Assistant Manager Finance & Accounting (F&A)

Job Description: Assistant Manager – Finance &
Accounting (F&A)

Experience: 8+ Years

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced and results-driven
Assistant Manager – Finance & Accounting (F&A) to oversee accounting
operations, manage client portfolios, and ensure accurate financial reporting
and efficient service delivery. The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on
accounting expertise, financial analysis capabilities, team leadership, client
management, and operational governance experience.

The role involves managing accounting teams, overseeing
financial close activities, vendor and tax payments, financial planning and
analysis, audit compliance, resource optimization, and process transformation
to improve operational efficiency and business performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Accounting
  Operations Management: Oversee General Accounting, GL, R2R, AP, AR,
  and client portfolios to ensure accurate, timely, and efficient financial
  operations.
  
• General
  Accounting and Reconciliations: Manage and review invoice booking,
  journal entries, GL postings, accruals, prepayments, bank reconciliations,
  balance sheet reconciliations, fixed assets, and intercompany accounting.
  
• Vendor
  and Tax Payments: Oversee vendor invoice validation, payment
  processing, approvals, payment reconciliations, tax liability validation,
  statutory tax payments, and due-date monitoring.
  
• Month-End
  and Year-End Closing: Manage closing activities, trial balance
  reviews, account reconciliations, closing adjustments, supporting
  schedules, and timely financial reporting.
  
• Financial
  Statement Preparation and Review: Oversee the preparation and analysis
  of P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statements, ensuring accuracy and
  compliance with applicable accounting standards.
  
• Financial
  Planning and Analysis (FP&A): Support budgeting, forecasting,
  financial planning, financial projections, and performance reviews to
  facilitate business decision-making.
  
• Cash
  Flow and Working Capital Management: Monitor cash flow, liquidity,
  receivables, payables, and working capital to support effective financial
  planning and fund management.
  
• Financial
  and Variance Analysis: Analyze actual performance against budgets,
  forecasts, and prior periods; investigate financial variances, identify
  root causes, and recommend corrective actions.
  
• Audit
  Management and SOX Compliance: Coordinate internal and external
  audits, SOX control testing, audit documentation, remediation of findings,
  and adherence to internal controls.
  
• Operational
  Excellence and Process Transformation: Drive process improvement,
  automation, standardization, and transformation initiatives to improve
  productivity, accuracy, and service quality.
  
• Client
  Relationship Management: Manage client relationships, escalations,
  business reviews, and stakeholder expectations while ensuring high levels
  of client satisfaction.
  
• Workforce
  and Capacity Planning: Optimize resource allocation, workforce
  capacity, team utilization, and productivity to meet business and client
  requirements.
  
• Performance
  Monitoring and Reporting: Monitor KPIs, SLAs, productivity, quality,
  financial performance, and operational risks; prepare management reports,
  dashboards, and business updates.
  
• Compliance
  and Risk Management: Ensure adherence to accounting policies,
  applicable standards, statutory requirements, internal controls, audit
  requirements, and documentation standards.
  
• Team
  Leadership and Development: Lead, mentor, and develop team leads and
  accounting professionals, strengthen technical capabilities, and support
  succession planning.
  
• Continuous
  Improvement and Governance: Maintain SOPs, process documentation, and
  control frameworks while implementing corrective and preventive actions to
  improve service delivery and business performance.
  

Requirements

Required Skills and Competencies

• Strong
  leadership, team management, client relationship management, and
  stakeholder engagement skills.
  
• Hands-on
  expertise in General Accounting, GL, R2R, AP, AR, invoice booking, journal
  entries, and account reconciliations.
  
• Experience
  in vendor payments, tax payments, statutory compliance, and payment
  reconciliation.
  
• Strong
  knowledge of month-end/year-end closing, trial balance review, and
  financial statement preparation.
  
• Experience
  in FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, working
  capital, and financial variance analysis.
  
• Experience
  in internal audits, external audits, SOX compliance, internal controls,
  and audit remediation.
  
• Strong
  analytical, problem-solving, root-cause analysis, and decision-making
  skills.
  
• Proficiency
  in financial reporting, management dashboards, KPI/SLA monitoring, and
  advanced MS Excel.
  
• Experience
  in process automation, transformation, workforce planning, resource
  optimization, and continuous improvement.
  
• Strong
  communication, presentation, escalation management, and cross-functional
  collaboration skills.
  

Preferred Software and Tools

• QuickBooks  , Sage Intacct
  
• ERP/accounting
  systems such as SAP, Oracle, or NetSuite
  
• MS
  Excel and financial reporting and analytics tools
  
• Process
  automation and workflow management platforms
  

Educational Qualification

• Bachelor's
  degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or a related discipline.
  
• Professional
  qualification such as CA, CMA, ACCA, or equivalent is an added advantage.
  

Experience Requirements

• Minimum
  8 years of experience in Finance & Accounting operations.
  
• Hands-on
  experience in General Accounting, financial close, reconciliations,
  financial reporting, vendor payments, and tax payments.
  
• Prior
  experience managing accounting teams, client portfolios, or finance and
  accounting service delivery.
  
• Experience
  in a BPM, BPO, shared services, or finance outsourcing environment is
  preferred.
  
• Demonstrated
  experience in team leadership, client management, operational governance,
  audit compliance, and process improvement initiatives.