Finance Manager

Employ; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Employ is seeking a financially accomplished professional to lead end-to-end financial governance, including reconciliations, forecasting, budgeting and management reporting. You will build MIS packs, dashboards, and robust controls while engaging with the board and stakeholders on performance and cash management.

Experience in mobility or asset-heavy sectors is advantageous. The role requires independent working style, high ownership and the ability to present insights to promoters and the

Qualifications

• CA, CMA, MBA (Finance) or equivalent with 5–10 years in financial control and business finance.
• Strong grounding in reconciliations, month-end close, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting.
• Advanced Excel and hands-on experience with accounting/ERP systems (Tally, Zoho, SAP or similar); comfort with large operational datasets is an advantage.
• Exposure to mobility, fleet, logistics or other asset-heavy, high-transaction-volume businesses is preferred.
• Able to work independently in a lean, fast-moving environment, with the maturity to present to promoters and the board.
• High ownership and attention to detail, with the initiative to build process where none exists.

Responsibilities

• Reconciliation of settlement reports — own end-to-end reconciliation of platform and aggregator settlement reports against trip data, driver payouts, incentives and bank receipts; investigate and resolve variances and ensure timely closure.
• Forecasting — prepare and maintain rolling revenue, cost and cash forecasts; track forecast accuracy and explain movements against prior forecasts and plan.
• Budgeting — drive the annual operating plan and periodic re-forecasts; work with business and functional owners to build budgets and monitor actuals against budget with clear variance commentary.
• MIS systems — build, run and continuously improve the monthly MIS pack and supporting dashboards; strengthen data flows between operations, fleet and finance systems to improve accuracy and turnaround.
• Reporting to the board — prepare board and management review packs, including performance against plan, key operating metrics, cash and debt position, and the supporting analysis behind recommendations. Building the Finance Operating Framework
• Unit economics & profitability analysis — build and maintain visibility into profitability at the level of vehicle, driver, route, customer and business line (ride-hailing, ETS and corporate car rentals) to support pricing, deployment and capital allocation decisions.
• Cash flow & working capital governance — maintain a 13-week rolling cash flow forecast and treasury view; monitor debt, repayment obligations and covenant compliance, and establish a disciplined cash review cadence.
• Governance & operating controls — implement and enforce finance SOPs, delegation of authority, approval matrix and procurement and contract controls; support audit, statutory compliance and data-room readiness for lenders and investors.

Skills

Reconciliations

Forecasting

Budgeting

Management reporting

Advanced Excel

ERP systems

Education

CA / CMA / MBA (Finance) or equivalent

Tools

Tally

Zoho

SAP

Job description

• Reconciliation of settlement reports — own end-to-end reconciliation of platform and aggregator settlement reports against trip data, driver payouts, incentives and bank receipts; investigate and resolve variances and ensure timely closure.
• Forecasting — prepare and maintain rolling revenue, cost and cash forecasts; track forecast accuracy and explain movements against prior forecasts and plan.
• Budgeting — drive the annual operating plan and periodic re-forecasts; work with business and functional owners to build budgets and monitor actuals against budget with clear variance commentary.
• MIS systems — build, run and continuously improve the monthly MIS pack and supporting dashboards; strengthen data flows between operations, fleet and finance systems to improve accuracy and turnaround.
• Reporting to the board — prepare board and management review packs, including performance against plan, key operating metrics, cash and debt position, and the supporting analysis behind recommendations. Building the Finance Operating Framework
• Unit economics & profitability analysis — build and maintain visibility into profitability at the level of vehicle, driver, route, customer and business line (ride-hailing, ETS and corporate car rentals) to support pricing, deployment and capital allocation decisions.
• Cash flow & working capital governance — maintain a 13-week rolling cash flow forecast and treasury view; monitor debt, repayment obligations and covenant compliance, and establish a disciplined cash review cadence.
• Governance & operating controls — implement and enforce finance SOPs, delegation of authority, approval matrix and procurement and contract controls; support audit, statutory compliance and data-room readiness for lenders and investors.

Candidate Profile

• CA, CMA, MBA (Finance) or equivalent, with 5–10 years in financial control and business finance.
• Strong grounding in reconciliations, month-end close, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting.
• Advanced Excel and hands-on experience with accounting/ERP systems (Tally, Zoho, SAP or similar); comfort with large operational datasets is an advantage.
• Exposure to mobility, fleet, logistics or other asset-heavy, high-transaction-volume businesses is preferred.
• Able to work independently in a lean, fast-moving environment, with the maturity to present to promoters and the board.
• High ownership and attention to detail, with the initiative to build process where none exists