Senior Finance & Accounts Manager

Key Responsibilities

1. Finance Analysis & MIS Reporting

• Prepare and own the monthly MIS pack covering P&L, cash flow, working capital, receivables, and payables ageing.
• Build cost-centre-wise P&L for manufacturing and software business units.
• Conduct monthly actual-vs-budget variance analysis with root-cause commentary.
• Develop financial models for pricing, make-vs-buy, project cost-to-complete, and expansion decisions.
• Maintain a live financial dashboard covering key financial metrics.
• Prepare quarterly board-ready financial presentations and rolling forecasts.

2. Government Subsidies & Incentive Schemes

• Maintain a comprehensive subsidy and incentive register.
• Manage applicable industrial policy, investment subsidy, tax, MSME, PLI, and startup incentive schemes.
• Track eligibility, applications, deadlines, claims, and benefit realisation.
• Coordinate with government portals and external tax consultants where required.
• Target and track realised government benefits and present quarterly subsidy reports to the CFO.

3. Capex Planning, Control & Monitoring

• Own the annual capex budget and evaluate requests from engineering, IT, manufacturing, and facilities.
• Prepare financial models for major capex investments, including TCO, payback, NPV, IRR, and lease-vs-buy analysis.
• Maintain the capex tracker and monitor actual expenditure against approved budgets.
• Enforce approval, finance sign-off, and physical verification controls.
• Manage the asset register and depreciation schedules.
• Conduct post-implementation reviews for major capital investments.

4. Cost Accounting & Cost Control

• Develop and maintain standard costing systems for products and robotic system variants.
• Prepare monthly cost-of-production reports and variance analysis.
• Track gross margins at product, project, and SKU levels.
• Maintain and update BOM cost databases.
• Conduct quarterly cost audits to identify material, labour, vendor, and overhead inefficiencies.
• Maintain a structured cost leakage register and track corrective actions.
• Ensure accurate and timely ERP cost accounting entries and reconciliations.

5. Accounts Team Management & Development

• Manage and mentor 3–5 junior accounts executives.
• Allocate responsibilities and maintain effective work schedules.
• Develop and enforce SOPs for AP, vendor payments, AR, bank reconciliation, TDS, petty cash, and expenses.
• Conduct weekly team reviews and resolve escalations.
• Provide structured on-the-job training.
• Conduct quarterly KPI reviews and monthly book closure reviews.

6. Statutory Compliance & Audit Support

• Support statutory filings covering GST, TDS, advance tax, PF, ESI, Professional Tax, and ROC requirements.
• Prepare reconciliations and supporting documentation for statutory, internal, cost, and GST audits.
• Maintain a statutory compliance calendar with advance reminders.
• Ensure accurate recording of provisions and accruals at month and year end.