Finance Manager - CA - ( from GCC, FMCG or Beverage Industry only)

Vision Talent Consulting; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Vision Talent Consulting seeks a senior finance leader to own FP&A, accounting, and governance across Indian entities. You will drive the Annual Operating Plan, monthly forecasting, board materials, and investor communications, ensuring GAAP compliance and cross-border accounting.

You will collaborate with external auditors, manage treasury, and implement AI-enabled finance workflows to scale processes with minimal supervision in a fast-moving company.

Qualifications

• 7–15 years in core finance roles spanning audit, FP&A, budgeting and accounting.
• Chartered Accountant strongly preferred; Big 4 training ideal.
• Demonstrated entrepreneurial mindset with evidence of building, automating, or redesigning processes.

Responsibilities

• Design and structure the Annual Operating Plan across business units; own monthly re-forecasting.
• Meet monthly with business unit heads to review actuals vs plan and drive corrective action.
• Build and maintain MIS for leadership: burn, runway, unit P&Ls, KPIs.
• Prepare board meeting materials: financial performance packs, budget vs actuals, cash/runway updates.
• Support investor updates, responses to information requests, and diligence/data room for fundraises.
• Own month-end and quarter-end book closure across entities to US GAAP standards.
• Review and supervise bookkeeper's work and ensure consistent accounting policies.
• Assist with contract review and ASC 606 revenue recognition; ensure policies flow to books.
• Manage cross-border entity accounting, intercompany transactions, and transfer pricing compliance.
• Manage statutory compliance: GST, TDS, corporate tax, ROC filings.
• Drive India entity setup: registrations, banking, payroll, and accounting systems.
• Design and implement expense policies; run audits of expense compliance.
• Build internal controls and maintain audit readiness; manage external audit relationships.
• Oversee treasury and cash management; forecast cash flow and working capital.
• Design AI-first finance workflows for automated reporting, close, and variance analysis.
• Identify and eliminate manual processes to scale the finance function without headcount.

Skills

Chartered Accountant

Entrepreneurial mindset

External stakeholders

Excel/modeling

Education

Chartered Accountant

Big 4 training

Tools

Excel

AI tools

Finance software

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Responsibilities

Planning & Business Partnering

• Design and structure the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) across business units, and own monthly

re-forecasting against it

• Meet monthly with business unit heads to review actuals vs. plan, diagnose variances, and drive

corrective action

• Build and maintain management reporting (MIS) for leadership: burn, runway, unit-level P&Ls, KPIs

Board & Investor Reporting

• Prepare board meeting materials: financial performance packs, budget vs. actuals, cash and runway

updates

• Support investor relations periodic investor updates, responses to information requests, and

diligence/data room preparation during fundraises

Accounting & Close

• Own month-end and quarter-end book closure across entities to US GAAP standards
• Review and supervise the bookkeeper's work; ensure accounting policies are applied consistently
• Assist with contract review and revenue recognition policy (ASC 606); ensure policies flow through to

the books

• Manage cross-border entity accounting, intercompany transactions, and transfer pricing compliance

Tax Filings & Compliance

• Manage statutory compliance (GST, TDS, corporate tax, ROC filings)

• Drive incorporation and operational setup of the India entity: structure selection with advisors,

registrations, banking, payroll, and accounting systems

Controls & Policies

• Design and implement expense policies (travel, procurement, deal-related spend)
• Run periodic spot audits of expense compliance: limits, approval trails, auditability, and process

efficiency

• Build internal controls and maintain audit readiness; manage external audit relationships

Treasury & Cash

• Oversee the banking partner on treasury management; ensure idle cash earns maximum available

yield (target 45%)

• Own cash flow forecasting and working capital monitoring across entities

Systems & Automation (AI-First)

• Redesign finance workflows with an AI-first lens: select and implement tools to automate reporting,

close, expense compliance, and variance analysis

• Continuously identify manual processes and eliminate them the goal is a finance function that scales

without headcount

Preferred candidate profile

7 to 15 years in core finance roles spanning audit, FP&A, budgeting, and accounting

• Chartered Accountant strongly preferred; Big 4 (or comparable) training ideal
• Demonstrated entrepreneurial mindset evidence of building, automating, or redesigning processes,

not just running inherited ones

• Comfort experimenting with AI tools and modern finance software; curiosity about what's newly possible
• Experience managing external stakeholders: auditors, bookkeepers, bankers, investors
• Self-directed operator — comfortable owning outcomes with minimal supervision in a fast-moving

company

• Strong Excel/modeling skills