MarketsandMarkets - Chief Financial Officer - CA/ICWA

MarketsandMarkets is a market research & consulting firm dedicated to meet unmet needs of b2b business. We focus mainly on high growth upcoming technologies and newer applications across different verticals; have 350 top global fortune companies as clients and a team of 350 professionals; M&M deliverables are well received globally by the C-level executives including Director/VP Marketing, business development, brand managers, and CEOs from the top Fortune 1000 companies globally.

If you believe your energy levels and thought leadership can help tier I global companies achieve, incremental revenue, and accept that as your own - KPI's (Key Performance Indicators) we have this job position for you, and be one among the other top consultants joining from the most renowned consulting companies globally.

Job Location : Pune

Service Agreement : The candidate is required to sign a service agreement of twelve months from the date of joining.

Job Description :

Strategy:

- Engage the board, finance, audit, and investment committees around issues, trends, and changes in the operating model(s) and operationalizing business plan signed off by board.

- Oversee long-term budgetary planning and costs management in alignment with companys strategic plan.

- As a true business partner to the Management, assess organizational performance against both the annual budget and company's long-term strategy.

- Forge relations with PE and strategic buyers and plan for providing liquidity at an opportune time, model & present state of valuation models, and oversee mature due diligence process for professional investors.

- Develop tools and systems to provide critical financial and operational information to the Management and make actionable recommendations on both strategy and operations.

Financial Planning and Analysis:

Prepare and maintain regular financial planning reports; Monthly profit and loss forecast by division (vs. budget); Weekly cash flow forecast.

- Complete analysis of financial results; Develop recommendations (strategic and tactical.

- Develop and execute analysis of various business initiatives (e.g., opening new operations, asset acquisition, new service launches)

- Develop and maintain capital budget.

Accounting Activities:

Oversee preparation of month-end, quarter-end and year-end financial statements of India and International.

- Review all month-end closing activities including general ledger maintenance, balance sheet reconciliations and corporate/overhead cost allocation.

- Enhance and implement financial and accounting systems, processes, tools and control systems.

- Serve as final point of escalation for Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable issues.

Develop and manage accounting staff.

- Serve as a key point of contact for external auditors & government body interfaces example: RBI, PF, etc; Manage preparation and support of all external audits.

Finance:

- Oversee cash, investment, and asset management.

- Oversee financing strategies and activities, as well as banking relationships.

- Develop and utilize forward-looking, predictive models and activity-based financial analyses to provide insight into the organizations operations and business plans.

Planning & Policy:

Participate in corporate policy development as a member of the senior management team.

- Engage the finance committee of the board of directors to develop short, medium, and long-term financial plans, budgets and projections, and monitor the budgets on ongoing basis.

- Remain up to date on Accounting and Audit best practices and state and Indian laws regarding operations.

- Negotiating Contracts, deal terms, etc.

- Supplier relations, supply chain related contracts, disputes, etc.

Accounting and Administration:

Oversee the accounting department to ensure proper maintenance of all accounting systems and function; supervise companys finance staff.

- Ensure maintenance of appropriate internal controls and financial procedures.

- Ensure timeliness, accuracy, and usefulness of financial and management reporting Coordinate audits and proper filing of tax returns.

- Ensure legal and regulatory compliance regarding all financial functions.

- Legal, Contract enforcement, Negotiations & Secretarial work

- Management of ESOPs.

- Author, Edit, Manage Contracts.

- Employee / Investor / Franchisee Dispute Management

- Liason with Legal experts

Independently Track, execute, close all legal notices, legal cases against company if any

Board Compliance:

- NOC, CBSE Compliance

- Company Law compliance

- Help in negotiations with prospective Franchisees & Vendors.

- Support in paperwork relating to ESOPs, Contracts, legal compliance, affiliations.

- ESOP Accounting & Tax treatment

Statutory Compliance

- Taxes, PF, ESI, Gratuity, TDS, Maternity Benefit, Bonus act

- FEMA / Foreign Exchange laws

- PAN, TAN, Licences

- Formulation of Compliance policies & Practices.

Team Management

- Mentor and develop a direct team, managing work allocation, training, problem resolution, performance evaluation, and the building of an effective team dynamic.

- Guide larger, cross-divisional teams outside of direct span of control within the GDA Corporate and Accounts employees at trusts.

Desired Profile :

- A high achiever early on in career and well networked to take on to this role

- Excellent Communication Skills in English (both oral and written)

- Excellent People Management Skills

- Proactive in adherence to compliance mandates

- Strong coordination skills, Energy, Maturity, Self-starter

- Top notch negotiation skills, financial modeling capability, valuation modelling

- Technology Skills a must incl web & MS Office