Assistant Department Manager - Finance & Accounts

Quest Oracle Community; Mumbai; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Quest Oracle Community is seeking an experienced Chartered Accountant to lead finance, accounting, payables/receivables, cash flows, and MIS, reporting to the CFO. The role partners with senior leadership across HR, Admin, and IT to integrate multi-department functions and supervises a team of 12–15 professionals.

You will ensure GAAP/Ind-AS compliance, oversee audits, budgeting, asset management, and financial systems, while driving reporting, cash management, and internal controls.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant with 10–12 years post-qualification experience.
• Experience in Engineering/Construction industry preferred.
• Coordinate audits; manage budgeting, AR/AP, GL, and investments.
• Excellent communication with India and US leadership.
• Proficiency with Oracle/SAP/QuickBooks.
• Advanced Excel and MS Office skills.
• Mentor and develop a diverse finance team.
• Experience with multinational organisations and data interpretation.

Responsibilities

• Report to the CFO and oversee finance, accounting, payables/receivables, fixed assets, cash flows, financial systems and MIS.
• Partner with CFO, Senior Leadership, HR, Admin and IT to integrate multi-department functions.
• Manage a team of 12-15 resources.
• Oversee GAAP/Ind-AS compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Lead day-to-day finance, month-end and year-end operations.
• Coordinate internal and external audits.
• Maintain internal controls and SOPs; lead new finance software implementations.
• Strengthen cash flow management and funding; drive training and team development.

Skills

Communication skills

Excel proficiency

Multinational collaboration

Leadership & mentoring

Education

Chartered Accountant (CA) with 10-12 years post-qualification experience

Tools

Oracle

SAP

QuickBooks

Job description

Description

• Report to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
• Responsible for overseeing all finance, accounting, payables/receivables/fixed assets, cash flows, financial systems, and MIS activities.
• Role will partner with the CFO, Senior Leadership, HR, Admin. and IT staff to enhance and better integrate multi-departmental functions.
• Managing a team of 12-15 resources

Finance & Core Accounting

• Overseeing all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems ensuring compliance with appropriate GAAP standards (Ind-AS) and regulatory requirements
• Manage & lead all day-to-day finance, month-end, year-end & accounting operations
• Coordinating all internal & external audit activities
• Fixed assets accounting & physical assets verification.
• Supporting the CFO in various management presentations

Budgeting & MIS

• Review of monthly MIS reports & presentation to top management
• Assisting leadership in the annual budgeting and planning process; administering and reviewing all financial plans and comparing them to actual results with a view to identifying, explaining, and correcting variances as appropriate.
• Capital budgeting

Accounts Payable & Receivable

• Managing the Accounts payable operations, vendor payments, employee expenses & vendor co-ordinations & negotiations.
• Managing the Accounts receivable activities, interacting with clients & customer relationship management.
• Follow-up with clients for collections.
• Be the authorized signatory & a cash custodian.

Internal Controls & Financial Software

• Maintaining internal control & time-to-time review of internal control processes & SOPs and updating them to meet with the latest business complexities & ensure safeguarding assets of the company
• Lead in new finance related software implementation, support, SOPs, developments.

Cash Flow & Funding

• Managing the cash flow and investments in short-term opportunities.
• Leveraging strengths of the finance team members; providing clarity on the roles and responsibilities; developing and implementing training programs to maximize and help them reach optimal
• individual and organizational goals.
• Providing leadership in strengthening internal communications with staff at all levels throughout the organization; creating and promoting a positive and supportive work environment
• Co-ordinate for tax compliances and align with tax department to have smooth compliance needs for the organization.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant (CA) with minimum 10-12 years' of post qualification experience
• Experience within the Engineering and Construction industry preferred
• Solid experience coordinating audit activities and managing reporting, budget development and analysis, accounts payable and receivable, general ledger, and accounting for investments
• Excellent communication skills required to work effectively with India and US leadership
• Ability to prove the Mac-Culture principles.
• Proficiency in accounting software (e.g., Oracle/SAP/QuickBooks)
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and a strong knowledge of other Microsoft Office programs
• Proven history of organization, attention to detail and ability to respond promptly to requests, anticipate organizational needs and maintain efficient team operations
• Commitment to recruiting, mentoring, training, and retaining a diverse team, with a foresight and ability to delegate accordingly
• Preferred experience working with multinational organizations and keen analytic, organization and problem-solving skills which allows for strategic data interpretation versus simple reporting
• Experience in leading and coaching a team and working closely with the Organization's Leadership/Executive teams is essential.

This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.

Job

Accounting/Finance

Primary Location

India-Maharashtra-Mumbai

Schedule

Full-time

Travel

No

Req ID

260800

Job Hire Type

Experienced Not Applicable #BMI N/A