Finance Manager - India

My name is Vishakh Basidoni, Head of Finance & Administration for Svitzer AMEA Region and I am looking for a new Finance Manager – India for the Svitzer office based in Mumbai, India.

If you are looking for an engaging role with the opportunity to truly make a difference within our finance processes, please apply. In our diverse culture, as your leader, I promise to do my very best to support you in succeeding every day. What that means for you is we will define together, but I promise that I’ll have your back, empower you and do my best to remove the roadblocks that you cannot remove yourself.

We Offer

Svitzer is a towage company, which means we help our customers maneuver their larger ships safely and timely in and out of port and we do our best to keep the world supply of goods flowing.

You will play a pivotal role in fostering a long-lasting culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and knowledge sharing by actively engaging with colleagues across Svitzer globally, as well as with regional and country-level finance teams. I am passionate about both our team and the business and my style of communication is open, collaborative and direct. I appreciate that you are upright, structured and collaborative in your way of engaging with our team across functions within the Svitzer AMEA Region.

You will report directly to the Finance Director, India operations and become part of the Svitzer Regional Finance Team, and your peers and close co-workers are Finance colleagues in our operations covering the AMEA Region.

This role is located in our brand new office in Mumbai, India. We work flexibly, not because there is a policy telling us to, but because it just makes good business and work/life sense and creates an engaging work environment.

Key Responsibilities

• End-to-end finance is responsible for the two legal entities in India, being the main focal point for any internal and external stakeholders.
• Statutory compliances and timely completion of Statutory Audit and act as the primary contact for auditors of the Indian entities.
• Ensure tax compliance, including current and old filings as required. Provide necessary backup, supporting the regional team, Local Tax office, etc. to enable compliance with group procedures/local tax authorities

• Monthly Closing By Performing:

• Closing activities such as accruals, payroll journal, prepayment review and Management Reporting in the consolidation system and provide story-driven deviation analysis of the numbers. 
• Monitor and review end-to-end accounting of all transactions with support from the local accountant.
• Perform internal controls as control requirements and frequency
• Cash flow optimization by reviewing payment requests mainly for foreign vendors, crew & salary payments on a timely basis, and in general
• monitor the payment cycle periodically to identify the areas of improvement and achieve efficiency in processing & settlement.
• Prepare annual budget with detailed underlying calculations for the profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow.

 Additional responsibilities as regional controller –

• Completion of Regional reporting in the consolidation system as per the deadline, which includes:
• A monthly and quarterly checklist that covers a comprehensive analysis of the Profit and Loss account, Balance sheet, and cash flow statements for the entire AMEA region
• Preparing a regional memo for deviation analysis against the target and actuals

• Related Party Reporting

• Perform key internal controls for the AMEA Region, making sure that all controls are always in an effective state
• Responding to HQ controller queries and liaising with the country finance manager
• Posting recurring regional journal
• Provide guidance and resolve country finance queries to ensure adherence to Svitzer’s accounting and reporting policies.
• A monthly and quarterly checklist that covers a comprehensive analysis of the Profit and Loss account, Balance sheet, and cash flow statements for the entire AMEA region
• Preparing a regional memo for deviation analysis against the target and actuals

• Related Party Reporting

• Perform key internal controls for the AMEA Region, making sure that all controls are always in an effective state
• Responding to HQ controller queries and liaising with the country finance manager

Expected Education / Competencies

• Chartered Accountant/ MBA in Finance/ post graduate degree in Accounts/ Finance with minimum 8 years’ experience in Financial Accounting, Reporting & Control.
• Strong financial acumen with knowledge of Indian compliances as per tax and company law. Prior experience with internal or external audit.
• Curious, with a high degree of attention to detail and a high sense of urgency.
• Prior hands-on experience with Microsoft Dynamics (ERP system) and OneStream (Consolidation system) is seen as an advantage.
• Expert Excel user for developing reconciliations and reviewing/analysis of financial information.
• Articulate in written and spoken English. Excellent communicator who can structure information and communicate a clear message to all relevant stakeholders.

Information about Svitzer can be found at www.Svitzer.com

Building a Diverse Workplace

In Svitzer we value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job – we value diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to gender, age, nationality, race, sexual orientation, disability, or religious beliefs. We are proud of our diversity and see it as a genuine source of strength for building high performing teams.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that members from some under-represented groups are less likely to apply for jobs if they don’t meet every single qualification. At Svitzer we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles, and we are excited about hearing from you!

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