Job Description – Assistant Manager – Finance (M1)

Department:
Finance & Governance

Location:
Calicut, Kerala

Reporting To:
Director / Finance Leadership

About the Role:

We are looking for an ownership-driven and strategically oriented
Assistant Manager – Finance
to lead and strengthen the organization’s Finance function across
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A;), Finance Operations, Controllership, Business Finance, Compliance, Governance, Automation, and Strategic Finance initiatives
.

The role will act as a key Finance partner to leadership and business teams, providing financial insights, challenging assumptions, identifying risks and prospects, and enabling data-driven decisions.

This is not a purely accounting or transactional Finance role. The successful candidate will be expected to balance
strategic thinking with robust execution
, independently lead key Finance priorities, establish scalable financial mechanisms, strengthen controls and governance, improve financial visibility, and support sustainable business growth.





Key Responsibilities
Strategic Financial Planning & Business Finance
Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and short- and long-range financial planning.
Build financial models, scenario analyses, and business cases to evaluate investments, resource requirements, and strategic initiatives.
Analyze revenue, costs, margins, profitability, productivity, utilization, and key business drivers.
Identify financial risks, trends, and opportunities and recommend appropriate actions to leadership.
Partner with leadership on resource allocation, investments, and business priorities.
Provide an independent financial perspective and constructively challenge assumptions where required.
Financial Analysis, Reporting & Decision Support
Own budget-versus-actual and forecast-versus-actual analysis and identify underlying business drivers.
Move beyond reporting variances to determine
root causes, business implications, and corr

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