Finance & Accounts Manager

Confidential Jobs; Chennai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Jobs is seeking an experienced Finance & Accounts Manager in Chennai to lead financial accounting, costing, and reporting. The role involves ensuring GST, TDS, and statutory compliance, and coordinating with auditors and authorities to support profitability and strategic decisions.

The candidate should have strong SAP ERP experience, advanced Excel skills, and a track record in cost management within manufacturing, with leadership and stakeholder-management abilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in Finance, Accounts and Cost Management in manufacturing.
• Strong GST, TDS and statutory reporting knowledge.
• ERP experience with SAP Business One or similar.
• Advanced Excel and financial analysis skills.
• Leadership and stakeholder-management abilities.
• Professional qualifications listed are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial accounting, balance sheet, P&L and reporting.
• Ensure GST, TDS, statutory compliance and annual filings.
• Coordinate with statutory auditors and government authorities.
• Manage AR and AP.
• Handle product costing and raw-material cost analyses.
• Perform manufacturing cost analysis and cost variance analysis.
• Prepare monthly MIS and profitability analyses.
• Oversee inventory valuation, stock reconciliation and slow-moving stock analysis.
• Support RFQ costing and pricing analyses.
• Provide insights to improve cost control and profitability.

Skills

Finance & Cost Management

GST & compliance

Financial reporting

Excel & financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Education

CA / CMA / MBA (Finance) / M.Com

Tools

SAP Business One / SAP

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Finance & Accounts Manager to manage financial accounting, compliance, costing, reporting and commercial finance activities while supporting profitability and strategic decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage financial accounting, Balance Sheet, P&L and financial reporting.
• Ensure GST, TDS, statutory compliance and annual filings.
• Coordinate with statutory auditors and government authorities.
• Manage Accounts Receivable (AR) and Accounts Payable (AP).
• Handle product costing, BOM costing and raw-material cost analysis.
• Perform manufacturing cost analysis, cost-centre allocation and standard vs. actual cost variance analysis.
• Prepare monthly MIS, customer-wise/product-wise profitability and gross-margin analysis.
• Oversee inventory valuation, stock reconciliation and slow/non-moving inventory analysis.
• Support commercial teams with RFQ costing and pricing analysis.
• Provide financial insights to improve cost control, profitability and overall business performance.

Candidate Profile:

• Strong experience in Finance, Accounts and Cost Management, preferably within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of GST, TDS, statutory compliance and financial reporting.
• Hands-on experience with SAP Business One / SAP / similar ERP systems.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial analysis.
• Strong analytical, leadership, communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• CA / CMA / MBA (Finance) / M.Com qualification will be an added advantage.