Title:
- Assistant Finance Manager What you'll own Timesheets and billing
• Own the timesheet-to-invoice cycle: timesheet submission and approval, cut-off, billing runs, rate and margin checks, and credit notes.
• Chase late and unapproved timesheets with delivery teams and clients, so revenue is billed in the month it is earned.
• Reconcile timesheets to billing, payroll and contractor payments, and investigate any gaps between hours worked, hours billed and amounts paid.
• Keep unbilled revenue and accruals accurate at month-end, and clear aged unbilled items. Accounting and close
• Assist in preparation and smooth running of the India month-end close, general ledger and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Make sure billing, revenue accruals, unbilled revenue and credit notes are right, and that receivables are chased.
• Reconcile intercompany balances with the group entities every month and clear anything that has been open for too long. Tax and statutory compliance
• GST (GSTR-1, 3B, 2B reconciliation, annual return) and TDS/TCS returns, challans and certificates.
• Assist in ensuring payroll compliances (PF, ESI, skilled tax) and advance tax on schedule working closely with relevant stake holders.
• Audit process: statutory, tax and internal audit, including Form 3CEB and the inputs for transfer pricing documentation prepared with our advisors.
• Monitor ROC filings with our company secretary and keep a single compliance calendar with owners and dates.
• Handle FEMA and RBI reporting on cross-border payments and receipts. Cash, payments and working capital
• Maintain the India cash forecast on a real time basis and prepare the weekly payment approval cycle.
• Track receivables, collections and payables, and flag cash pressure early with a plan, not just a number.
• Help maintain bank relationships, facilities and day-to-day banking operations. Reporting and business partnering




• Prepare reports to showcase KPIs that run our business each month: revenue, net fee income (NFI) and margin, billable headcount and utilisation, bill rates versus pay rates, DSO and collections, client concentration, and churn and client retention.
• Maintain the timesheet and billing dashboards, and make sure the data behind them is accurate and reconciles to the ledger.
• Show where margin is made or lost, by client, business line and account owner, and tell the business what to do about it.
• Produce the monthly India MIS, management accounts and the inputs to the group board pack, with commentary on what moved and why.
• Assist in the India budget and forecast, and report actuals against it by business line and client.
• Work with sales, delivery and other departments on margins, pricing, headcount cost and client level profitability. What we're looking for
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting or Finance. Chartered Accountant (CA), CPA, ACCA is an added advantage.
• 5 to 8 years of experience in accounting, tax and finance, including at least 3 years managing a team.
• Strong command of GST, TDS, Indian GAAP / Ind AS and the Companies Act.
• Experience with audit, Form 3CEB, FEMA, ROC and MCA reporting.
• Experience managing timesheet-based billing and revenue, ideally in staffing or professional services.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to build KPI dashboards and explain margin and utilisation to non-finance leaders.
• Advanced Excel and an ERP (Zoho, SAP or QuickBooks). Comfort with BI or dashboard tools.
• Clear communication with auditors, advisors and senior leadership. Nice to have
• Experience in supervising a small number of junior staff completing payroll and billing. This will be highly valued.
• Experience in staffing, recruitment or professional services.
• Working knowledge of IFRS and group reporting.
• Familiarity with staffing metrics such as NFI, utilisation and placement margins.
• Experience working with a parent or group finance team outside India.

📌 Assistant Manager Finance (Bengaluru)
🏢 Freedom Consulting
📍 Bengaluru