Position: Finance Manager

Location: Mumbai

Role Purpose

Our client, once of the leading lighting & energy company in India is looking for a hands-on, commercially oriented Finance Manager who can independently manage the core finance function and act as the key finance partner to the CFO. The role combines Accounting, Financial Reporting, FP&A;, Treasury, Working Capital, Compliance, Taxation, Internal Controls and MIS, while managing the AR and AP functions.

The ideal candidate should be a strong one-stop finance skilled who can manage day-to-day finance operations while providing meaningful financial analysis, cash-flow visibility and decision support to the CFO.

Key Responsibilities

Accounting & Month-End Close

- Lead the complete month-end and year-end closing process and ensure timely, accurate financial reporting.
- Review journal entries, provisions, accruals, reconciliations and supporting schedules.
- Ensure proper accounting of EPC projects, O&M; contracts, procurement and project-related transactions.
- Maintain balance-sheet discipline and timely account reconciliations.
- Coordinate with statutory, tax and internal auditors and support audit requirements.

FP&A;, MIS & Business Analysis
- Own budgeting, forecasting and financial planning.
- Prepare monthly MIS, management dashboards and financial analysis for the CFO and leadership team.
- Analyse revenue, margins, project profitability, costs and variances against budget/forecast.
- Provide project-level financial analysis and identify profitability and cost-control opportunities.
- Develop cash-flow forecasts and financial models to support business decisions.
- Provide timely financial insights and decision support beyond accounting and compliance.

Treasury & Working Capital
- Manage day-to-day treasury and liquidity requirements and prepare daily/weekly cash-flow positions.
- Track collections, payments and working-capital requirements.
- Coordinate banking activities and maintain appropriate bank documentation.
- Manage processes relating to Performance BGs, Bid Guarantees, LCs, Advance Bank Guarantees and other banking facilities.




- Monitor fund-based and non-fund-based facilities.
- Support optimisation of working capital and cash conversion.
- Closely monitor government receivables, milestone billing and collections.

Accounts Receivable & Collections
- Lead and supervise the AR Executive.
- Ensure timely and accurate customer billing and monitor receivable ageing.
- Drive customer reconciliations and resolution of outstanding items.
- Work closely with Operations/Projects to ensure milestone billing happens on time.
- Escalate delayed collections and support the CFO in improving cash conversion.

Accounts Payable & Vendor Management
- Lead and supervise the AP Executive.
- Ensure accurate vendor accounting and timely, controlled payments.
- Review payment proposals and maintain appropriate payment controls.
- Monitor vendor reconciliations and outstanding liabilities.
- Ensure cash-flow prioritisation of payments.

Taxation & Compliance
- Oversee day-to-day taxation matters, including GST, TDS and other applicable statutory requirements.
- Ensure timely statutory filings, payments and compliance.
- Coordinate with external tax advisors/consultants wherever required.
- Review tax positions, identify potential risks and ensure appropriate documentation.
- Coordinate with statutory, tax and internal auditors.

Internal Controls & Governance
- Establish and maintain strong finance processes, SOPs and internal controls.
- Strengthen controls around billing, collections, procurement, payments, banking and expenses.
- Ensure appropriate segregation of duties and approval controls.
- Identify financial and operational risks and recommend corrective actions.
- Drive process improvement, standardisation and automation.

Team Management

- Manage and mentor the AR Executive and AP Executive.
- Establish clear KRAs,



processes and reporting discipline.
- Review team performance and ensure timely execution.
- Build a lean, efficient finance function that can scale with the business.

Key Deliverables / KPIs

- Timely and accurate month-end closure.
- Timely MIS and management reporting.
- Budgeting and forecasting accuracy and discipline.
- Project profitability and variance analysis.
- Daily/weekly cash-flow visibility.
- Improved collections and receivable ageing.
- Working-capital optimisation.
- Timely statutory and tax compliance.
- Effective management of BGs, LCs and banking facilities.
- Strong internal controls and audit readiness.
- Accurate vendor accounting and payment discipline.
- Effective management of AR and AP teams.
- Automation and continuous improvement of finance processes.

Ideal Candidate Profile

- 6–9 years of relevant finance experience, preferably in EPC, infrastructure, project-based, engineering, technology or similar businesses.
- Strong hands-on experience across accounting, month-end close, FP&A;, MIS and treasury.
- Good understanding of working capital and cash-flow management.
- Experience handling banking facilities, BGs, LCs and working-capital limits.
- Strong knowledge of GST, TDS, statutory compliance and audit.
- Experience in budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and project profitability analysis.
- Strong Excel / financial modelling skills and preferably ERP experience.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to work independently and operate effectively in a lean organisation.
- CA / CMA / MBA Finance or equivalent qualification preferred.

Role Profile

This is not an accounting-only role. The Finance Manager will be expected to operate as the CFO’s key day-to-day finance partner, providing visibility on P&L;, cash flow, collections, payments, working capital, banking, compliance, project profitability and key matters requiring management attention.

Interested can send their details at [email protected]

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