Senior Manager Finance

Cheq Digital; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

CheQ Digital in Bengaluru seeks a Senior Manager for finance controllership, owning end-to-end books accuracy, audits, and regulatory compliance. You will partner with business teams, produce MIS insights for leadership, and drive close processes with strong internal controls.

The role demands CA qualification with 5-7 years in accounting, fintech experience preferred, and hands-on month-end closing and tax planning expertise.

Qualifications

• Qualified CA with 5-7 years in accounting, financial control and audits.
• Experience in fintech payments or NBFCs is preferred.
• Hands-on in month-end close and books ownership.
• Strong GST, TDS, income tax and Companies Act knowledge.
• Experience producing MIS and leadership reports.

Responsibilities

• Own the books end to end: accounting, entries, reconciliations and ledger scrutiny.
• Drive monthly, quarterly and annual closing within defined timelines.
• Prepare financial statements as per Ind AS / applicable standards.
• Design and strengthen internal controls and accounting policies.
• Oversee bank, payment gateway, partner and nodal account reconciliations.
• Coordinate statutory and internal audits; implement audit recommendations.
• Manage tax compliance: GST, TDS, advance tax and income tax filings.
• Provide timely MIS and financial insights to leadership.

Skills

Financial control

Audits

MIS reporting

Excel advanced

Stakeholder management

Education

Chartered Accountant

Tools

Tally

Zoho Books

NetSuite

Job description

As a Senior Manager, you will be primarily responsible for finance controllership, you will own the integrity of our books end to end. You will keep accounts accurate and audit-ready, run statutory and internal audits, manage taxation and compliance, and turn our numbers into clear MIS that leadership relies on to make decisions. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys both getting into the ledger and partnering with business teams.

Key responsibilities

Books of accounts and financial control

• Own the books of accounts end to end: day-to-day accounting, journal entries, reconciliations and ledger scrutiny
• Drive monthly, quarterly and annual closing within defined timelines
• Prepare financial statements in line with Ind AS / applicable accounting standards
• Design and strengthen internal financial controls (IFC) and accounting policies
• Oversee bank, payment gateway, partner and nodal account reconciliations typical of a fintech

Statutory and internal audits

• Coordinate statutory audits end to end, from audit planning and schedules to closing queries and sign-off
• Work with internal auditors on audit scope, process walkthroughs and timely closure of observations
• Track and implement audit recommendations to strengthen processes and controls

Taxation and compliance

• Manage direct and indirect tax compliance: GST, TDS, advance tax and income tax filings
• Support tax assessments, notices and coordination with tax consultants
• Ensure compliance under the Companies Act, ROC filings and other applicable regulations
• Support regulatory and reporting requirements relevant to fintech and partner institutions

MIS and reporting

• Review and present monthly MIS, including P&L, cash flow, unit economics and variance analysis
• Support budgeting, forecasting and cost control initiatives
• Provide timely, accurate financial insights to leadership and business teams

Stakeholder management

• Act as the key point of contact for auditors, tax consultants, banks and partners
• Collaborate with product, operations and business teams on finance-related processes

Professional Skills

• Qualified Chartered Accountant
• 5-7 years of experience in accounting, financial control and audits, preferably in the fintech industry; candidates from payments companies (payment gateways, payment aggregators, UPI, cards) will be strongly preferred
• Hands-on experience owning books of accounts and month-end closing
• Proven experience coordinating with statutory and internal auditors through to audit closure
• Strong working knowledge of GST, TDS, income tax and Companies Act compliance
• Experience preparing and reviewing MIS and financial reports for leadership
• Proficiency in accounting software (Tally, Zoho Books, NetSuite or similar) and advanced Excel
• Exposure to payments-specific accounting such as settlements, escrow/nodal accounts, merchant payouts and chargebacks, and to RBI requirements for payment aggregators, NBFCs or lending partnerships is good to have
• Experience with Ind AS and fundraising or investor reporting

Who you are

• A dynamic, proactive professional who takes ownership and gets things done without waiting to be asked
• Detail-oriented, with high integrity and a strong control mindset

Why you should join CheQ?

You own it, we trust you

Shape your work with freedom, deliver with ownership, backed by trust

Bold, fast & human

We push boundaries together, and deliver with agility, rigor, and heart. Always looking out for one another.

Growth by osmosis

Learn directly from a stellar leadership team with rich, diverse backgrounds.

What you will not get

• Monotony Work is dynamic, expect variety every day.
• Slow climbs Growth here is about leaps, not ladders.
• Layers of red tape We believe in speed, not bureaucracy.