidence working directly with senior management
A hands-on operating style

Particularly relevant career backgrounds There is no single required career path.
Strong candidates may have:
Trained in Big Four and then moved into industry
Trained with BDO, Grant Thornton, RSM or another strong professional firm
Developed within a high-quality corporate finance function before moving into broader finance leadership
Progressed from Finance Manager to Financial Controller
Run finance for a smaller company
Worked in both larger structured organisations and smaller hands-on environments
Built or significantly improved a finance function
Led a Business Central implementation or migration
Big Four experience is valuable, but it is not required.
What matters is that you have learned strong financial disciplines and subsequently demonstrated broad ownership.

This role is probably not a fit if Your background is mainly:
FP&A;
Commercial finance
Finance business partnering
Financial modelling
Reporting without underlying accounting ownership
One narrow accounting specialism
External audit without meaningful in-house finance experience
Pure ERP / Business Central consulting without finance-function ownership
Dynamics 365 Finance / F&O; without Business Central
SAP / Oracle / Tally with no Business Central experience
Senior finance leadership where you are no longer willing to work hands-on
The combination we need is:
Financial Controller / Head of Finance capability + genuine Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central depth + strong hands-on financial control.

Why join Script Assist? This is an chance to take substantial responsibility inside a fast-growing UK healthcare technology company.
You will work closely with our existing finance leadership and CEO and have real influence over:
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Financial control
Accounting quality
Finance systems
Automation
International growth
Management reporting
Team development
The future structure of the finance function
For a solid Financial Controller, Finance Manager or Head of Finance from a smaller organisation, this is an opportunity to step into a broader Deputy Head of Finance position and grow with the business.

Apply Please apply if you have genuine, hands-on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central / D365 BC experience alongside broad ownership of financial control and accounting operations.

📌 Deputy Head of Finance - Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central & Financial Control (Mumbai)
🏢 Script Assist
📍 Mumbai