Finance Manager

Royal IHC India Private Limited; Navi Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal IHC India Private Limited is looking for a Finance Manager to lead finance operations and ensure compliance across India, MEA, and APAC. This role involves managing finance teams, reports, audits, and internal controls while fostering collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate must possess strong financial accounting skills, a degree in accounting or commerce, and experience with ERP systems. Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities are also essential. This role offers a unique opportunity to optimize financial strategies across regions.

Qualifications

• Strong financial accounting and commercial skills are essential.
• 2-3 years in a Chartered Accounting Firm or Internal Financial Audit preferred.
• 10+ years of post-qualification experience required.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance operations and strengthen internal controls.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly forecast and long-term planning.
• Maintain balance sheet integrity and general ledger accounts.

Skills

Financial accounting skills

Commercial understanding of business drivers

Collaboration with senior management

Excellent communication skills

Time-management

Problem-solving skills

Proficiency in Excel

Knowledge of import/export compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Commerce

Tools

SAP

JD Edwards

Oracle

Job description

Role Overview

The Finance Manager is responsible for leading finance operations, strengthening internal controls, supporting regional business units, and ensuring consistent financial governance across India, MEA, and APAC regions. The role oversees finance teams, shared services, policies, reporting, audits, ERP improvements, commercial evaluations, and statutory compliance in alignment with corporate strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out project assessment of actuals vs budget and liaise with operations and estimation team to understand and report variances.
• Prepare weekly project update report of actuals vs budget.
• Financial closing of projects in IFS and revenue recognition.
• Maintain balance sheet integrity and reconcile general ledger accounts.
• Create and maintain internal control and implement new policies and procedures.
• Responsible for local year end financial audit, tax audit and Tax Return.
• Oversee indirect tax related matters and provide guidance where necessary.
• Liaise with Company Secretary for company related compliances.
• Oversee Payroll, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Indirect Tax matters.
• Oversee Banking and Customs related compliance.
• Lead and develop a team of up to 10 finance and shared service staff.
• Create and roll out business process outsourcing from NL and the surrounding MEA, APAC region to India and build an appropriate shared service team in India.
• Support in‑country General Managers of other entities in MEA and APAC region to roll out corporate strategy and build and evaluate investments, expansion and other strategic business cases.
• Create new policies and efficiency plans, both systems based and procedural alignment for India.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly forecast, long‑term planning and scenario modelling for each region, including P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow modelling.
• Drive IFS (ERP) improvement, automation and adaptation.
• Streamline finance reporting across countries, standardising ways of working, and reporting in our ERP and Finance programs.
• Liaise with Corporate Disciplines (Legal, Tax, Treasury, Insurance) and local subject matter experts where necessary.
• Carry out internal audit of processes for GL/Finance related matters.
• Estimate/Proposal and undertake commercial and financial risk evaluation of all proposals >€ 100k.
• Establish and monitor alignment of business practices of local offices with that of IHC requirements and internal controls.
• Ensure adherence to global policies, regional frameworks and local regulations, and identify opportunities and risks these policies can provide.
• Support local HR, Operations and other departments to manage alignments with business objectives.
• Optimize regional cash management and undertake future cash‑flow planning for working capital and investment cases, liaising with HQ Treasury and local Indian banks.
• Take responsibility for entire monthly reporting for local management accounts.
• Prepare the month‑end binder and work with the team to carry out closing in IFS.
• Prepare and present the monthly finance report to local stakeholders and prepare budget vs actual analysis and any additional corporate reporting.

Qualifications & Experience

• Strong financial accounting skills and commercial understanding of business drivers.
• Ability to collaborate with senior management and board members.
• Ideally 2‑3 years of experience in a Chartered Accounting Firm or Internal Financial Audit.
• Experience in international companies desirable.
• Overall 10+ years of experience post‑qualification.
• Experience in local banking, import and export compliance is necessary.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Commerce is required.
• Experience in large ERP systems such as SAP, JD Edwards, Oracle is necessary.
• Highly proficient in English.
• Excellent Excel skills, good in other Microsoft software.
• Excellent communication, time‑management and problem‑solving skills.