Manager - Finance - CA - Hotel Chain

Are you a self-starter who wants ownership, autonomy and can make great things happen, quickly? Are you excited by the challenge of revolutionizing business finance? If so, you will love the role of Finance Manager - with our growing company!!

Our Client is India's largest technology enabled hospitality company spanning over 200 Indian cities including all major metros, commercial hubs, leisure destinations, and key pilgrimage towns. It also has an international presence with hotels in Malaysia and Nepal. Launched in 2013, the company is backed by leading global investors, including the SoftBank Group, Lightspeed India, Sequoia Capital and Greenoaks Capital.

The founder, who started his business career at 17, is the first resident Indian to be awarded the prestigious Peter Thiel Fellowship. He is featured in Forbes 30 under 30 in Consumer Tech (2016) for creating a global disruptor and the company is ranked by LinkedIn as one of the top employee attractors in India two years in a row (2016, 2017). The company's mobile app is the world's first personal room service app that allows their guests to order room service directly from their smartphones.

As the Manager - Finance, you will take ownership of all financial operations and accounting transactions. You will also be responsible for income auditing, AP Processing, A/R collection, tax compliance etc. so as to ensure financial controls, accurate reporting and hotel profitability.

The other responsibilities will be as follows:

- Monitoring that Accounts are accurately prepared within timelines and in accordance with local regulations

- Reviewing Trial Balance of all locations and expenses against each cost centre regularly and suggesting necessary corrections on time

- Reviewing of AP and AR controls and ensuring correct accounting and realization

- Driving quarterly forecasting process including annual target setting

- Accountable for system controls, adherence to the policies and SOPs in all areas having a financial impact

- Reviewing all statutory reports and ensuring appropriate filing

- Providing inputs to various stakeholders on periodic basis on cost and headcount

- Providing appropriate site overviews and financial guidance / assistance to leadership team on various issues

- Monitoring and ensuring timely completion of all audits

- Coordinating internal control questionnaire audits, group internal audits, follow up on audit comments and assisting in implementing corrective action wherever necessary

- Managing Funds and cash flow management

- Creating, maintaining and reporting out various dashboards like flash, forecasts, actual against he benchmarks at MEP level showing revenue/product growth indicators

- Overseeing implementation of forecasting/planning process and model improvement initiatives for the business unit

- Measuring key financial performance indicators and providing actionable insights around trends, highlighting risks and opportunities to management and to key business stakeholders

- Taking leading part in CRM/ERP system integration projects

Candidate Profile:

- Chartered Accountants (CA's) preferred

- 3-5 years of post CA experience & 1-2 years of Big 4 experience

- Exposure to corporate finance, statutory audit is a great add on

- Have a flare for numbers, and work well with people

- Strong financial analysis and modeling skills to identify business drivers and summarize key business insights

- Solid systems experience with the ability to interrogate, analyze, consolidate and automate the reporting of information from CRM and ERP systems

- Experience in a multi-currency environment is a great add on

- Strong organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills

- Strong verbal and written communication skills